Test bank for personality psychology 1st canadian edition by larsen

Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Exam Name _ MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question 1) Features of personality that differentiate one person from another usually take the form of in language A) action-descriptive verbs B) trait-differentiating adverbs C) differential pronouns D) trait-descriptive adjectives 1) 2) If I describe Juan as "possessive" or Anita as "friendly," I am employing the use of A) strategies to attain goals B) trait-descriptive adjectives C) inner psychological states D) inner qualities of personality 2) 3) How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language? A) More than 500 B) Nearly 20,000 C) More than 1,800 D) More than 5,000 3) 4) Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because A) any definition of personality needs to be sufficiently comprehensive to include a multitude of concepts B) the idea of studying human personality is a rather new concept in psychology C) personality has a common sense definition that psychologists find hard to falsify D) psychologists are not smart enough to determine the boundaries of human personality 4) 5) Research on personality traits asks all of these questions EXCEPT A) where personality traits come from B) which cues cause behaviour in a situation C) how many fundamental personality traits are there D) how personality traits are organized 5) 6) Philippe walks the same path every day at the same time To state that he will most likely take the same route at the same time next Wednesday is using the nature of personality traits A) predictive B) individualistic C) descriptive D) explanatory 6) 7) Mike makes several social errors at a party He calls the host by the wrong name, spills his red wine on the carpet, and insults the guest of honour We label Mike's behaviour as "socially inept." This labelling of Mike's behaviour utilizes the research approach to personality traits A) explanatory B) intuitive C) descriptive D) presumptive 7) Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 8) 9) Traits define the tendencies of an individual person A) central B) overt C) outlying 8) D) average A talkative person will A) never shut up B) talk more, on average, than a quiet person C) talk more than a quiet person in theaters D) always talk more than a quiet person say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has a(n) A) adaptation B) obsessive-compulsive disorder C) social-cognitive approach D) average tendency 9) 10) To 10) 11) Which 11) 12) Psychological 12) 13) Which 13) 14) The 14) 15) Personality 15) 16) To 16) of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize? A) How are all persons similar? B) What are the origins of traits? C) How many fundamental traits are there? D) How are traits organized within individuals? mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms A) refer more to processes B) are less stable C) are biologically "hard wired." D) not have decision rules of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms? A) Outputs B) Decision rules C) Access codes D) Inputs trait of courageousness is an especially good example of A) an adaptive trait B) how traits are activated only under certain conditions C) how traits are consistent D) how traits change over time is A) both outside and inside the person B) inside or outside, depending on the person C) outside the person D) inside the person say that someone has the trait of happiness, you need to know that the person B) makes others happy happy at a given moment C) remembers being happy D) is frequently happy A) is Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 17) Which of the following is NOT defined as part of the person-environment interaction? A) Perceptions B) Selections C) Manipulations D) Serializations 17) 18) Responses 18) 19) Mo 19) 20) Evocations 20) 21) Every 21) 22) Lena 22) 23) To 23) 24) At 24) to an inkblot test can demonstrate which part of the person-environment interaction? A) Manipulations B) Perceptions C) Evocations D) Selections looks at the inkblot and sees two birds nesting Heidi looks at the inkblot and sees a tranquil forest Joe looks at the inkblot and sees something sexual These three responses are illustrating that are important components of the person-environment interaction A) provocations B) prostheses C) perceptions D) projections are demonstrated when A) we intentionally attempt to make other people act in a certain way B) our characteristics unintentionally cause other people to act a certain way C) different people see the same situation differently D) individuals select environments to match their traits time Neil walks into the room everyone laughs This demonstrates the person-environment interaction of A) emaciation B) exultation C) elocution D) evocation always picks out restaurants that have a very quiet, subdued atmosphere She always tries to avoid loud restaurants is the person-environment fit mechanism that may account for this behaviour A) Suggestion B) Selection C) Sophistication D) Sublimation say that a trait is adaptive means that the trait A) easily changes as necessary B) serves a useful function C) indicates psychopathology D) is the result of sexual selection the psychological level, the physical environment may lead to the development of mechanisms when people are cold B) hunger pangs to motivate people to seek food C) fear mechanisms to help us avoid environmental threats D) friction mechanisms to prevent calluses in skin A) shivering Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 25) In the social environment, our "effective environment" represents the/a A) subset of environmental features people attend