Exam 8: The Trait Approach: Relevant Research

The strength or degree to which a person typically experiences his or her emotions is called

Eric tends to have higher emotional highs than most people and lower emotional lows. He is probably high in

Provide several reasons why a person who is higher in dispositional optimism may have more academic and/or career success than a person lower in that attribute.

In a study of varying task difficulty, researchers found that under threat to their perception of control,

What are the differences between introversion and social anxiety? List all of the characteristics you have learned about social anxiety and discuss the relationship of each one to Freud's original conception of anxiety. From the research presented in the text, contrast between evaluation apprehension as a cause of social anxiety and other possible causes.

Early research found that Type A behavior was related to an increased likelihood of developing coronary disease. More recent research has

By its very definition, those who are high in the need for Achievement work hard at everything and tackle tasks with the potential for personal achievement with much energy.

Type A people often find more easygoing people a source of frustration.

Darlene's emotions are easy to read: she smiles broadly when happy and looks down when sad. Researchers would say that Darlene is high in

Which of the following is correct about the relation between affect intensity and well-being?

Researchers find that people high in negative affect also tend to have a higher number of health complaints. This is probably because

On what kind of an achievement task is a Type A person likely to work harder on than a person who is Type B?

Which of the following person is likely to have the highest need for Achievement?

People high in social anxiety report that their anxiety often is very painful and that they desire to be more sociable. This finding helps us distinguish between social anxiety and

Carlos suffers from high social anxiety. Based on past research, which part of an interaction with a stranger would we expect him to have the most difficulty with?

Compared to the average person, people high in emotional expressiveness tend to have

Research on achievement and gender finds that men and women often differ in

Researchers have found an association between achievement behavior and each of the following personality variables except one. Which one?

Those who are shyer tend to use a self-protective interaction style that helps control the impressions others form of them.

Some researchers believe that evaluation apprehension is the underlying cause of social anxiety. This means people high in social anxiety