Exam 8: The Trait Approach: Relevant Research

Juanita works hard to do well in her English class. She wants to get the highest grade in the class on each exam, and is especially pleased when she is singled out for recognition. Researchers would say that Juanita is motivated by

Compared to people with low affect intensity, those with high affect intensity are more likely to

Among the conclusions we can draw from research on emotional affectivity, which of the following has been clearly demonstrated?

Researchers have found relatively stable individual differences in each of the following except one. Which one?

Compared to Type Bs, how do Type A people typically respond to a stressful task?

People motivated by mastery goals __________than those driven by performance goals.

You read about a study of varying task difficulty in the textbook. In this study researchers threatened the participants' perception of their control, finding that

Suppose your friends just had a baby. From what you learned in personality class, in order to raise their child to have high need for Achievement you would advise your friends to

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

Researchers find that people who are high in _______ typically achieve more than the average person.

Predictably, high need achievers work hard at everything and tackle tasks with the potential for personal achievement with much energy.

Which of the following is true about gender and achievement?

Researchers studying positive and negative affect sometimes disagree on whether

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

Which of the following did early researchers examining need for Achievement have in common with many psychoanalytic therapists?

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

Research finds that shy people deliberately keep conversations short and polite and avoid potentially controversial or embarrassing topics. Some researchers point to these findings to suggest that social anxiety is caused by excessive

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

Which of the following statements is true about social anxiety?

When researchers compare Type A and Type B students on academic performance, they typically find