Question 1

Who among the following developed a model of personality that included three main traits?

Accepted Answer

A) Raymond Cattell 
B) Jerry Wiggins 
C) Hans Eysenck 
D) Timothy Leary 
A) Raymond Cattell 
B) Jerry Wiggins 
C) Hans Eysenck 
D) Timothy Leary

Question 2

Who among the following was one of the most prominent advocates of circular representations of personality and formalized the circular model with modern statistical techniques?

Accepted Answer

A) Fiske 
B) Raymond Cattell 
C) Hans Eysenck 
D) Timothy Leary 
A) Fiske 
B) Raymond Cattell 
C) Hans Eysenck 
D) Timothy Leary

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a clear advantage of the Wiggins circumplex model of personality?

Accepted Answer

A) The relationship of each trait and every other trait within the model is specified. 
B) It provides an explicit definition of interpersonal behavior. 
C) It alerts researchers to gaps in investigations of interpersonal behavior. 
D) The relationships between traits can be traced to biologically based traits. 
A) The relationship of each trait and every other trait within the model is specified. 
B) It provides an explicit definition of interpersonal behavior. 
C) It alerts researchers to gaps in investigations of interpersonal behavior. 
D) The relationships between traits can be traced to biologically based traits.

Question 4

Which of the following concepts indicates that if an attribute has not merely one or two trait adjectives to describe it but rather many words,then it is a more important dimension of individual difference?

Accepted Answer

A) Adjacency 
B) Synonym frequency 
C) Cross-cultural universality 
D) Orthogonality 
A) Adjacency 
B) Synonym frequency 
C) Cross-cultural universality 
D) Orthogonality

Question 5

The dimensions of _____ and love define the two major axes of the Wiggins circumplex.

Accepted Answer

A) hate 
B) status 
C) interpersonal behavior 
D) neuroticism 
A) hate 
B) status 
C) interpersonal behavior 
D) neuroticism

Question 6

Which of the following taxonomies was developed based on the traits that were believed to be highly heritable and had a likely psychophysiological foundation?

Accepted Answer

A) Eysenck's personality taxonomy 
B) Cattell's taxonomy 
C) The Wiggins circumplex model 
D) The five-factor model 
A) Eysenck's personality taxonomy 
B) Cattell's taxonomy 
C) The Wiggins circumplex model 
D) The five-factor model

Question 7

In the Wiggins circumplex model,traits that are orthogonal to each other _____ with each other.

Accepted Answer

A) are not correlated 
B) have a strong positive correlation 
C) have a negative correlation 
D) are causally linked 
A) are not correlated 
B) have a strong positive correlation 
C) have a negative correlation 
D) are causally linked

Question 8

Fiona is an excessive worrier.She always seems tense and has trouble sleeping.Her friends report that she has very low self-esteem and is usually moody.According to Hans Eysenck's personality taxonomy,Fiona would most likely score high on the trait of:

Accepted Answer

A) introversion. 
B) quarrelsomeness. 
C) psychoticism. 
D) neuroticism. 
A) introversion. 
B) quarrelsomeness. 
C) psychoticism. 
D) neuroticism.

Question 9

Which of the following is useful in reducing the number of personality traits to a more manageable number?

Accepted Answer

A) Synonym frequency 
B) The act frequency approach 
C) Factor analysis 
D) Cross-cultural universality 
A) Synonym frequency 
B) The act frequency approach 
C) Factor analysis 
D) Cross-cultural universality

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental question that guides those who study personality traits?

Accepted Answer

A) How can traits be changed? 
B) How should traits be conceptualized? 
C) How can the most important traits be identified from among the thousands of ways in which individuals differ? 
D) How can a comprehensive taxonomy of traits be developed? 
A) How can traits be changed? 
B) How should traits be conceptualized? 
C) How can the most important traits be identified from among the thousands of ways in which individuals differ? 
D) How can a comprehensive taxonomy of traits be developed?

Question 11

Which of the following is a feature of the theoretical approach?

Accepted Answer

A) A theory is used to view all important traits as captured by the natural language. 
B) A theory is used to determine variables that are important. 
C) A theory is used to reduce a large array of diverse personality traits into a cluster of traits that covary. 
D) A theory is primarily used to classify acts into trait categories. 
A) A theory is used to view all important traits as captured by the natural language. 
B) A theory is used to determine variables that are important. 
C) A theory is used to reduce a large array of diverse personality traits into a cluster of traits that covary. 
D) A theory is primarily used to classify acts into trait categories.

