Personality 5, Theories of Personality
Chapter 3: Identifying Traits -Connect
Questions, Chapter 4: Theoretical and
Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology,
Exam 1 SB Practice Review, Personality
Psych Exam 1, Psych 205 Questions With
Correct Answers
The personality trait of _____ is the most powerful longitudinal predictor of success and work
A. Neuroticism
B. Extraversion
C. Introversion
D. Conscientiousness - answer✔✔D (Conscientiousness)
Another kind of personality stability is constancy of level, or ______ _______ stability -
answer✔✔Mean level
Conventional wisdom has the view that people become more cautious and conservative as they
age, and this has been confirmed by studies on ________
D. Dominance - answer✔✔A (Sensation seeking)
_______ was defined by Block and Robbins as the extent to which one perceives oneself as
relatively close to being the person one wants to be and/or as distant from being the kind of
person one does not want to be, with respect to person-qualities one positive and negatively
values - answer✔✔Self-esteem
_____ are sometimes called test-retest reliability coefficients
A. Stability coefficients
B. Variability coefficients
C. Change coefficients
D. Validity coefficient - answer✔✔A (Stability coefficients)
______ refers to a form of personality development that involves maintaining rank order in
relation to other individuals but changing the manifestations - answer✔✔Personality coherence
One of the characteristics of people who score high on the Independence scale of the CPI
according to the study of Mills College women conducted by Helson and Picano is that they tend
to ____
A. Ignore people at parties
B. Interrupt conversations
C. Step back in a group during difficult situations
D. Follow instructions from those who are in a position to lead - answer✔✔B (Interrupt
conversations)
Jean Twenge discovered that women's trait scores on ______ rose and fall dramatically
depending on the cohort in which each woman was raised
A. Aggression
B. Assertivenes
C. Achievement
D. Extraversion - answer✔✔B (Assertiveness)
A study of 1,600 men conducted by Mroczek and Spiro found the those who got married showed
above-average increases in _____ compared to their bachelor peers
A. Conscientiousness
B. Negative affect
C. Neuroticism
D. Emotional stability - answer✔✔D (Emotional stability)
The results of the longitudinal study conducted by Howard and Bray revealed scores on
autonomy, leadership motivation, achievement, and dominance all ______
D. Increased over time - answer✔✔D (Increased over time)
In the longitudinal study conducted by Helen and Wink to examine changes in women's
personality between the early 40s and the early 50s, the most dramatic change was the _____
scale of the California Psychological Inventory
A. Empathy
B. Communality
C. Intellectual efficiency
D. Felinity - answer✔✔D (Femininity)
A _____ is a recording device attached to the wrists of children during several play periods in the
Block and Block Longitudinal study to assess their activity levels
A. Audiometer
B. Pedometer
C. Actometer
D. Phototube - answer✔✔C (Actometer)
According to the longitudinal study by Helson and Picano of Mills College women, those who
score high on the Independence scale of the CPI tend to _____
A. Set goals for groups to which they belong
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