Deck 12: A: Personality

Question 1

On average,the personalities of fraternal twins are more alike than they are for identical twins.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

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

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Individuals identified as having a "Right-Wing Authoritarianism" personality tend to hold strong beliefs and are generally more prejudiced.

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

The two broad approaches to personality measurement are humanistic and psychoanalytic.

Question 8

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

Question 9

Most research on the Big Five personality factors has been only been conducted on people from WEIRD cultures.

Question 10

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