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PSY 235 FINAL EXAMAccording to Allport, what is the method by which personality s
hould be studied? (Ch. 1)
A) Nomothetic
B) Idiographic
C) Inductive
D) Allport argued against the study of personality
Answer:B) Idiographic
Of the eight perspectives discussed in your text, which of the fol
lowing is NOT true? (Ch. 1)
A) They all contribute to our understanding of personality
B) They reflect a view of human nature
C) We should remember not to rely too much on one approach
while ignoring others
D) Very few of the perspectives are still regarded as useful
E) It is beneficial to learn about the strengths and weaknesses
of all eight perspectives
Answer:D) Very few of the perspectives are still regarded as us
eful
,The Gestalt tradition emphasized the idea that __________(Ch.
1)
A) "The whole is greater than the sum of its part"
B) "Two heads are better than one"
C) "You can run, but you can't hide"
D) "You can't teach an old dog new tricks"
E) "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women are mer
ely players"
Answer:A) "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
Advances in the field of biological science have _______ (Ch.
1)
A) Demonstrated that there really is no such thing as personalit
y
B) Drawn attention away from the field of psychology
C) Enabled modern researchers to disprove all of Freud's theori
es
D) Localized personality to a single specific brain region
E) Helped researchers to think more clearly about what person
ality is
Answer:E) Helped researchers to think more clearly about what
personality is
,Darwin's evolutionary theory influences the development of the
field of personality psychology through _____________ (Ch. 1)
A) Its focus on how a species on an isolated island may differ fr
om its mainland counterpart
B) Its focus on divine intervention as a mechanism of populatio
n change
C) The idea that people are subject to the laws of nature, like ot
her animals
D) The introduction of fossil evidence as a source of data
E) The idea that extinct populations can provide important data
Answer:C) The idea that people are subject to the laws of natur
e, like other animals
If we ask everyone in the class to describe the personalities of
everyone else they know in the class, and then use these data t
o form a theory bout the personality of college students we are
using ____________ (Ch. 1)
A) Conduction
B) Analogy
C) Reducto ad populum
D) Induction
E) Deduction
Answer:D) Induction
, The roots of modern personality psychology can be traced to d
evelopments in the 19th century biological sciences based on t
he work of ___________(Ch. 1)
A) Descartes
B) Mead
C) Darwin
D) Roosevelt
E) Newton
Answer:A) Descartes
A correlation coefficient is a mathematical index of ___ (Ch. 1)
A) The degree to which one variable cause another
B) The degree of genetic relatedness of two family members
C) The degree of agreement (or association) between two mea
sures
D) The degree to which a variable is a reliable measure
E) none of these
Answer:C) The degree of agreement between two measures
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