PSY 255 QUIZ Quiz 1 Chapters 1-6 complete questions and answers
Which of the following assumptions underlies the trait approach to personality?
a. Each person belongs in one and only one personality category.
b. Personality characteristics can be represented along a
continuum.
c. People in o...
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PSY 255 QUIZ Quiz 1 Chapters 1-6
complete questions and answers
2020-2021
Which of the following assumptions underlies the trait approach
to personality?
a. Each person belongs in one and only one personality
category.
b. Personality characteristics can be represented along a
continuum.
c. People in one personality category are distinctly
different from people in other categories.
d. Personality can change as a function of the situation the
person is in.
1. If we say Ted is high on the personality trait of
assertiveness, we would expect that he will act
assertively
a. all of the time.
b. more often than someone low in assertiveness.
c. in some situations that call for assertiveness, but not in
others.
d. because he puts himself in situations that call for
assertion.
2. A psychologist collects data from a large number of
people. She places each person on a continuum ranging
from high to low
conscientiousness and makes predictions about how people
in the high range will act compared to those in the low
, range. This psychologist is using the ________ approach to
understand personality.
a. type
b. nomothetic
c. idiographic
d. common trait
3. Allport called the 5–10 traits that best describe an
individual’s personality _________ traits.
a. central
b. common
c. defining
d. secondary
4. One of Henry Murray’s chief contributions to the field of
personality psychology was the development of the
________.
a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
b. Thematic Apperception Test
c. 16-PF (16 personality factors)
d. Rorschach Inkblot Test
5. In his quest to understand the basic structure of
personality, Cattell relied heavily on
a. the idiographic approach.
b. factor analysis.
c. the examination of central traits.
d. case studies.
6. Karen always approaches tasks in an organized, faithful
manner. She persists at a difficult job longer than most
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