Exam 14: A: Understanding Human Personality

How do psychologists study the degree to which personality traits and behaviour patterns are inherited,and what have they found?

A psychologist identifies herself as a psychodynamic personality theorist.What belief is she most likely to hold?

A psychologist uses a personality inventory that assesses thirty separate traits that are organized within the major factors of the five-factor model of personality.Which test is the psychologist most likely using?

According to Galen,what was the source of cheerful and active traits?

Beyond actual accomplishments,there are three other sources of information for self-efficacy judgments.What are these sources?

A psychologist,who is a firm supporter of the five-factor model of personality would like to conduct research using personality inventories.Which assessment tool is the psychologist most likely to use?

Which situation is analogous to what is called the "consistency paradox" in the study of personality?

Raj wanted to develop a test that could predict success in selling real estate.If Raj used the empirical strategy of test construction that was developed for the original MMPI,what would Raj do?

A researcher wants to develop a test of personality that will follow well-defined rules and will be simple to administer and score.Which term best reflects this type of test?

Which statement best characterizes the consensus on the status of Freud's theory of personality?

A little boy has started to imitate everything that his father does and act like him as much as he can.Within the context of Freud's theory,what can be inferred about the boy?

What is a major criticism of Freud's theory?

At the end of her job interview,a woman is given the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.To make a good impression,when she sees items such as "I am sometimes bothered by things that shouldn't upset me," and "I don't always tell the truth," sheanswers that these statements are not true.What will the person scoring the test most likely do?

As described in the textbook,researchers focused on how children at summer camp reacted to different psychological situations.What did the data collected from the camp counsellors indicate?

Which individual developed a personality theory that included endomorphic,mesomorphic,and ectomorphic body types?

A woman is described by others as having many obsessive-compulsive behaviours and fears,and is definitely prone to indecisiveness.If she were to take the MMPI-2,on which clinical scale would she likely obtain a high score?

If you believe that you can perform adequately in a particular situation,Albert Bandura would say that you have a sense of self-efficacy.

A boy thinks about stealing a candy bar from the store because he is hungry.He is prevented from doing so because of the possible consequences of getting caught,so he decides to go home and eat instead.In Freud's view,which aspect of the personality is fully in control?

In Freud's theory of personality,which aspect of the self corresponds roughly to the common notion of conscience?

The Thematic Apperception Test was developed by __________,and over the years it has proven to be a valid measure of __________.