Psychology Questions

29. The MMPI-2 is a personality test that is designed to: A) measure the Big Five personality traits. B) discriminate between normal and abnormal characteristics. C) detect relationships between body types and personality patterns. D) detect differences in interpretation of ambiguous stimuli.

31. One method for measuring personalities is to observe an individual in a situation and to use his or her behavior to create a personality profile. This technique is known as _________________. A) projective testingB) the MMPIC) thematic apperception testingD) behavioral assessment

30. Gina's therapist suspects that Gina is suffering from a psychological disorder of some kind. To test this, she has Gina complete a personality inventory composed of many true/false questions. The assessment tool that the therapist is using is most likely the __________. A) MMPI B) Rorschach test C) TAT D) NEO

36. What is Albert Bandura's term for the relationship among the three factors that influence personality?A) feedback loops B) learned responsesC) reciprocal determinismD) external expectancies

2. Unlike the strict behaviorists' view, Bandura's theory of reciprocal determinism:a. emphasizes the importance of learning. b. acknowledges that people shape and determine their environments. c. emphasizes the importance of traits. d. assumes that traits are not stable over time.

33. Allana is generally an outgoing person. A ____________ psychologist would be most likely to suggest that Allana's personality is the result of being reinforced for outgoing behavior by her parents, teachers, or other people she interacted with in the past. A) behaviorist B) humanistic C) psychodynamic D) social-cognitive

3. What do twin studies indicate about the role of genes in personality?a. Heredity plays an important role in personality. b. Dizygotic twins are more likely than monozygotic twins to share personality traits. c. Personality is almost entirely determined by parenting and other environmental factors. d. Personality appears to be related to two different copies of a serotonin transporter gene.

32. Which perspective on personality development is most concerned with how one's learning history influences one's future permanent, adult personality? A) Behaviorist B) Humanistic C) Psychodynamic D) Social-Cognitive

28. Research indicates that locations, associations, activities, and subjective states are four:A) categories of personality traits. B) factors that influence the development of our personality traits. C) situational influences that interact with personality to determine our behavior. D) changes in personality that occur over our lifespan.

1. Some psychologists use a(n) _____ approach to studying personality, which is a person-centered method in which researchers focus on individual people and their unique personalities.a. nomothetic b. factor-analysisc. idiographicd. reciprocal

3. Which of the following best illustrates the idiographic approach to personality research?A) identifying personality characteristics which are shared by large groups of peopleB) designing tests which characterize abnormal personality typesC) performing a detailed study of the world's most successful business personD) using factor analysis to identify personality traits

15. Most of Candice's relationships with other people are hostile. She frequently gets in fights with strangers and even close friends. If Candice took the NEO Personality Inventory, she would likely have a low score on the ____________ dimension.A) openness B) conscientiousnessC) neuroticismD) agreeableness

12. The _______________ dimension of the NEO PI-R describes the extent to which people are outgoing or shy. A) agreeableness B) extraversion C) neuroticism D) openness

9. Raymond Cattell advanced the study of personality by: A) developing case-study analysis. B) disproving Early Greek theories of personality. C) devising the Myers-Briggs inventory. D) using factor analysis.

22. Rob suffers from occasional bouts of depression, but is otherwise a typical teenager. One of his favorite pastimes is browsing Facebook and demonstrating what he likes through "liking." If he is like most people, his likes will have a _______ correlation to other's assessments and a self-assessment of his personality. A) low negativeB) high negativeC) high positiveD) low positive

25. Which of the following statements describes the relationship between temperament and personality?A) Temperament and personality are the exact same thing.B) Personality, which we are born with, is the basis upon which one's temperament is built.C) Temperament, which we are born with, is the basis upon which one's personality is built.D) Temperament refers to negative personal characteristics, while personality refers to positive personal characteristics.

23. While psychologists do not typically refer to infants as having "personalities," infants do display personality-like attributes called _____________.A) statesB) moodsC) quasi-personalities D) temperaments

14. The aspect of consciousness proposed by Carl Jung that is a store of archetypes representing symbols and experiences common to all cultures is called the _____.a. preconscious b. subconscious c. analytical conscious d. collective unconscious

17. Marques loves to go to parties, and while there he can have a conversation with just about anyone, whether he knows them or not. Which of the following Five Factors would Marques probably rate highly on based on this information?A) neuroticismB) conscientiousnessC) extraversionD) openness

19. Which of the following is NOT one of the dimensions of the Big Five? A) conscientiousness B) extraversion C) opennessD) sociableness