Exam 9: Collaborating With Others

Describe trait approaches to personality. Briefly describe one of Raymond Cattell's, or Hans Eysenck's trait theories of personality. Identify the Big Five personality dimensions central to contemporary trait approaches. Outline several ways in which the validity of the Big Five theory is supported.

Davina can't bear to be late for anything. She is particular about how people have to do things "just right" for her to be satisfied. A psychodynamic theorist might suggest that Davina is fixated at the _______ stage of development.

Garner is imaginative, independent, and prefers variety. Brandy is conventional, down-to-earth, and has limited interests. It is likely that Garner scores high, while Brandy scores low on the Big Five personality dimension of:

_______ is a statistical method of identifying patterns among a large number of variables.

Mental retardation was a more traditionally used term for _______ .

How do the theories of the neo-Freudian psychodynamic theorists differ from Freud's pioneering views? Identify two neo-Freudians and describe some of their major contributions to psychological theory.

Suppose you develop a new self-report measure of the broad personality trait of extraversion. Distinguish between reliability and validity. Describe how you would establish the reliability and validity of your new test. Outline how you would establish norms for the test.

Dr. Portillo's research team is using various methods to assess the trait of extraversion. Dr. Portillo is interpreting participants' responses to TAT pictures. Her postdoctoral research fellow is recording the number and length of conversations participants initiate in a laboratory situation. Finally, Dr. Portillo's graduate student is examining her own extraversion scores on a test of the Big Five dimensions. Which research team member is correctly paired with the type of personality assessment he or she is using?

According to Carl Rogers, people experience anxiety when:

In what way do more recent theories of intelligence differ from those offered earlier in psychology's history?

Which trait theorist is correctly matched with the number of basic personality dimensions proposed in his theory?

The ________ , or MMPI-2, is the most widely used self-report measure of personality.

Individuals who have IQ scores ranging from 55 to 69 are classified as having _______ retardation.

Ashley, a psychology major, remarks that she has become interested in the study of intelligence. In other words, Ashley is interested in:

A researcher develops a questionnaire to assess impulsiveness among adults. In a journal article, she presents evidence that college students tend to get essentially the same score if they take the test twice, two months apart. However, when you look at the sample questionnaire items she included in the article, it seems to you that they relate more to whether a person is sociable, outgoing, and fun than to whether an individual is impulsive. You are specifically questioning the ________ of the researcher's questionnaire.

The notion of practical intelligence is associated with:

Evaluate the learning approaches to personality.

People who are ________ retarded have deficits in their language and motor skills. Although these individuals can hold simple jobs, they need to have a certain degree of supervision throughout their lives.