Question 1

Which of the following is not a dimension of psychological well being as defined by Ryff?

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A)   autonomy
B)   achievement
C)   environmental mastery
D)   self-acceptanceE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

According to McAdams, the narrative that people create and revise throughout adulthood is a

Accepted Answer

A)   life-span construct.
B)   life story.
C)   life narrative.
D)   scenario.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

An interesting study of personality using the internet, Srivastava et al. (2003)  found

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A)   cohort differences in neuroticism.
B)   none of the Big Five personality traits remained stable after age 30.
C)   stability in the Big Five personality traits.
D)   lifestyle predicted personality.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 4

Which of the following is not a goal when creating a life story?

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A)   coherent life story
B)   excluding new possibilities
C)   reconciling opposite aspects of oneself
D)   integrating one's sociocultural contextE) A) and D)
F) B) and C) B

Question 5

According to Hooker (2002) , the three processes that act in tandem with the three structural components of personality levels are

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A)   state processes, personal concerns, and cognitive processes.
B)   self-concept processes, personal concerns, and cognitive processes.
C)   state processes, self-concept processes, and personal concerns.
D)   personal concerns, dispositional traits, and life narrativeE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 6

The most basic aspect of a healthy personality in Erikson's theory is

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A)   introversion.
B)   autonomy.
C)   integrity.
D)   trust.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

According to the Berkeley studies, the best predictor of life satisfaction in old age for women is

Accepted Answer

A)   personality in young adulthood.
B)   lifestyle in young adulthood.
C)   self-esteem in young adulthood.
D)   intelligence in young adulthood.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Older men often indicate to develop close relationships.

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A)   less desire
B)   a greater willingness
C)   more reluctance
D)   more fearfulnessE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 9

Whitbourne's cognitive approach to personality emphasizes the process of the lifespan construct which is composed of the and .

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Some of the facets of involve impulsiveness, self-consciousness, anxiety, and hostility.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Some of the facets of involve impulsiveness,...

Question 11

Mortimer and colleagues (1982)  followed men for 14 years, beginning when they were in their first year of college, to better understand self-concept. Results of this study show that self-concept

Accepted Answer

A)   changed somewhat over the 14 years.
B)   did not change over the 14 years.
C)   was generally stable.
D)   fluctuated greatly during this time period.E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Longitudinal data suggest that of people remain in the same gender-role category over a 10-year period.

Accepted Answer

A)   10%
B)   25%
C)   36%
D)   54%E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Research on Costa and McCrae's model of personality traits shows

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A)   little evidence of stability.
B)   stability for only a few years.
C)   no support for trait theories.
D)   strong support for long-term stability.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

An approach to personality that explicitly takes into account contextual factors is

Accepted Answer

A)   dispositional traits.
B)   personal concerns.
C)   personality constructs.
D)   situational specific.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Giving events personal meaning and creating an autobiography is the goal of Whitbourne's concept of the

Accepted Answer

A)   life-span construct.
B)   life story.
C)   perspective hypothesis.
D)   scenario.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

In Whitbourne's approach, a person's unified sense of the past, present, and future is termed the

Accepted Answer

A)   life-span construct.
B)   life story.
C)   perspective hypothesis.
D)   scenario.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C) A

Question 17

Aspects of our personality pertaining to what we could become, what we would like to become, and what we are afraid of becoming are called

Accepted Answer

A)   life story.
B)   possible selves.
C)   ego.
D)   trait clusters.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 18

One's willingness to let the situation determine what he or she will do is known as in Whitbourne's identity theory.

Accepted Answer

A)   accommodation.
B)   assimilation.
C)   perspective hypothesis.
D)   scenario testing.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above A

Question 19

The creation of an identity or a sense of self is the goal of this type of personality theory.

Accepted Answer

A)   dispositional traits
B)   life narrative
C)   self-concept
D)   personal concernsE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Research on the development of self-concept shows the importance of

Accepted Answer

A)   trait clusters.
B)   ego development.
C)   life events.
D)   rejecting myths.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Exam 9: Personality

Which of the following is not a dimension of psychological well being as defined by Ryff?

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According to McAdams, the narrative that people create and revise throughout adulthood is a

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An interesting study of personality using the internet, Srivastava et al. (2003) found

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Which of the following is not a goal when creating a life story?

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According to Hooker (2002) , the three processes that act in tandem with the three structural components of personality levels are

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The most basic aspect of a healthy personality in Erikson's theory is

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According to the Berkeley studies, the best predictor of life satisfaction in old age for women is

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Older men often indicate to develop close relationships.

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Some of the facets of involve impulsiveness, self-consciousness, anxiety, and hostility.

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Mortimer and colleagues (1982) followed men for 14 years, beginning when they were in their first year of college, to better understand self-concept. Results of this study show that self-concept

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Longitudinal data suggest that of people remain in the same gender-role category over a 10-year period.

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Research on Costa and McCrae's model of personality traits shows

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An approach to personality that explicitly takes into account contextual factors is

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