to based on their psychological mechanisms B) set of cues emitted by other people in the environment C) environmental cues that are directly related to survival in the immediate environment D) strongest environmental cues that are found in any given environment intrapsychic environment is A) often easy to verify through the analysis of dreams B) based on how others in the environment react to a person C) not as objectively verifiable as the social or physical environment D) relatively consistent across social, but not physical, environments 25) 26) The 26) 27) The 27) 28) The 28) 29) The 29) 30) The 30) human nature level of personality analysis addresses how every human is A) like all others B) like no others C) somewhat like other mammals D) like some others group differences level of personality analysis addresses how every human is A) somewhat like other mammals B) like some others C) like no others D) like all others individual uniqueness level of personality analysis addresses how every human is A) like no others B) like all others C) like some others D) somewhat like other mammals ability to learn spoken language is an example of the and group differences level of analysis B) individual uniqueness level of analysis C) human nature level of analysis D) social psychological level of analysis A) individual 31) Studying how people vary in levels of anxiety, self-esteem, or worry represents a(n) approach to studying personality psychology A) individual differences B) human nature C) environmental D) ideographic 31) 32) Which 32) of the following is an example of "idiographic research"? A) Conducting a field study of helping behaviours B) Comparing men and women on emotionality C) Developing a questionnaire that measures sociability D) Writing a case study of Albert Einstein's personality Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 33) Which of the following is an example of "nomothetic research"? A) Preparing a case study of Sigmund Freud B) Analyzing the correspondence of Chris Rock C) Comparing freshmen and seniors on a personality inventory D) Attempting to identify the genes related to impulsivity 33) 34) The 34) 35) Most 35) 36) Most grand theories of personality focus on the level of analysis A) idiographic B) group and individual differences C) individual uniqueness D) human nature 36) 37) A problem with studying only the grand theories of personality is that only portions of the grand theories A) are based on non-German populations B) apply to men C) have stood the test of time and inform modern personality research D) address the human nature level of analysis 37) study of a single individual is an example of A) nomothetic research B) cognitive psychology research C) correlational research D) idiographic research current personality research is done at the level of analysis A) individual uniqueness B) idiographic C) human nature D) group and individual differences 38) Grand theories of personality are usually based on statements about the A) individual uniqueness of all humans B) differences between the sexes C) major individual differences D) universal core of human nature 38) 39) In modern personality psychology, the grand theories A) are seen as having primarily historical interest B) are used only in clinical applications of personality theory C) are still argued about in the literature D) guide all modern personality research 39) 40) The textbook presents the example of the three blind men and the elephant to suggest that A) each of the different approaches to personality research is inadequate for studying the full range of human personality B) using ancient legends is an inadequate approach to explaining the full range of differences in human personality C) individual and group differences are the most effective approach to studying personality D) people are like animals in some ways and all living creatures have a personality Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 40) Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 41) The fact that there are many differing views on personality suggests that A) most views about personality psychology are incorrect B) personality psychologists ignore one another's theories C) one of the views is probably more accurate than others D) researchers study different domains of knowledge 41) 42) A "domain of knowledge" is a A) specialty area of science and scholarship B) grand theory of personality psychology C) laboratory where personality research is conducted D) single theory about the nature of personality 42) 43) Researchers in a given domain of personality share all of these EXCEPT A) foundations of known facts B) common methods of inquiry C) common laboratory space D) theoretical explanations 43) 44) The 44) domains of knowledge in personality differ mainly in the to which they emphasize internal or external factors B) degree to which they emphasize adaptation and adjustment C) degree to which they understand personality D) number of active researchers A) degree 45) When different domains of knowledge contradict one another, we can conclude that A) the contradictions may be more apparent than real B) the most recent domains are most correct C) the more historical domains are most correct D) none of the domains is correct 45) 46) The 46) 47) Which 47) dispositional domain focuses on A) the emotional consequences of dispositions B) the biological nature of dispositions C) the outer nature of dispositions D) understanding the ways individuals differ from one another of the following does NOT fall within the biological domain of knowledge? B) Psychophysiology experience C) Evolution D) Genetics A) Subjective 48) A researcher who compares identical twins to fraternal twins