Question 12

Which of the following procedures helps researchers to identify hundreds of acts belonging to various trait categories?

Accepted Answer

A) Act nomination 
B) Act effectiveness 
C) Act performance 
D) Act likelihood 
A) Act nomination 
B) Act effectiveness 
C) Act performance 
D) Act likelihood

Question 13

According to Norman's markers for the Big Five,a person who is good-natured and cooperative would score high on the trait of:

Accepted Answer

A) surgency. 
B) agreeableness. 
C) conscientiousness. 
D) emotional stability. 
A) surgency. 
B) agreeableness. 
C) conscientiousness. 
D) emotional stability.

Question 14

Which of the following states that all important individual differences have become encoded within the natural language?

Accepted Answer

A) The lexical hypothesis 
B) The projective hypothesis 
C) Factor analysis 
D) A personality taxonomy 
A) The lexical hypothesis 
B) The projective hypothesis 
C) Factor analysis 
D) A personality taxonomy

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true about psychologists who view traits as internal dispositions?

Accepted Answer

A) They avoid prejudging the cause of an individual's behavior. 
B) They argue that the important individual differences among people must be first identified and described,and subsequently causal theories to explain them must be developed. 
C) They define traits simply as descriptive summaries of attributes of persons. 
D) They believe that traits can lie dormant in the sense that the capacities remain present even when particular behaviors are not actually expresseD. 
A) They avoid prejudging the cause of an individual's behavior. 
B) They argue that the important individual differences among people must be first identified and described,and subsequently causal theories to explain them must be developed. 
C) They define traits simply as descriptive summaries of attributes of persons. 
D) They believe that traits can lie dormant in the sense that the capacities remain present even when particular behaviors are not actually expresseD.

Question 16

In the context of the five-factor model,which of the following was used by Allport and Odbert to identify 17,953 trait terms?

Accepted Answer

A) Act nominations 
B) Self reports 
C) The English dictionary 
D) Peer ratings 
A) Act nominations 
B) Self reports 
C) The English dictionary 
D) Peer ratings

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a key element of the act frequency approach?

Accepted Answer

A) Act nomination 
B) Assessing synonym frequency 
C) Recording of act performance 
D) Prototypicality judgment 
A) Act nomination 
B) Assessing synonym frequency 
C) Recording of act performance 
D) Prototypicality judgment

Question 18

Which of the following will help identify important personality traits in the lexical approach?

Accepted Answer

A) Finding the number of synonyms for a trait in the corresponding lexicon 
B) Determining if a trait is conveyed through different parts of speech,including adjectives,nouns,and adverbs 
C) Examining the corresponding lexicon for biological words that represent a trait 
D) Determining if there are words representing each end of a trait in the natural language 
A) Finding the number of synonyms for a trait in the corresponding lexicon 
B) Determining if a trait is conveyed through different parts of speech,including adjectives,nouns,and adverbs 
C) Examining the corresponding lexicon for biological words that represent a trait 
D) Determining if there are words representing each end of a trait in the natural language

Question 19

In the context of the HEXACO model,individuals low on honesty-humility are:

Accepted Answer

A) less likely to violate social contracts. 
B) more likely to boast about their personal accomplishments. 
C) less likely to sabotage others in their work environment. 
D) more likely to forgive their former romantic partners on being rejecteD. 
A) less likely to violate social contracts. 
B) more likely to boast about their personal accomplishments. 
C) less likely to sabotage others in their work environment. 
D) more likely to forgive their former romantic partners on being rejecteD.

Question 20

In the context of the act frequency approach,which of the following involves identifying the acts that are most central to each trait category?

Accepted Answer

A) Act nomination 
B) Synonym frequency 
C) Cross-cultural universality 
D) Prototypicality judgment 
A) Act nomination 
B) Synonym frequency 
C) Cross-cultural universality 
D) Prototypicality judgment

Who among the following developed a model of personality that included three main traits?

Who among the following was one of the most prominent advocates of circular representations of personality and formalized the circular model with modern statistical techniques?

