Question 1

Which statement about personality and behavior is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  We tend to behave according to our personalities more often than in reaction to circumstances in which we may find ourselves.
B)  If we know someone's personality, it is highly likely we can predict that person's behavior across a wide variety of situations.
C)  We may not necessarily act the same across situations, but we often act in a similar manner in similar situations.
D)  Powerful situations, such as funerals, often reveal striking differences in personality.

Question 2

The social-cognitive approach examines how _____ interact to cause behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  anxiety and boredom
B)  personality and situation
C)  thoughts and feelings
D)  personality and intelligence

Question 3

Cattell (1950)  proposed a theory of personality consisting of _____ factors.

Accepted Answer

A)  2
B)  5
C)  16
D)  18,000

Question 4

_____ is a person's characteristic style of behaving, thinking, and feeling.

Accepted Answer

A)  Attitude
B)  Personality
C)  Belief
D)  Point of view

Question 5

Michael and Andrew are siblings who grew up in the same home environment, played together on the same little-league baseball team, and went to the same school. During early adolescence, their parents divorced and both boys went to live with their mother. The fact that Michael and Andrew have similar personalities is most likely due to:

Accepted Answer

A)  genetics.
B)  similar schooling and extracurricular activities.
C)  the shared stressful event of divorce.
D)  a similar home environment.

Question 6

Bonnie is a good student, organized, self-disciplined, and very careful about turning her work in on time. According to the Big Five factor model of personality, Bonnie would likely score high on:

Accepted Answer

A)  orderliness.
B)  conscientiousness.
C)  openness to experience.
D)  agreeableness.

Question 7

Which test is a series of questions designed to assess personality and psychological problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  Beck Depression Inventory
B)  personality assessment inventory
C)  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) 
D)  Thematic Apperception Test

Question 8

The extent to which an individual likes, values, and accepts the self is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  self-schema.
B)  self-esteem.
C)  self-verification.
D)  self-narrative.

Question 9

Victor has a cortex that is very easily stimulated to a point higher than optimal; Victor MOST likely:

Accepted Answer

A)  engages in the environment and seeks social reinforcement.
B)  prefers quiet activities.
C)  listens to loud music.
D)  is neurotic and emotionally unstable.

Question 10

Research examining the links between personality and individuals' Facebook pages found that people who are high on extraversion report having all of these EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  more links to Facebook groups.
B)  more Facebook friends.
C)  more status updates.
D)  more comments on their status updates.

Question 11

According to Freud, personality is largely determined by:

Accepted Answer

A)  the id.
B)  the ego.
C)  the superego attempting to satisfy the demands of the id.
D)  interactions between the id, ego, and superego.

Question 12

Jeffrey Gray's ideas on arousability include the notion that the _____ system suppresses behavior in response to the anticipation of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  behavioral activation; reward
B)  behavioral regulation; reward
C)  behavioral repression; punishment
D)  behavioral inhibition; punishment

Question 13

Cross-species commonalities in some personality traits suggest that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the shared environments of humans and animals are more similar than originally thought.
B)  personality studies in animals are flawed by anthropomorphism.
C)  genetics play little role in some core personality factors.
D)  differences in personality have evolved to deal with challenges associated with survival and reproduction.

Question 14

Presented as a continuum, which Big Five personality factor ranges from independent to conforming?

Accepted Answer

A)  conscientiousness
B)  openness to experience
C)  agreeableness
D)  extraversion

Question 15

Hans Eysenck developed a model of personality with _____ factors.

Accepted Answer

A)  2
B)  5
C)  16
D)  40

Question 16

As a science matures, research tends to shift from _____ to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  explanation; description
B)  description; explanation
C)  evaluation; description
D)  evaluation; categorization

Question 17

Teenagers who score low on _____ are more likely than average to be juvenile delinquents.

Accepted Answer

A)  agreeableness
B)  neuroticism
C)  openness to experience
D)  extraversion

Question 18

Social-cognitive psychologists disagree on the question of whether our behavior is caused more by our personalities or by situations we encounter, a quandary known as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  social-cognitive quagmire.
B)  person-situation controversy.
C)  nature-nurture controversy.
D)  personal construct dilemma.

Question 19

The id operates on the _____ principle.

Accepted Answer

A)  morality
B)  idealism
C)  pleasure
D)  reality

Question 20

Most self-report questionnaires consist of which type of answers?

Accepted Answer

A)  describing what is happening in a picture
B)  circling an item on a scale
C)  writing an essay about oneself
D)  writing an essay about one's family

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The id operates on the _____ principle.

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Most self-report questionnaires consist of which type of answers?

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Hans Eysenck developed a model of personality with _____ factors.

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Presented as a continuum, which Big Five personality factor ranges from independent to conforming?

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Bonnie is a good student, organized, self-disciplined, and very careful about turning her work in on time. According to the Big Five factor model of personality, Bonnie would likely score high on:

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As a science matures, research tends to shift from _ to _.

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The extent to which an individual likes, values, and accepts the self is called:

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_____ is a person's characteristic style of behaving, thinking, and feeling.

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Cattell (1950) proposed a theory of personality consisting of _____ factors.

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According to Freud, personality is largely determined by:

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Which statement about personality and behavior is true?

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Research examining the links between personality and individuals' Facebook pages found that people who are high on extraversion report having all of these EXCEPT:

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Which test is a series of questions designed to assess personality and psychological problems?

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Teenagers who score low on _____ are more likely than average to be juvenile delinquents.

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Jeffrey Gray's ideas on arousability include the notion that the _ system suppresses behavior in response to the anticipation of _.

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The social-cognitive approach examines how _____ interact to cause behavior.

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