probably conducts most of her research within which domain? A) Biological B) Intrapsychic C) Cognitive-Experiential D) Adjustment Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 48) Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 49) The domain of knowledge most concerned with unconscious mechanisms is the A) adjustment domain B) intrapsychic domain C) cognitive-experiential domain D) biological domain 49) 50) Sigmund 50) 51) Jay 51) 52) Which 52) 53) The 53) 54) Which 54) 55) Patti 55) 56) Which 56) 57) The 57) Freud's theory of personality falls within the domain of knowledge A) biological B) intrapsychic C) dispositional D) social and cultural is interested in investigating unconscious conflict in a sample of college interns Jay will most likely use the methods and theories associated with the domain of personality A) intrapsychic B) biological C) dispositional D) social and cultural domain is most concerned with identifying the number of fundamental individual differences? A) Social and cultural B) Biological C) Intrapsychic D) Dispositional lexical approach (i.e., using natural language to identify fundamental traits) falls most squarely within the A) cognitive-experiential domain B) social and cultural domain C) intrapsychic domain D) dispositional domain domain relies most on statistical methods to identify fundamental traits? A) Social and cultural B) Biological C) Adjustment D) Dispositional collects data on three personality tests from several hundred participants She then examines the systematic statistical similarities and differences among the traits assessed by each test Patti is using the logic and methods of the domain of personality A) biological B) social and cultural C) intrapsychic D) dispositional domain of knowledge places the most emphasis on the external (to the person) dimensions of personality? A) biological B) intrapsychic C) social and cultural D) dispositional fact that almost all humans live in groups suggests the importance of the domain A) intrapsychic B) cognitive-experiential C) social and cultural D) adjustment Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 58) Sidney is interested in differences in the levels of extraversion of British men and Italian men Sidney will most likely use the methods and theories used by researchers studying personality within the domain A) intrapsychic B) cognitive-experiential C) social and cultural D) dispositional 58) 59) Which 59) 60) The 60) domain focuses most on the relationships between personality and health behaviours? A) adjustment B) dispositional C) social and cultural D) cognitive-experiential study of personality disorders falls within the domain B) intrapsychic C) adjustment D) social and cultural A) biological 61) Lillian is interested in how borderline personality disorder affects everyday behaviours in a clinical population She most likely will use the methods and the models of the domain of personality in conducting her research A) biological B) adjustment C) dispositional D) intrapsychic 61) 62) Which 62) 63) Which 63) 64) Which 64) of the following is NOT a function of a theory? A) Organizes research findings B) Eliminates domains of knowledge C) Guides research D) Makes predictions of the following is NOT an example of a theory that provides a guide for researchers? A) A biological psychologist predicting a decrease in social behaviour when the frontal lobe of the brain is damaged B) A Freudian psychoanalyst predicting stinginess from the ideas about development through a particular stage of psychological development C) A personality psychologist analyzing a large pool of responses to questionnaire items to find the underlying structure of the data D) A cognitive psychologist predicting how an individual's self-evaluation will determine his or her reaction to a specific stimuli of the following is a scientific theory? A) Einstein's ideas on relativity C) reincarnation B) astrology D) extra 65) sensory perception are based on systematic observation, whereas are not B) Approaches; domains beliefs C) Beliefs; theories D) Domains; approaches A) Theories; Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 65) Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 66) John's theory of personality leads to the discovery of new links between cognition and brain functioning that were previously believed to be impossible John's theory has A) parsimony B) testability C) comprehensiveness D) heuristic value 66) 67) The 67) 68) Which 68) most important criterion for generating a testable theory is A) the generalizability of its predictions B) the precision of its predictions C) its comprehensiveness D) its compatibility with other theories trait theory best exemplifies the principle of parsimony? A theory that proposes A) two personality dispositions B) three personality dispositions C) 16 personality dispositions D) five personality dispositions Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file atKey https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Answer Testname: UNTITLED1 1) D 2) B 3) B 4) A 5) B 6) A 7) C 8) D 9) B 10) D 11) A 12) A 13) C 14) B 15) D 16) D 17) D 18) B 19) C 20) B 21) D 22) B 23) B 24) C 25) A 26) C 27) A 28) B 29) A 30) C 31) A 32) D 33) C 34) D 35) D 36) D 37) C 38) D 39) A 40) A 41) D 42) A 43) C 44) A 45) A 46) D 47) A 48) A 49) B 50) B 10 Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Test Bank for Personality Psychology 1st Canadian Edition by Larsen Full file atKey https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Answer Testname: UNTITLED1 51) A 52) D 53) D 54) D 55) D 56) C 57) C 58) C 59) A 60) C 61) B 62) B 63) C 64) A 65) A 66) D 67) B 68) A 11 Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/