Question 1

Which of the following used factor analysis to reduce a large number of surface traits into 16 source traits, or factors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gordon Allport 
B)  Abraham Maslow 
C)  Raymond Cattell 
D)  Julian Rotter

Question 2

Seligman and Peterson's study of the six human strengths that contribute to well-being and life satisfaction would be considered a topic of

Accepted Answer

A)  trait-situation interaction. 
B)  positive psychology. 
C)  psychodynamic psychology. 
D)  social learning.

Question 3

Carl Jung called the "mask" or public self that we present to others the __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Carl Jung called the "mask" or public...

Question 4

You ask your 89-year-old great grandmother how she has changed over the years.If your great grandmother is like most elderly persons, she will

Accepted Answer

A)  provide a very inaccurate description of herself due to a lack of memory regarding her younger years. 
B)  provide a very accurate description of the major changes in her life over the years. 
C)  tend to overestimate the amount of change that has occurred in her life over the years. 
D)  say that she is essentially the same person that she was when she was young.

Question 5

If you rate a student highly on all traits on a college entrance form because the student is very likeable and attractive, you are illustrating

Accepted Answer

A)  the halo effect. 
B)  the self-promoting phenomenon. 
C)  public self-consciousness. 
D)  the Barnum effect.

Question 6

In psychology, the term personality implies that individual patterns of behavior are both

Accepted Answer

A)  universal and inherited. 
B)  desirable and undesirable. 
C)  unique and stable. 
D)  complimentary and diverse.

Question 7

Which of the following was the English psychologist who developed a two-factor theory of personality in which he proposed that many personality traits are related to whether one is introverted or extroverted and whether one tends to be emotionally stable or unstable (highly emotional)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Julian Rotter 
B)  Hans Eysenck 
C)  Albert Bandura 
D)  Carl Rogers

Question 8

When you tell a prospective employer that you are a high-achiever, gregarious, and occasionally brilliant, you are describing your

Accepted Answer

A)  self-concept. 
B)  temperament. 
C)  character. 
D)  ordinal position.

Question 9

Interestingly, which psychoanalyst was the first to use the term self-actualization to describe a striving for completion and unity?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Alfred Adler 
B)  ​Anna Freud 
C)  ​Karen Horney 
D)  ​Carl Jung

Question 10

For Freud, the time during which psychosexual development is dormant or interrupted is called the

Accepted Answer

A)  phallic stage. 
B)  latency period. 
C)  Oedipal period. 
D)  genital stage.

Question 11

In the five-factor model of personality, the dimension that measures whether you are a friendly, nurturant, and caring person or if you are cold, indifferent, suspicious, and self-centered is called

Accepted Answer

A)  neuroticism. 
B)  openness to experience. 
C)  agreeableness. 
D)  extroversion.

Question 12

Surface and source traits are the trait classifications of

Accepted Answer

A)  Julian Rotter. 
B)  Walter Mischel. 
C)  Raymond Cattell. 
D)  Gordon Allport.

Question 13

Marian is a college freshman who is so critical of herself that she feels like she is a failure when she makes a B on an assignment rather than her usual A.She is so terrified of making mistakes that she kept rewriting an essay during class so many times that she did not finish it.Marian is now worried "sick" that she will make a "bad" grade on this essay.According to your textbook, Marian would best be described having

Accepted Answer

A)  a low score on neuroticism. 
B)  severe test anxiety. 
C)  maladaptive perfectionism. 
D)  the "freshman college jitters."

Question 14

Madie is interviewing several job candidates and will use a pre-planned set of questions that she will ask all the job candidates.In choosing a new employee, Madie is using a(n)__________ interview.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Madie is interviewing several job candidates and...

Question 15

Which of the following tests measures ten major aspects of personality, has validity scales, and is composed of 567 items to which a test taker must respond "true" or "false"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thematic Apperception Test 
B)  Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 
C)  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 
D)  the Rorschach

Question 16

A CEO of a company and his associates give the prospective employees assignments to buy, sell, or start new businesses in order to predict which one will eventually be hired by the CEO's company.This technique described above illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  projective testing. 
B)  the TAT technique. 
C)  situational testing. 
D)  the halo effect.

Question 17

According to Dollard and Miller, cues are signals from the environment that guide responses so that they are most likely to bring about

Accepted Answer

A)  drives. 
B)  rewards. 
C)  situational determinants. 
D)  traits.

Question 18

Regarding Freud's theory, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  The superego acts as a power source for the entire psyche, or personality. 
B)  The libido underlies our efforts to survive, as well as our sexual desires and pleasure seeking. 
C)  Freud described a death instinct, although today it is more often thought of as an impulse toward aggression. 
D)  Freud offered humanity's long history of wars and violence as evidence of urges from the human instinct, he called Thanatos.

