Exam 4: The Trait Perspective

Cattell's empirical work resulted in a personality scale which is called the:

Identify three major criticism of the trait approach.

There is considerable variation in what researchers include in the factor of extraversion.

Wiggins proposed a set of eight psychological patterns which he called the:

Eysenck believes that his two type dimensions of personality relate to qualities of:

Factor analysis:

There is a fair amount of agreement as to what the five basic dimensions of personality are.

Current research suggests Mischel's concern about the low correlation between personality traits and behavior may not be as big a problem as he believed.

"Strong" situations are ones in which there is an easy expression of personality differences.

According to Mischel, there is a relatively modest relationship between self-reports and the ability to predict behavior.

Openness to experience is linked to lower sexual satisfaction in marriage.

Cattell believes that the traits underlying human behavior must be determined empirically rather than theoretically.

The trait approach has been criticized for saying little about how personality works

It has been argued that Eysenck's dimension of psychoticism is a blend of:

Among the "big five" factors, the largest disagreement relates to the neuroticism factor.

The fact that people often use verbal "hedges" when describing someone's personality indicates that they:

A behavioral signature is:

Some researchers prefer to use the term___________ for qualities Cattell labeled as culture.

The idea that situational variables are more important than personality variables in determining how people act is termed:

A university campus is a___________ situation, whereas an army boot camp is a___________ situation.