Question 1

More research in the past few decades has focused on this taxonomy than other taxonomies.

Accepted Answer

A) PEN model 
B) Cattell's taxonomy of 16 traits 
C) The Leary circumplex 
D) The five factor model 
A) PEN model 
B) Cattell's taxonomy of 16 traits 
C) The Leary circumplex 
D) The five factor model

Question 2

What is one of the reasons that researchers have had trouble agreeing about the nature of the fifth factor of the five-factor model of personality?

Accepted Answer

A) Cross-cultural researchers have been unable to study the fifth factor across many languages. 
B) Different researchers use different item pools in the factor analysis of big five data. 
C) Researchers using questionnaire items favor "openness to experience" as the trait label. 
D) Researchers using trait descriptive adjectives favor "intellect" as the trait label. 
A) Cross-cultural researchers have been unable to study the fifth factor across many languages. 
B) Different researchers use different item pools in the factor analysis of big five data. 
C) Researchers using questionnaire items favor "openness to experience" as the trait label. 
D) Researchers using trait descriptive adjectives favor "intellect" as the trait label.

Question 3

The fact that there are trait-descriptive adjectives that few people know is a problem for the _____ approach.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Who took the Allport and Odbert list of trait terms and grouped them logically into 171 clusters of terms by grouping them together and eliminating some terms?

Accepted Answer

A) Cattell 
B) Fiske 
C) Norman 
D) Christal 
A) Cattell 
B) Fiske 
C) Norman 
D) Christal

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a major question addressed by the dispositional domain?

Accepted Answer

A) How many traits exist? 
B) How do traits interact with situations to produce behavior? 
C) How can we best measure traits? 
D) Which traits are unconscious? 
A) How many traits exist? 
B) How do traits interact with situations to produce behavior? 
C) How can we best measure traits? 
D) Which traits are unconscious?

Question 6

Circumplex models are composed of _____ primary dimensions of personality.

Accepted Answer

A) two 
B) three 
C) five 
D) eight 
A) two 
B) three 
C) five 
D) eight

Question 7

Wiggins' circumplex model of personality is limited to traits that

Accepted Answer

A) have a biological basis in the nervous system. 
B) pertain to what people do to and with each other. 
C) show how people interact with the environment. 
D) were found in the LSD experiences of subjects. 
A) have a biological basis in the nervous system. 
B) pertain to what people do to and with each other. 
C) show how people interact with the environment. 
D) were found in the LSD experiences of subjects.

Question 8

In Wiggins' model of personality, bipolar traits are

Accepted Answer

A) related to clinical disorders. 
B) uncorrelated with other. 
C) on opposite sides of the circle. 
D) orthogonal with each other. 
A) related to clinical disorders. 
B) uncorrelated with other. 
C) on opposite sides of the circle. 
D) orthogonal with each other.

Question 9

The idea that all important individual differences have been encoded within the natural language is known as

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 10

If the act "she made direct eye contact and smiled" is central to the category of flirting, it would be considered a(n) _____ act for that category of behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) effective 
B) likely 
C) prototypical 
D) centrifugal 
A) effective 
B) likely 
C) prototypical 
D) centrifugal

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of Eysenck's taxonomy?

Accepted Answer

A) Hierarchical structure. 
B) Traits are heritable. 
C) Traits have many synonyms. 
D) Traits have physiological substrates. 
A) Hierarchical structure. 
B) Traits are heritable. 
C) Traits have many synonyms. 
D) Traits have physiological substrates.

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT typically a step in the act frequency approach?

Accepted Answer

A) Act nominations 
B) Assessing synonym frequency 
C) Recording of act performance 
D) Prototypicality judgments 
A) Act nominations 
B) Assessing synonym frequency 
C) Recording of act performance 
D) Prototypicality judgments

Question 13

_____ is a statistical approach that identifies groups of items that are similar to each other.

Accepted Answer

A) Orthogonality 
B) Factor analysis 
C) The act frequency approach 
D) Rational scale construction 
A) Orthogonality 
B) Factor analysis 
C) The act frequency approach 
D) Rational scale construction

Question 14

If you collect the central behaviors for a category and assess how frequently people perform those behaviors you would be using the act _____ approach to studying personality.

Accepted Answer

A) manipulation 
B) selection 
C) frequency 
D) analysis 
A) manipulation 
B) selection 
C) frequency 
D) analysis

Question 15

Who of the following was the first to propose a circumplex model of personality?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

A person who is antisocial and lacks empathy would score high on the trait of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Dr.Larsen is interested in researching the personalities of dweebs.He collects all the terms in the Dweeb Talk Dictionary that can differentiate one dweeb from another dweeb.Dr.Larsen is the using the ______ approach to identifying important traits.

