Deck 2: Personality, Development, and Traits

Question 1

What aspect(s) of personality are believed to have evolved in humans?

A)overeating
B)quick response to danger
C)aggression in men
D)all of the above

Answer 1

all of the above

Question 2

People high in the trait of ________ are more easily conditioned with emotional stimuli.

A)neuroticism
B)extraversion
C)psychoticism
D)agreeableness

Answer 2

neuroticism

Question 3

The research strategy for assessing personality stability that studies two or more groups assumed to be at different stages of development is

A)stratification
B)cross-sectional
C)binominal
D)longitudinal

Answer 3

cross-sectional

Question 4

_________ vs. _________ achieved a high .75 on the heritability of Cattell's 16 PF.

A)relaxed vs. tense
B)conservative vs. liberal
C)concrete vs. abstract
D)sober vs. enthusiastic

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the Erikson's stages of psychosocial development?

A)industry vs. inferiority
B)intimacy vs. isolation
C)trust vs. mistrust
D)life vs. death

Question 6

A baby being measured for attachment using Ainsworth's Strange-situation procedure appears to be extremely clinging and attached to the mother's side when she comes back into the room. This baby would be classified as

A)secure
B)anxious
C)happy
D)avoidant

Question 7

Generativity is best described as

A)part of erikson's later adulthood stage
B)a desire to help others
C)the ability to make general observations
D)both a and b

Question 8

Ainsworth's three types of attachment in an infant's "strange situation" are

A)secure, avoidant, anxious
B)secure, avoidant, achievement
C)generativity, avoidant, achievement
D)secure, active, anxious

Question 9

The part of personality development where one seems to have no evidence of exploration and also does not have a clear identity is

A)identity diffusion
B)identity foreclosure
C)moratorium
D)identity achievement

Question 10

According to James Marcia's identity statuses, which of the following is NOT an identity status?

A)identity foreclosure
B)identity association
C)moratorium
D)identity diffusion

Question 11

George is in preschool. His teachers notice that he is hyper?likes to jump around a lot and cannot sit still during nap time. George is probably

A)high in sociability
B)anxious attached child
C)introvert
D)high in activity level

Question 12

Dennis always wanted to be a doctor. His parents pushed him in biology and chemistry. When he applied for college, he declared his major as pre-medical and only took classes that would help him to get into Medical School. According to the identity status paradigm, Dennis is in which stage?

A)identity foreclosure
B)moratorium
C)identity diffusion
D)identity lease

Question 13

An identity that results in an individual exploring different options before making a decision is said to be

A)identity diffusion
B)identity foreclosure
C)moratorium
D)negative identity

Question 14

The idea that you can assess someone's personality by studying their face is called:

A)phrenology
B)physiology
C)somatology
D)physiognomy

Question 15

Humanistic psychologists explained

A)human traits
B)humanity
C)sociology
D)can't say

Question 16

Extraverts have ________ participation

A)mental
B)social
C)physical
D)none of these

Question 17

traits could be organized into three levels:

A)primary, secondary, tertiary
B)cognitive, emotional, physiological
C)id, ego, superego
D)cardinal, central, secondary

Question 18

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

A)sense of humour
B)openness to experience
C)conscientiousness
D)extraversion

Question 19

The ________ approach to understanding human behaviour.

A)palliative
B)psychodynamic
C)patronymic
D)psychedelic

Question 20

The influence of parents on the personality of their children is:

A)non-existent
B)weakest in early childhood
C)strongest in early childhood
D)consistent across the lifespan

Question 21

A good command over a ……..is need of speech

A)practice
B)language
C)gestures
D)activity

Question 22

Few…. traits can not changed.

A)new
B)inborn
C)adopted
D)natural

Question 23

Which of the following characteristics describe someone who, according to Maslow, is self-actualized?

A)creativity
B)confidence
C)spontaneity
D)all of the above

Question 24

One can express through…….

A)oral
B)writtien
C)gesture
D)all the above

Question 25

Psychometric tests claim give information about:

A)career interest
B)intellectual attainment
C)unconscious passion
D)all the above