Exam 4: Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology

At 20 years of age, Joe is the life of the of the party, hanging off of the chandelier and leading everyone at the party in a rousing chorus of the latest hit song.Later in life, he most likely will be the senior citizen

A baseball player's statistical batting average is an example of

The concept of rank order consistency suggests that

Mischel has pointed out that personality psychologists are NOT very good at predicting

The history of integrity testing has included all of the following EXCEPT

A person who intentionally charms others to get what he or she wants demonstrates the concept of

Aggregation usually results in a

Trait psychology is sometimes also called _____ psychology.

The idea that personality traits influence which situations people put themselves in is known as

Whenever Ling walks into a room everyone always smiles and seeks him out for conversation.He does not understand why people react to him that that way.Most likely Ling is demonstrating the idea of

Because trait psychology focuses on the amounts of various traits, it tends to focus on

If a trait changes over time, test-retest correlations

Federal regulations prohibit many uses of polygraph tests in the private sector because

A study by Diener et al.discussed in the text did NOT find that

_____ challenged the idea that traits are consistent across situations.

_____ refers to adding up or averaging several single observations of behavior to assess personality.

_____ is the concept that refers to the idea that a person may act in a certain way only in particular circumstances.

The idea that traits are less important than immediate circumstances in determining behavior is known as

You call your parents and tell them about a terrific opportunity you have been given by your university to go to an important conference.You tell your parents about all of the opportunities for career development and networking that the conference will offer.Then, you tell your parents that you need only $500 from them to make the trip.You are demonstrating the concept of

One result of Mischel's critique of trait approaches has been