Question 1

_____ describes the relationship between traits that are perpendicular to one another in a circumplex.

Accepted Answer

A) "Adjacency" 
B) "Bipolarity" 
C) "Orthogonality" 
D) "Polarity" 
A) "Adjacency" 
B) "Bipolarity" 
C) "Orthogonality" 
D) "Polarity"

Question 2

Which of the following approaches would utilize the technique of factor analysis?

Accepted Answer

A) Lexical approach 
B) Theoretical approach 
C) Statistical approach 
D) Act frequency approach 
A) Lexical approach 
B) Theoretical approach 
C) Statistical approach 
D) Act frequency approach

Question 3

The first researcher to discover the five factor model of personality by analyzing the structure of trait descriptive adjective was

Accepted Answer

A) Cattell. 
B) Allport. 
C) Fiske. 
D) Tupes. 
A) Cattell. 
B) Allport. 
C) Fiske. 
D) Tupes.

Question 4

According to Eysenck, which of the following traits is related to central nervous system arousal and reactivity?

Accepted Answer

A) Extraversion 
B) Neuroticism 
C) Psychoticism 
D) Dominance 
A) Extraversion 
B) Neuroticism 
C) Psychoticism 
D) Dominance

Question 5

Which personality researcher named his traits with letters (similar to the way vitamins are named)?

Accepted Answer

A) Cattell 
B) Wiggins 
C) Eysenck 
D) Leary 
A) Cattell 
B) Wiggins 
C) Eysenck 
D) Leary

Question 6

Which approach would most likely be used to undertake cross-cultural comparisons of language?

Accepted Answer

A) Lexical approach 
B) Theoretical approach 
C) Statistical approach 
D) Act frequency approach 
A) Lexical approach 
B) Theoretical approach 
C) Statistical approach 
D) Act frequency approach

Question 7

Fred believes that the having a large big toe is related to how extraverted a person may be and having a large small toe is an indicator of how conscientious a person may be.He then starts measuring toe size and personality traits.Fred's research represents the _____ approach to studying personality.

Accepted Answer

A) act frequency 
B) lexical 
C) statistical 
D) theoretical 
A) act frequency 
B) lexical 
C) statistical 
D) theoretical

Question 8

The five-factor model is a combination of _____ and _____ approaches to studying personality taxonomies.

Accepted Answer

A) lexical and statistical 
B) lexical and biological 
C) theoretical and statistical 
D) statistical and causal 
A) lexical and statistical 
B) lexical and biological 
C) theoretical and statistical 
D) statistical and causal

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a strength of the Wiggins interpersonal circumplex?

Accepted Answer

A) It identifies new areas of research by mapping the interpersonal domain. 
B) It includes all the traits needed to understand interpersonal behavior. 
C) It specifies the relationships between items in the circumplex. 
D) It explicitly defines what interpersonal behavior is. 
A) It identifies new areas of research by mapping the interpersonal domain. 
B) It includes all the traits needed to understand interpersonal behavior. 
C) It specifies the relationships between items in the circumplex. 
D) It explicitly defines what interpersonal behavior is.

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental question of people who study traits?

Accepted Answer

A) How can traits be changed? 
B) How should "trait" be defined? 
C) How can we identify which traits are most important? 
D) How can we develop a comprehensive taxonomy of traits? 
A) How can traits be changed? 
B) How should "trait" be defined? 
C) How can we identify which traits are most important? 
D) How can we develop a comprehensive taxonomy of traits?

Question 11

A problem with the five-factor model is that

Accepted Answer

A) the five factors are only found in males. 
B) the structure does not replicate across item formats. 
C) researchers disagree about what to call the fifth factor. 
D) most factors do not replicate across cultures. 
A) the five factors are only found in males. 
B) the structure does not replicate across item formats. 
C) researchers disagree about what to call the fifth factor. 
D) most factors do not replicate across cultures.

Question 12

The idea that Eskimo language has many words for snow is most consistent with the _____ approach.

Accepted Answer

A) lexical 
B) theoretical 
C) statistical 
D) act frequency 
A) lexical 
B) theoretical 
C) statistical 
D) act frequency

Question 13

The dispositional domain focuses on traits that

Accepted Answer

A) are enduring over time. 
B) change over time. 
C) change when situations change. 
D) are similar in all people. 
A) are enduring over time. 
B) change over time. 
C) change when situations change. 
D) are similar in all people.

Question 14

_____ are traits that describe how people act with other people.

Accepted Answer

A) Factor loadings 
B) Adjacent traits 
C) Bipolar traits 
D) Interpersonal traits 
A) Factor loadings 
B) Adjacent traits 
C) Bipolar traits 
D) Interpersonal traits

Question 15

Jerry is a loner who likes to catch flies and pull their wings off.He is also addicted to violent movies.Jerry most likely scores high on the personality trait of

Accepted Answer

A) introversion. 
B) psychoticism. 
C) sensation seeking. 
D) neuroticism. 
A) introversion. 
B) psychoticism. 
C) sensation seeking. 
D) neuroticism.

