Question 1

According to the text, which three personality types are the MOST replicable?

Accepted Answer

A)  well-adjusted/undercontrolled/overcontrolled 
B)  Type A/Type B/Type D 
C)  introvert/extravert/thinker 
D)  resilient/controlled/anomic

Question 2

According to your text, what is one important use of personality types?

Accepted Answer

A)  They serve as a way to summarize how someone stands on several traits. 
B)  They are good indicators of how people are quantitatively different from one another. 
C)  They are the best way to predict job performance. 
D)  There is no real use for personality types.

Question 3

According to Jack Block, ego ________ gets people into trouble, but ego ________ gets people out of trouble.

Accepted Answer

A)  undercontrol; overcontrol 
B)  resiliency; overcontrol 
C)  overcontrol; undercontrol 
D)  undercontrol; resiliency

Question 4

Match the most associated trait with each behavior or emotional outcome.
-Higher social status

Accepted Answer

A) Extraversion 
B) Agreeableness 
C) Conscientiousness 
D) Neuroticism 
E) Openness
F)Narcissism
G)Self-monitoring

Question 5

Carlos is interested in understanding everything there is to know about a person, and he is developing a lengthy personality measure to achieve this. What approach is Carlos taking to study personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  essential-trait 
B)  typological 
C)  many-trait 
D)  single-trait

Question 6

According to recent research about personality and energy drink preferences (Smidt & DeBono, 2011), those high in self-monitoring would likely prefer which brand of energy drink in a consumer taste test study?

Accepted Answer

A)  Superstar Energy 
B)  Acme Energy Drink 
C)  Energy Enhancer 
D)  Energy for You

Question 7

Sally prefers listening to relaxing music by folk singers who write and perform their own songs. Sally is likely high in which trait?

Accepted Answer

A)  extraversion 
B)  openness 
C)  conscientiousness 
D)  neuroticism

Question 8

The MOST important advantage of Q-sorting is that it

Accepted Answer

A)  allows the judge to rate the target person consistently high or low on every trait. 
B)  does not require the judge to make subtle discriminations between trait ratings. 
C)  can only be used by trained clinicians, thus preventing problems with untrained judges. 
D)  forces the judge to compare all the items directly against each other.

Question 9

According to the text, why is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator particularly popular?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is free for researchers to use. 
B)  It is particularly good at predicting important life outcomes. 
C)  Its vague questions give the impression that it offers deep insight. 
D)  It has strong psychometric properties.

Question 10

What are essential traits according to Jack Block?

Accepted Answer

A)  neuroticism/extraversion 
B)  negative emotionality/positive emotionality 
C)  stability/plasticity 
D)  ego control/ego resiliency

Question 11

When compared to high self-monitors, people who score low in self-monitoring tend to

Accepted Answer

A)  perform better in job interviews. 
B)  use strategies to influence coworkers. 
C)  be willing to lie to get a date. 
D)  be regarded as more honest.

Question 12

Pooja is a strong proponent of the lexical hypothesis. Where would she likely begin her search for the essential traits of personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  the dictionary 
B)  observation of the personalities of nonhuman animals 
C)  Eysenck's theories 
D)  ancient Greek medical texts

Question 13

Fast and Funder (2008) found that using words like guarantee was correlated .21 with "has a high aspiration for self." Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this finding?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participants who used the word guarantee were very likely to also have high aspirations. 
B)  Participants who used the word guarantee were very unlikely to also have high aspirations. 
C)  Participants who used the word guarantee were slightly more likely to also have high aspirations. 
D)  Participants who used the word guarantee were slightly less likely to also have high aspirations.

Question 14

What aspects of behavior does self-monitoring help to explain? Thoroughly describe the construct and identify interesting correlates of both high self-monitoring and low self-monitoring. Are there connections between self-monitoring and the Big Five domains?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What aspects of behavior does self-monitoring help...

Question 15

The ________ approach to personality usually assumes that all people can be characterized by points on a continuous score of measurement; the ________ approach to personality suggests that people might differ in kind more than in degree.

Accepted Answer

A)  typological; trait 
B)  trait; typological 
C)  essential-trait; single-trait 
D)  constructivist; critical realist

Question 16

Low self-monitors are more likely than high self-monitors to be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  talkative. 
B)  self-dramatizing. 
C)  having social poise and presence. 
D)  independent.

Question 17

Match the most associated trait factor with each facet.
-Self-discipline

Accepted Answer

A) Extraversion 
B) Agreeableness 
C) Conscientiousness 
D) Neuroticism 
E) Openness
F)Narcissism
G)Self-monitoring

Question 18

Research has shown that when people use words such as ________ to describe their life stories, they are described by acquaintances as more intelligent.

Accepted Answer

A)  absolutely 
B)  smart 
C)  positivity 
D)  mindfully

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its scales are distributed normally and not bimodally. 
B)  Its measurements of personality types are not reliable over time. 
C)  The theory behind personality types and job placement is not supported empirically. 
D)  It is time-consuming to score and interpret.

Question 20

Which approach to studying personality begins with the question "Who does that?" and then seeks to understand the traits associated with a specific behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  many-trait approach 
B)  essential-trait approach 
C)  single-trait approach 
D)  typological approach

Exam 6: Traits and Types: the Big Five and Beyond