Exam 1: What Is Personality

Although Sally is well behaved and polite at home, she can be really mean to the other children at school. Psychologists who adhere to the trait approach to personality would say Sally's behavior

According to the textbook, a primary example of applying personality to one's personal life would be

To explain depression, trait theorists would most likely focus on

Which of the following statements is an axiom that best reflects the personality psychologist's point of view?

The emotional, motivational, and cognitive processes that go on inside of a person are called _______________processes.

List by name the six general approaches to personality. Using an example of someone you know who is aggressive, discuss how each of the six explain that person's behavior.

Annabelle is usually a very reserved person who tries to be polite and friendly to others. She is known as being "sweet but quiet." One day at a supermarket, she overhears two men making racially bigoted comments about another patron, and she explodes. She screams at the men, tells them how hateful they are, and creates a scene until the store manager has to intervene. How would you analyze this situation while considering the "person" and the "situation?"

To achieve a full understanding, personality researchers must examine psychological topics from more than one approach.

Greg believes that aggressive behavior in his coworkers is an expression of frustration that results from unsatisfied basic needs. He believes in the _______________approach to the study of personality.

The component necessary for the study of personality known as assessment is characterized by which of the following?

Most of the research on personality reported in the textbook is based on studies with people

The approach to personality that explains aggressive behavior as unconscious impulses turned outward on other people is the

Consistent behavior patterns that people display in many different situations are

State whether our behavior is shaped by the situation or by the kind of person we are and give three reasons for your answer. Distinguish between reactions that are the result of situational factors and those that result from intrapersonal processes.

The more closely we look at the characteristic ways people deal with emotional situations, the more we

A psychologist explains a woman's fear of snakes in terms of her unconscious fear of her father. This psychologist is using which approach to personality?

Psychologists who take the cognitive approach to personality would suggest that aggressive behavior is learned because it has been rewarded.

Asking people to take an inventory where they respond to ambiguous stimuli by talking about what they see in the images is an example of personality

When we look closely at the reactions of people to the same situation, we see

By_______________ we mean the ways psychologists measure the personality constructs that are of interest to them.