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Daryl is a painter and poet. His work often portrays fantasy images that evoke strong emotion. He loves to travel, particularly in Asia, to view the art at sacred sites and learn about local culture. The Big Five trait that best describes this aspect of Daryl's personality is ____.

A) agreeableness
B) openness
C) conscientiousness
D) extroversion

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What is the social-cognitive learning theory of personality that features the mutual influence of the person and situation on each other?

A) reciprocal determinism
B) behaviorism
C) self-efficacy
D) locus of control

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Question 53

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Jeremy is an Asian American. Kevin is a White American. They are high school classmates and members of the basketball team. On one of the many standardized tests they have taken, Kevin received a higher score on explicit measures of self-esteem, but on implicit measures of self-esteem, their scores were virtually identical. What is a likely reason?

Marissa is taking a personality test at her college's career counseling office. This test is not the MMPI. What form of question is most likely to be used on the test?

In Freudian theory, projection is ____.

A projective personality test provides an ambiguous stimulus onto which the test taker "projects" his or her personality. This is based on ____.

Clarence's boss is very rude to Clarence and most of the staff. He tends to be cynical, uncooperative, and critical of his employees. This boss is particularly low on which of the following Big Five traits?

Francesca sees how popular budding actors are at her new high school, and although she has never been involved in this area, she decides to join the drama club. This is an example of ____.

Elena's brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was in his twenties. Sometimes he reports that his neighbors are trying to control his behavior through the television set. Which part of the brain shows excess activity during such delusions of control?

The different periods in Freud's theory of the developing personality are called ____.

Geert Hofstede compared cultures on five different dimensions related to a continuum of individualism and collectivism. Compared to the Japanese, Americans were ____. more assertive and competitive

Which of the following Big Five traits had the greatest positive correlation with success across a wide range of professional, skilled, and unskilled job descriptions?

Research showing that situations can exert a stronger influence on people's behavior than any individual predispositions highlights the ____.

Michael grew up in an individualistic culture. He is most likely to ____.

As Erin walks to the front of the classroom to write on the board, she stubs the toe of her shoe on the floor and nearly trips in front of her professor. She is mortified. However, her professor is actually thinking about his lunch plans. Erin's reaction is an example of ____.

Of the following types of personality tests, one is based largely on characteristics that were proposed by Carl Jung. Unfortunately, this test has not held up well to scientific analyses of validity and reliability. Which one is it?

Based on research (Gardner, Gabriel & Lee, 1999) , which of the following is true?

Surprisingly, research involving the use of a meta-analysis (Barrick & Mount, 1991) found that there is rather little relationship between the Big Five trait of _____ and job performance.

Which statistical method was used to analyze the clustering of personality traits?

Which of the following is a common feature of neo-Freudian theories?