Which of the following is NOT a clear advantage of the Wiggins circumplex model of personality?

Which of the following concepts indicates that if an attribute has not merely one or two trait adjectives to describe it but rather many words,then it is a more important dimension of individual difference?

The dimensions of _____ and love define the two major axes of the Wiggins circumplex.

Which of the following taxonomies was developed based on the traits that were believed to be highly heritable and had a likely psychophysiological foundation?

In the Wiggins circumplex model,traits that are orthogonal to each other _____ with each other.

Fiona is an excessive worrier.She always seems tense and has trouble sleeping.Her friends report that she has very low self-esteem and is usually moody.According to Hans Eysenck's personality taxonomy,Fiona would most likely score high on the trait of:

Which of the following is useful in reducing the number of personality traits to a more manageable number?

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental question that guides those who study personality traits?

Which of the following is a feature of the theoretical approach?

Which of the following procedures helps researchers to identify hundreds of acts belonging to various trait categories?

According to Norman's markers for the Big Five,a person who is good-natured and cooperative would score high on the trait of:

Which of the following states that all important individual differences have become encoded within the natural language?

Which of the following statements is true about psychologists who view traits as internal dispositions?

In the context of the five-factor model,which of the following was used by Allport and Odbert to identify 17,953 trait terms?

Which of the following is NOT a key element of the act frequency approach?

Which of the following will help identify important personality traits in the lexical approach?

In the context of the HEXACO model,individuals low on honesty-humility are:

In the context of the act frequency approach,which of the following involves identifying the acts that are most central to each trait category?

Introduction to Personality Psychology

Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design

Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology

Personality Dispositions Over Time: Stability, Coherence, and Change

Genetics and Personality

Physiological Approaches to Personality

Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues

Motives and Personality

Cognitive Topics in Personality

Emotion and Personality

Approaches to the Self

Personality and Social Interaction

Sex,Gender,and Personality

Culture and Personality

Stress,Coping,Adjustment,and Health

Disorders of Personality

Summary and Future Directions

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Exam 3: Traits and Trait Taxonomies

Who among the following developed a model of personality that included three main traits?

Who among the following was one of the most prominent advocates of circular representations of personality and formalized the circular model with modern statistical techniques?

Which of the following is NOT a clear advantage of the Wiggins circumplex model of personality?

Which of the following concepts indicates that if an attribute has not merely one or two trait adjectives to describe it but rather many words,then it is a more important dimension of individual difference?

The dimensions of _____ and love define the two major axes of the Wiggins circumplex.

Which of the following taxonomies was developed based on the traits that were believed to be highly heritable and had a likely psychophysiological foundation?

In the Wiggins circumplex model,traits that are orthogonal to each other _____ with each other.

Fiona is an excessive worrier.She always seems tense and has trouble sleeping.Her friends report that she has very low self-esteem and is usually moody.According to Hans Eysenck's personality taxonomy,Fiona would most likely score high on the trait of:

Which of the following is useful in reducing the number of personality traits to a more manageable number?

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental question that guides those who study personality traits?

Which of the following is a feature of the theoretical approach?

Which of the following procedures helps researchers to identify hundreds of acts belonging to various trait categories?

According to Norman's markers for the Big Five,a person who is good-natured and cooperative would score high on the trait of:

Which of the following states that all important individual differences have become encoded within the natural language?

Which of the following statements is true about psychologists who view traits as internal dispositions?

In the context of the five-factor model,which of the following was used by Allport and Odbert to identify 17,953 trait terms?

Which of the following is NOT a key element of the act frequency approach?

Which of the following will help identify important personality traits in the lexical approach?

In the context of the HEXACO model,individuals low on honesty-humility are:

In the context of the act frequency approach,which of the following involves identifying the acts that are most central to each trait category?

Introduction to Personality Psychology

Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design

Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology

Personality Dispositions Over Time: Stability, Coherence, and Change

Genetics and Personality

Physiological Approaches to Personality

Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues

Motives and Personality

Cognitive Topics in Personality

Emotion and Personality

Approaches to the Self

Personality and Social Interaction

Sex,Gender,and Personality

Culture and Personality

Stress,Coping,Adjustment,and Health

Disorders of Personality

Summary and Future Directions

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