PSY 255 QUIZ 2 QUESTION AND ANSWERS complete exam solution
, Class: PSY-255 Date:
02/26/2020
Quiz 2 Chapters 7-10
All Question 2.5 Points Each
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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
4. Allport called the 5–10 traits that best describe an individual’s
personality _________ traits.
a. central
b. common
c. defining
, Class: PSY-255 Date:
02/26/2020
Quiz 2 Chapters 7-10
All Question 2.5 Points Each
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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
4. Allport called the 5–10 traits that best describe an individual’s
personality _________ traits.
a. central
b. common
c. defining
