Exam 7: Using Personality Traits to Understand Behavior

Which Big Five domain is related to less smoking?

Which correlates of delay of gratification were common in both girls and boys?

Jack Block found that 23-year-olds who described themselves as being politically conservative were likely to have been described as _________ at age 3.

What is another name for ego control?

Low self-monitors are typically described more favorably than high self-monitors.

Which trait is most closely linked with dominance?

People high in conscientiousness seem to avoid behaviors that involve health risks.

A researcher who starts with an interest in delinquency and then identifies the traits associated with that category of behavior is taking a ________ approach.

What aspects of behavior does self-monitoring help to explain? Thoroughly describe the construct and identify interesting correlates of both high self-monitoring and low self-monitoring. Are there connections between self-monitoring and the Big Five domains?

The most important advantage of Q-sorting is that it ________.

A researcher using the Big Five likely adopts the many-trait approach.

According to a recent study described in the textbook, which trait has been linked to a decrease in life satisfaction following a bout of unemployment?

Low self- monitors are more likely than high self-monitors to be described as ________.

The items on the California Q-Set were designed by a team of researchers and practitioners who generated a comprehensive set of terms sufficient to describe personality.

The Big Six model is also called the HEXACO.

How has research with the California Q-Set helped to identify personality correlates of delay of gratification, drug abuse, and depression? Briefly describe the Q-sort procedure and explain how such studies have been conducted. What gender differences have been found and how are these usually interpreted?

According to the text, sex differences in the personality correlates of delay of gratification are likely attributable to sex differences in ________.

Based on research, the resident of which of these cities will probably score the highest on openness?

The study of mean-level changes in personality across the life span suggests which of the following?

A researcher interested in identifying common patterns of trait variation that characterize whole persons is using a ________ approach.