Question 19

Which of the following is the level of consciousness that is beyond awareness and consists of impulses and desires not directly known to a person?

Accepted Answer

A)  conscious 
B)  preconscious 
C)  unconscious 
D)  postconscious

Question 20

The overly neat and orderly person was described by Freud as being a(n)__________ personality.

Accepted Answer

A)  oral-dependent 
B)  anal-retentive 
C)  latency 
D)  phallic

Exam 12: Personality.

Which of the following used factor analysis to reduce a large number of surface traits into 16 source traits, or factors?

Seligman and Peterson's study of the six human strengths that contribute to well-being and life satisfaction would be considered a topic of

Carl Jung called the "mask" or public self that we present to others the __________.

You ask your 89-year-old great grandmother how she has changed over the years.If your great grandmother is like most elderly persons, she will

If you rate a student highly on all traits on a college entrance form because the student is very likeable and attractive, you are illustrating

In psychology, the term personality implies that individual patterns of behavior are both

Which of the following was the English psychologist who developed a two-factor theory of personality in which he proposed that many personality traits are related to whether one is introverted or extroverted and whether one tends to be emotionally stable or unstable (highly emotional) ?

When you tell a prospective employer that you are a high-achiever, gregarious, and occasionally brilliant, you are describing your

Interestingly, which psychoanalyst was the first to use the term self-actualization to describe a striving for completion and unity?

For Freud, the time during which psychosexual development is dormant or interrupted is called the

In the five-factor model of personality, the dimension that measures whether you are a friendly, nurturant, and caring person or if you are cold, indifferent, suspicious, and self-centered is called

Surface and source traits are the trait classifications of

Madie is interviewing several job candidates and will use a pre-planned set of questions that she will ask all the job candidates.In choosing a new employee, Madie is using a(n)__________ interview.

Which of the following tests measures ten major aspects of personality, has validity scales, and is composed of 567 items to which a test taker must respond "true" or "false"?

A CEO of a company and his associates give the prospective employees assignments to buy, sell, or start new businesses in order to predict which one will eventually be hired by the CEO's company.This technique described above illustrates

According to Dollard and Miller, cues are signals from the environment that guide responses so that they are most likely to bring about

Regarding Freud's theory, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is the level of consciousness that is beyond awareness and consists of impulses and desires not directly known to a person?

The overly neat and orderly person was described by Freud as being a(n) __________ personality.

Exam 12: Personality.

Which of the following used factor analysis to reduce a large number of surface traits into 16 source traits, or factors?

Seligman and Peterson's study of the six human strengths that contribute to well-being and life satisfaction would be considered a topic of

Carl Jung called the "mask" or public self that we present to others the __________.

You ask your 89-year-old great grandmother how she has changed over the years.If your great grandmother is like most elderly persons, she will

If you rate a student highly on all traits on a college entrance form because the student is very likeable and attractive, you are illustrating

In psychology, the term personality implies that individual patterns of behavior are both

Which of the following was the English psychologist who developed a two-factor theory of personality in which he proposed that many personality traits are related to whether one is introverted or extroverted and whether one tends to be emotionally stable or unstable (highly emotional) ?

When you tell a prospective employer that you are a high-achiever, gregarious, and occasionally brilliant, you are describing your

Interestingly, which psychoanalyst was the first to use the term self-actualization to describe a striving for completion and unity?​

For Freud, the time during which psychosexual development is dormant or interrupted is called the

In the five-factor model of personality, the dimension that measures whether you are a friendly, nurturant, and caring person or if you are cold, indifferent, suspicious, and self-centered is called

Surface and source traits are the trait classifications of

Madie is interviewing several job candidates and will use a pre-planned set of questions that she will ask all the job candidates.In choosing a new employee, Madie is using a(n)__________ interview.

Which of the following tests measures ten major aspects of personality, has validity scales, and is composed of 567 items to which a test taker must respond "true" or "false"?

A CEO of a company and his associates give the prospective employees assignments to buy, sell, or start new businesses in order to predict which one will eventually be hired by the CEO's company.This technique described above illustrates

According to Dollard and Miller, cues are signals from the environment that guide responses so that they are most likely to bring about

Regarding Freud's theory, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is the level of consciousness that is beyond awareness and consists of impulses and desires not directly known to a person?

The overly neat and orderly person was described by Freud as being a(n) __________ personality.

Interestingly, which psychoanalyst was the first to use the term self-actualization to describe a striving for completion and unity?