Accepted Answer

A) maniacal 
B) statistical 
C) prototypical 
D) lexical 
A) maniacal 
B) statistical 
C) prototypical 
D) lexical

Question 18

A person who is responsible and tidy 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 19

Which of the following would be one way that you might determine the importance of a trait using the lexical strategy?

Accepted Answer

A) Find the number of synonyms for that characteristic in the lexicon. 
B) Determine if that trait is represented in all parts of the lexicon (noun, verb, adjective, etc.). 
C) Examine the lexicon for biological words that represent that trait. 
D) Determine if there are words representing each pole (end) of that trait in the language. 
A) Find the number of synonyms for that characteristic in the lexicon. 
B) Determine if that trait is represented in all parts of the lexicon (noun, verb, adjective, etc.). 
C) Examine the lexicon for biological words that represent that trait. 
D) Determine if there are words representing each pole (end) of that trait in the language.

Question 20

A researcher who defines a specific set of traits as a part of a model of personality before conducting any empirical investigation of that model of personality is taking the _____ approach to theory development.

Accepted Answer

A) lexical 
B) theoretical 
C) statistical 
D) empirical 
A) lexical 
B) theoretical 
C) statistical 
D) empirical

More research in the past few decades has focused on this taxonomy than other taxonomies.

What is one of the reasons that researchers have had trouble agreeing about the nature of the fifth factor of the five-factor model of personality?

The fact that there are trait-descriptive adjectives that few people know is a problem for the _____ approach.

Who took the Allport and Odbert list of trait terms and grouped them logically into 171 clusters of terms by grouping them together and eliminating some terms?

Which of the following is NOT a major question addressed by the dispositional domain?

Circumplex models are composed of _____ primary dimensions of personality.

Wiggins' circumplex model of personality is limited to traits that

In Wiggins' model of personality, bipolar traits are

The idea that all important individual differences have been encoded within the natural language is known as

If the act "she made direct eye contact and smiled" is central to the category of flirting, it would be considered a(n) _____ act for that category of behavior.

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of Eysenck's taxonomy?

Which of the following is NOT typically a step in the act frequency approach?

_____ is a statistical approach that identifies groups of items that are similar to each other.

If you collect the central behaviors for a category and assess how frequently people perform those behaviors you would be using the act _____ approach to studying personality.

Who of the following was the first to propose a circumplex model of personality?

A person who is antisocial and lacks empathy would score high on the trait of

Dr.Larsen is interested in researching the personalities of dweebs.He collects all the terms in the Dweeb Talk Dictionary that can differentiate one dweeb from another dweeb.Dr.Larsen is the using the ______ approach to identifying important traits.

A person who is responsible and tidy would score high on the trait of

Which of the following would be one way that you might determine the importance of a trait using the lexical strategy?

A researcher who defines a specific set of traits as a part of a model of personality before conducting any empirical investigation of that model of personality is taking the _____ approach to theory development.

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

More research in the past few decades has focused on this taxonomy than other taxonomies.

What is one of the reasons that researchers have had trouble agreeing about the nature of the fifth factor of the five-factor model of personality?

The fact that there are trait-descriptive adjectives that few people know is a problem for the _____ approach.

Who took the Allport and Odbert list of trait terms and grouped them logically into 171 clusters of terms by grouping them together and eliminating some terms?

Which of the following is NOT a major question addressed by the dispositional domain?

Circumplex models are composed of _____ primary dimensions of personality.

Wiggins' circumplex model of personality is limited to traits that

In Wiggins' model of personality, bipolar traits are

The idea that all important individual differences have been encoded within the natural language is known as

If the act "she made direct eye contact and smiled" is central to the category of flirting, it would be considered a(n) _____ act for that category of behavior.

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of Eysenck's taxonomy?

Which of the following is NOT typically a step in the act frequency approach?

_____ is a statistical approach that identifies groups of items that are similar to each other.

If you collect the central behaviors for a category and assess how frequently people perform those behaviors you would be using the act _____ approach to studying personality.

Who of the following was the first to propose a circumplex model of personality?

A person who is antisocial and lacks empathy would score high on the trait of

Dr.Larsen is interested in researching the personalities of dweebs.He collects all the terms in the Dweeb Talk Dictionary that can differentiate one dweeb from another dweeb.Dr.Larsen is the using the ______ approach to identifying important traits.

A person who is responsible and tidy would score high on the trait of

Which of the following would be one way that you might determine the importance of a trait using the lexical strategy?

A researcher who defines a specific set of traits as a part of a model of personality before conducting any empirical investigation of that model of personality is taking the _____ approach to theory development.

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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