NEW EXAM TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY: A JOURNEY 5TH EDITION DENNIS COON JOHN O. MITTERER
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. An individual’s unique and enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving are called
a. personality.
b. character.
c. somatotype.
d. phenotype.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Mode...
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NEW EXAM TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY: A JOURNEY 5TH EDITION
DENNIS COON JOHN O. MITTERER I
Chapter 10: Personality
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. An individual’s unique and enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving are called
a. personality.
b. character.
c. somatotype.
d. phenotype.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality? OBJ: 10.1.1 KEY: Fact
2. In psychology, the term personality implies that individual patterns of behavior are both
a. universal and inherited.
b. desirable and undesirable.
c. unique and stable.
d. complimentary and diverse.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality?
OBJ: 10.1.1 KEY: Fact MSC: * (New Question)
3. The term personality refers to
a. the hereditary aspects of one’s emotional nature.
b. unique and enduring behavior patterns.
c. favorable and unfavorable personal characteristics.
d. charisma, character, or temperament.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality? OBJ: 10.1.1 KEY: Fact
4. The consistency of who you are, have been, and will become as well as the special blend
of talents, values, hopes, loves, hates, and habits that makes you a unique person is
referred to as
a. personality.
b. character.
c. somatotype.
d. temperament.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality? OBJ: 10.1.1 KEY: Concept
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,5. When desirable or undesirable characteristics of personality are evaluated, we are assessing
a. temperament.
b. character.
c. personality types.
d. popular stereotypes.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality? OBJ: 10.1.2 KEY: Fact
6. Which of the following statements pertains to character as opposed to personality?
a. “Eddie is a good guy. He’s honest and dependable.”
b. “Judy tends to be withdrawn. She rarely enjoys being with others.”
c. “Juanita loses her temper easily and cools off slowly.”
d. “As a group, Americans are less restrained than the British.”
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality? OBJ: 10.1.2 KEY: Application
7. Which of the following implies that a person has been evaluated as possessing positive
qualities, not just described?
a. personality
b. ideal self
c. character
d. temperament
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality?
OBJ: 10.1.2 KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)
8. A subjective evaluation of a person is referred to as
a. personality.
b. character.
c. temperament.
d. a trait critique.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality? OBJ: 10.1.2 KEY: Fact
9. When you describe your friend as being outgoing, funny, honest, dependable, and just an
“all-aroundgood guy,” you are referring to attributes of
a. character.
b. temperament.
c. the superego.
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, d. the ideal self.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality? OBJ: 10.1.2 KEY: Application
10. The term character refers to
a. the hereditary aspects of one’s emotional nature.
b. unique and enduring behavior patterns.
c. favorable and unfavorable personal characteristics.
d. one’s temperament.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality? OBJ: 10.1.2 KEY: Fact
11. A stable, enduring quality that a person shows in most situations is
a. self-esteem.
b. a personality type.
c. a personality trait.
d. a somatotype.
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality? OBJ: 10.1.3 KEY: Fact
12. A personality trait is
a. a style of personality defined by a group of related qualities.
b. a stable, enduring quality that a person shows in most situations.
c. the hereditary aspect of a person’s personality.
d. the subjective evaluation of a character.
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality? OBJ: 10.1.3 KEY: Fact
13. Personality traits are inferred from past behavior and allow us to behavior.
a. explain
b. learn from
c. justify
d. predict
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult
REF: The Psychology of Personality-Do You Have
Personality?
OBJ: 10.1.3 KEY: Concept MSC: * (New Question)
14. If we describe Dan as being sociable, orderly, and intelligent, we are referring to his
a. personality traits.
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, b. personality type.
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