Question 1

Which person is most likely to be conducting personality research?

Accepted Answer

A)  Josh, who examines changes in extraversion over students' first year in college 
B)  Casey, who studies how boxers physiologically react to being punched 
C)  Evelyn, who observes whether people are more likely to stop to help someone in a crowded vs. non-crowded street 
D)  Lucy, who observes how aggressive behavior varies among people playing a violent vs. non-violent video game 
A)  Josh, who examines changes in extraversion over students' first year in college 
B)  Casey, who studies how boxers physiologically react to being punched 
C)  Evelyn, who observes whether people are more likely to stop to help someone in a crowded vs. non-crowded street 
D)  Lucy, who observes how aggressive behavior varies among people playing a violent vs. non-violent video game

Question 2

Are we "prisoners of our personality"?

Accepted Answer

We are not prisoners of our pe

Question 3

Which of the following terms is critical to defining the term personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  usual pattern 
B)  situational behavior 
C)  conscientious 
D)  inconsistent thinking 
A)  usual pattern 
B)  situational behavior 
C)  conscientious 
D)  inconsistent thinking

Question 4

Can observers accurately determine someone's personality based on that person's Facebook page?

Accepted Answer

A good answer would include the followin

Question 5

Why is personality psychology considered to be a hub field?

Accepted Answer

A good answer would include the followin

Question 6

Personality psychology is considered a hub topic because it incorporates __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  many different fields of psychology 
B)  intuition, emotion, and intelligence 
C)  nature and nurture influences 
D)  common sense and scientific methodology 
A)  many different fields of psychology 
B)  intuition, emotion, and intelligence 
C)  nature and nurture influences 
D)  common sense and scientific methodology

Question 7

Understanding personality psychology produces the benefit of being able to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  change one's core personality dimensions into an entirely different set of traits 
B)  understand the findings in all other hub fields related to personality psychology 
C)  understand one's own personality and the personality of friends and family members 
D)  eliminate undesirable traits from your own personality structure 
A)  change one's core personality dimensions into an entirely different set of traits 
B)  understand the findings in all other hub fields related to personality psychology 
C)  understand one's own personality and the personality of friends and family members 
D)  eliminate undesirable traits from your own personality structure

Question 8

Which questions addressed in social psychology would apply to the study of personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  how people's personalities change as they grow older 
B)  the extent to which personality traits predict good or poor mental health 
C)  whether personality traits influence people's productivity in the workplace 
D)  how a person's self-concept and self-esteem contribute to personality development 
A)  how people's personalities change as they grow older 
B)  the extent to which personality traits predict good or poor mental health 
C)  whether personality traits influence people's productivity in the workplace 
D)  how a person's self-concept and self-esteem contribute to personality development

Question 9

Which psychologist argued that the effects of personality on a person's behaviors were too small to matter?

Accepted Answer

A)  George Herbert Mead 
B)  Sam Gosling 
C)  Walter Mischel 
D)  Stanley Milgram 
A)  George Herbert Mead 
B)  Sam Gosling 
C)  Walter Mischel 
D)  Stanley Milgram

Question 10

What do Facebook posts, text messages, or computer preferences have in common in an investigation of personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  They represent self-reports that people provide. 
B)  They are questionnaire-based methods of investigation. 
C)  They are unreliable measures of personality dimensions. 
D)  They are behavioral measures that can reveal underlying personality traits. 
A)  They represent self-reports that people provide. 
B)  They are questionnaire-based methods of investigation. 
C)  They are unreliable measures of personality dimensions. 
D)  They are behavioral measures that can reveal underlying personality traits.

Which person is most likely to be conducting personality research?

Are we "prisoners of our personality"?

Which of the following terms is critical to defining the term personality?

Can observers accurately determine someone's personality based on that person's Facebook page?

Why is personality psychology considered to be a hub field?

Personality psychology is considered a hub topic because it incorporates __________.

Understanding personality psychology produces the benefit of being able to __________.

Which questions addressed in social psychology would apply to the study of personality?

Which psychologist argued that the effects of personality on a person's behaviors were too small to matter?

What do Facebook posts, text messages, or computer preferences have in common in an investigation of personality?

Assessment and Methods

The Big Five Personality Traits

Biological Underpinnings of Personality

Self-Concept and Self-Processes

Psychodynamic Approaches

Motivation

How Learning Shapes Behavior

Personality Across the Lifespan

Gender and Personality

Culture and Personality

Personality in the Workplace

Personality and Relationships

Personality and Mental Health

Personality and Physical Health

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Exam 1: Understanding Yourself and Others

Which person is most likely to be conducting personality research?

Are we "prisoners of our personality"?

Which of the following terms is critical to defining the term personality?

Can observers accurately determine someone's personality based on that person's Facebook page?

Why is personality psychology considered to be a hub field?

Personality psychology is considered a hub topic because it incorporates __________.

Understanding personality psychology produces the benefit of being able to __________.

Which questions addressed in social psychology would apply to the study of personality?

Which psychologist argued that the effects of personality on a person's behaviors were too small to matter?

What do Facebook posts, text messages, or computer preferences have in common in an investigation of personality?

Assessment and Methods

The Big Five Personality Traits

Biological Underpinnings of Personality

Self-Concept and Self-Processes

Psychodynamic Approaches

Motivation

How Learning Shapes Behavior

Personality Across the Lifespan

Gender and Personality

Culture and Personality

Personality in the Workplace

Personality and Relationships

Personality and Mental Health

Personality and Physical Health

Filters