Question 16

A person who engages in risky sexual behavior would have this combination of five factor traits:

Accepted Answer

A) high neuroticism, low conscientious, and low agreeableness. 
B) high extraversion, low conscientiousness, and moderate emotional stability. 
C) high extraversion, high openness to experience, and low conscientiousness. 
D) high neuroticism, low intellect, and low extraversion. 
A) high neuroticism, low conscientious, and low agreeableness. 
B) high extraversion, low conscientiousness, and moderate emotional stability. 
C) high extraversion, high openness to experience, and low conscientiousness. 
D) high neuroticism, low intellect, and low extraversion.

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT one of the criticisms of the act frequency approach to studying personality?

Accepted Answer

A) The amount of context for the performance of acts is not specified by the act frequency approach. 
B) The act frequency approach does not assess acts that are covert or directly observable. 
C) The act frequency approach assesses explicit behavioral phenomenon. 
D) The act frequency approach may not assess complex traits easily or accurately. 
A) The amount of context for the performance of acts is not specified by the act frequency approach. 
B) The act frequency approach does not assess acts that are covert or directly observable. 
C) The act frequency approach assesses explicit behavioral phenomenon. 
D) The act frequency approach may not assess complex traits easily or accurately.

Question 18

Cattell's model of personality has been criticized on the grounds that

Accepted Answer

A) he published over a thousand pages a year during his most productive years. 
B) his empirical strategies were weak and ill-defined. 
C) his model of personality has failed to be replicated by other researchers. 
D) his views on personality traits were biased and, therefore, were ignored by most researchers. 
A) he published over a thousand pages a year during his most productive years. 
B) his empirical strategies were weak and ill-defined. 
C) his model of personality has failed to be replicated by other researchers. 
D) his views on personality traits were biased and, therefore, were ignored by most researchers.

Question 19

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 20

Whose model of personality includes three main traits?

Accepted Answer

A) Cattell 
B) Wiggins 
C) Eysenck 
D) Leary 
A) Cattell 
B) Wiggins 
C) Eysenck 
D) Leary

_____ describes the relationship between traits that are perpendicular to one another in a circumplex.

Which of the following approaches would utilize the technique of factor analysis?

The first researcher to discover the five factor model of personality by analyzing the structure of trait descriptive adjective was

According to Eysenck, which of the following traits is related to central nervous system arousal and reactivity?

Which personality researcher named his traits with letters (similar to the way vitamins are named)?

Which approach would most likely be used to undertake cross-cultural comparisons of language?

The five-factor model is a combination of _ and _ approaches to studying personality taxonomies.

Which of the following is NOT a strength of the Wiggins interpersonal circumplex?

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental question of people who study traits?

A problem with the five-factor model is that

The idea that Eskimo language has many words for snow is most consistent with the _____ approach.

The dispositional domain focuses on traits that

_____ are traits that describe how people act with other people.

Jerry is a loner who likes to catch flies and pull their wings off.He is also addicted to violent movies.Jerry most likely scores high on the personality trait of

A person who engages in risky sexual behavior would have this combination of five factor traits:

Which of the following is NOT one of the criticisms of the act frequency approach to studying personality?

Cattell's model of personality has been criticized on the grounds that

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

Whose model of personality includes three main traits?

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

_____ describes the relationship between traits that are perpendicular to one another in a circumplex.

Which of the following approaches would utilize the technique of factor analysis?

The first researcher to discover the five factor model of personality by analyzing the structure of trait descriptive adjective was

According to Eysenck, which of the following traits is related to central nervous system arousal and reactivity?

Which personality researcher named his traits with letters (similar to the way vitamins are named)?

Which approach would most likely be used to undertake cross-cultural comparisons of language?

The five-factor model is a combination of _____ and _____ approaches to studying personality taxonomies.

Which of the following is NOT a strength of the Wiggins interpersonal circumplex?

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental question of people who study traits?

A problem with the five-factor model is that

The idea that Eskimo language has many words for snow is most consistent with the _____ approach.

The dispositional domain focuses on traits that

_____ are traits that describe how people act with other people.

Jerry is a loner who likes to catch flies and pull their wings off.He is also addicted to violent movies.Jerry most likely scores high on the personality trait of

A person who engages in risky sexual behavior would have this combination of five factor traits:

Which of the following is NOT one of the criticisms of the act frequency approach to studying personality?

Cattell's model of personality has been criticized on the grounds that

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

Whose model of personality includes three main traits?

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

Filters

The five-factor model is a combination of _ and _ approaches to studying personality taxonomies.