Exam 4: Personality Traits: Fundamental Concepts and Issues

Which of the following results illustrates the kind of behavioral consistency displayed in studies employing Mischel's conditional approach to personality?

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In Mischel's "if . . . then" approach to personality, conditional statements help to convey behavioral consistency in terms of

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Question 22

In which of the following studies should the researcher not aggregate behavioral observations across situations?

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Question 23

Which of the following is not one of the Big Five traits?

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Question 24

When two different measures of the same trait are highly correlated with each other there is evidence for

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Question 25

The original purpose for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MMPI was to

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Question 26

Which of the following is not a criterion of a good trait measure?

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Question 27

In Gough's taxonomy of folk concepts and vectors on the CPI, which of the following life styles would be characterized as highly interpersonally oriented and highly norm-accepting?

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Question 28

In terms of extreme scores on dimensional traits, which of the following trait profiles best characterizes the schizotypal personality disorder?

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Question 29

The affect-congruence model of reciprocal interactionism suggests that:

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Question 30

Shweder and other psychologists who adopt the concept of "implicit personality theory" argue that trait measures are invalid because they

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Question 31

Which of the following statements best characterizes scientific research on the Myers Briggs types?

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Question 32

Which of the following is the main criterion for assessing the construct validity of a measure?

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Question 33

In the act-frequency approach to personality, traits are

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Question 34

Compared to those scoring lower, people scoring high on the trait of narcissism tend to

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Question 35

Mischel's critique of personality psychology maintained that

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Question 36

Observations of behavior in controlled laboratory settings constitute

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Question 37

Mischel's critique of personality psychology maintained that personality traits are

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Question 38

If a scale assessing the trait of friendliness shows very high correlations with a well-established measure of intelligence, then the psychologist may conclude that the friendliness scale lacks

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Question 39

Studies, which see behavior as accounted for by trait, situation, and the interaction of the two, are based on a model of

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Which of the following results illustrates the kind of behavioral consistency displayed in studies employing Mischel's conditional approach to personality?

In Mischel's "if . . . then" approach to personality, conditional statements help to convey behavioral consistency in terms of

In which of the following studies should the researcher not aggregate behavioral observations across situations?

Which of the following is not one of the Big Five traits?

When two different measures of the same trait are highly correlated with each other there is evidence for

The original purpose for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MMPI was to

Which of the following is not a criterion of a good trait measure?

In Gough's taxonomy of folk concepts and vectors on the CPI, which of the following life styles would be characterized as highly interpersonally oriented and highly norm-accepting?

In terms of extreme scores on dimensional traits, which of the following trait profiles best characterizes the schizotypal personality disorder?

The affect-congruence model of reciprocal interactionism suggests that:

Shweder and other psychologists who adopt the concept of "implicit personality theory" argue that trait measures are invalid because they

Which of the following statements best characterizes scientific research on the Myers Briggs types?

Which of the following is the main criterion for assessing the construct validity of a measure?

In the act-frequency approach to personality, traits are

Compared to those scoring lower, people scoring high on the trait of narcissism tend to

Mischel's critique of personality psychology maintained that

Observations of behavior in controlled laboratory settings constitute

Mischel's critique of personality psychology maintained that personality traits are

If a scale assessing the trait of friendliness shows very high correlations with a well-established measure of intelligence, then the psychologist may conclude that the friendliness scale lacks

Studies, which see behavior as accounted for by trait, situation, and the interaction of the two, are based on a model of

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