Summary chapters 8 to 10 Personality Psychology domains of knowledge about human nature
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Module 1 Quiz
Question 1
The intrapsychic environment is
not as objectively veri able as the social or physical environment.
Question 2
Which of the following plays an important role in building a scienti c
consensus?
meta-analyses
Question 3
To say that a trait is adaptive means that the trait
serves a useful function.
Question 4
"Triangulation" refers to
assessing personality with various types of data.
Question 5
Psychological mechanisms di er from traits in that mechanisms
refer more to processes.
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,Question 6
The process of random assignment helps to ensure
equivalence.
Question 7
The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
how traits are activated only under certain conditions.
Question 8
Personality does not include which of the following constructs
in psychology?
cognitive ability
Question 9
Which type of data is most commonly used to measure personality?
S-data
Question 10
Most current personality research is done at the _____ level of analysis.
group and individual di erences
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, Module 2 Quiz
Question 1
In the Wiggins Circumplex, the love dimension is also known as
__________, while the status dimension is also known as __________.
communion; agency
Question 2
In the HEXACO model, which of the following is NOT one of the 4 main
facets (narrow traits) that make up the Honesty-Humility factor?
honesty
Question 3
Sel shness and impulsivity are aspects of which "dark" personality trait?
subclinical psychopathy
Question 4
The _____ identi es how much of a trait a person has by counting relevant
behaviors.
act frequency approach
Question 5
Which of the following is NOT typically a step in the act frequency
approach?
Assessing synonym frequency
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, Question 6
Which of the following is useful in reducing the number of personality traits
to a more manageable number?
Factor analysis
Question 7
A person who is good natured and cooperative would score high on the
trait of
agreeableness.
Question 8
A person who is antisocial and lacks empathy would score high on the trait
of
psychoticism.
Question 9
In the Five-Factor model, excitement seeking is a facet of which factor?
extraversion
Question 10
Researchers have found empirical evidence for the ve-factor model in all
of these ways EXCEPT
in ve robust biological structures.
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