PSY 255 Personalilty Psychology Quiz 2 2021 Chapters 7-10. 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 pe...
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
d. secondary
5. One of Henry Murray’s chief contributions to the field of personality psychology was the development
of the ________.
a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
b. Thematic Apperception Test
c. 16-PF (16 personality factors)
d. Rorschach Inkblot Test
6. In his quest to understand the basic structure of personality, Cattell relied heavily on
a. the idiographic approach.
b. factor analysis.
c. the examination of central traits.
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7. Karen always approaches tasks in an organized, faithful manner. She persists at a difficult job longer
than most people and generally accomplishes more. Karen is probably high in which of the Big Five
traits?
a. Agreeableness
b. Openness
c. Conscientiousness
d. Extraversion
8. Alicia has an active imagination and a strong intellectual curiosity. She likes new ideas and
unconventional ways of looking at problems. Alicia is probably high in the Big Five trait called
a. agreeableness.
b. neuroticism.
c. conscientiousness.
d. openness.
9. Among the Big Five personality dimensions, individual differences in _________ typically are the best
predictors of job performance.
a. Extraversion
b. Openness
c. Agreeableness
d. Conscientiousness
10. Psychologists often use personality traits to predict behavior in the workplace. This research has
benefited recently by looking at
a. the Big Five personality dimensions.
b. psychogenic needs.
c. central traits.
d. the idiographic approach.
11. Test-takers who “fake good”
a. are able to fool most test givers with their inaccurate responses.
b. are not likely to be detected unless they admit that they are faking their test answers.
c. are trying to present a better image than is accurate.
d. are not aware that they are distorting their responses to create a false image.
12. One strength of the trait approach to personality is that it
a. predicts behavior in many situations.
b. is not necessary to job counselors to do their work.
c. does not rely on intuition but instead on objective measures.
d. explains the development of personality traits.
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