Deck 12: A: Personality

Question 1

While gender differences in personality exist,they are quite small and may be mostly explained by economic factors.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Research suggests that mammals-such as dogs,cats,and primates-are the only animals which demonstrate consistent personalities.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

An infant's temperament is a useful predictor of his or her adult personality.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Cross-cultural research has identified the Big Five personality traits in both WEIRD and non-WEIRD places.

Question 5

The founders of humanistic psychology had a much more optimistic view of human personality than Freud and many of his followers did.

Question 6

Research discussed in your textbook suggests that people misrepresent their true personalities on social networking sites such as Facebook.

Question 7

All researchers studying personality use the idiographic approach.

Question 8

While some mental health professionals still use the TAT and Rorschach test,their popularity appears to be declining.

Question 9

Freud believed that the influence of the superego is present at birth,whereas the id must develop with experience.

Question 10

On average,the personalities of identical twins are no more alike than they are for fraternal twins.