Personality Psychology Domains Of Knowledge About Human Nature, 3rd Canadian Edition, 3e By Randy Larsen, David Buss, David King (Test Bank All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)Answers at the end of each Chapter.

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,Personality Psychology Domains Of Knowledge About Human Nature, 3rd Canadian Edition, 3e By Randy
Larsen, David Buss, David King (Test Bank All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)Answers at the end
of each Chapter.



Chapter 1 yr




Student name: yr



MULTIPLE CHOICE - yr yr



Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr



1) Features of personality that differentiate one person from another usually take the form of
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


in language. yr


A) differential pronouns yr


B) trait-descriptive adjectives yr


C) action-descriptive verbs yr


D) trait-differentiating adverbs yr




2) If I describe Juan as "possessive" or Anita as "friendly," I am employing the use of
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


A) trait-descriptive adjectives. yr


B) inner psychological states. yr yr


C) strategies to attain goals. yr yr yr


D) inner qualities of personality. yr yr yr




3) How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language?
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


A) More than 500 yr yr


B) More than 1,800 yr yr


C) More than 5,000 yr yr


D) Nearly 20,000 yr




4) Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


A) psychologists are not smart enough to determine the boundaries of human personality. yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


B) personality has a commonsense definition that psychologists find hard to falsify.
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


C) the idea of studying human personality is a rather new concept in psychology.
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


D) any definition of personality needs to be sufficiently comprehensive to include a
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


yr multitude of concepts. yr yr




5) Research on personality traits asks all of these questions EXCEPT
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


A) how many fundamental personality traits there are.
yr yr yr yr yr yr


B) how personality traits are organized. yr yr yr yr


C) where personality traits come from. yr yr yr yr


D) which cues cause behaviour in a situation. yr yr yr yr yr yr




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,6) Philippe walks the same path home after work every day at the same time. To state that he
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


yr will most likely take the same route at the same time next Wednesday is using the
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


yr nature of personality traits. yr yr yr



A) descriptive
B) explanatory
C) predictive
D) individualistic

7) Mike makes several social errors at a party. He calls the host by the wrong name, spills his
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr y


red wine on the carpet, and insults the guest of honour. A researcher labels Mike's behaviou
r yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


r as "socially unskilled." This labelling of Mike's behaviour utilizes the
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


research approach to personality traits. yr yr yr yr



A) explanatory
B) descriptive
C) intuitive
D) presumptive

8) Traits define the yr yr tendencies of an individual person. yr yr yr yr


A) central
B) average
C) overt
D) outlying

9) A talkative person will
yr yr yr


A) always talk more than a quiet person. yr yr yr yr yr yr


B) never shut up. yr yr


C) talk more than a quiet person in theaters. yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


D) talk more, on average, than a quiet person. yr yr yr yr yr yr yr




10) To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


yr a(n)
A) average tendency. yr


B) obsessive-compulsive disorder. yr


C) adaptation.
D) social-cognitive approach. yr




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, 11) Which of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize?
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


A) How many fundamental traits are there?yr yr yr yr yr


B) How are traits organized within individuals?
yr yr yr yr yr


C) What are the origins of traits? yr yr yr yr yr


D) How are all persons similar? yr yr yr yr




12) Psychological mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


A) are less stable. yr yr


B) refer more to processes. yr yr yr


C) do not have decision rules.
yr yr yr yr


D) are biologically "hard wired."
yr yr yr




13) Which of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms?
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


A) Access codes yr


B) Decision rules yr


C) Inputs
D) Outputs

14) The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


A) an adaptive trait. yr yr


B) how traits are consistent. yr yr yr


C) how traits are activated only under certain conditions.
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


D) how traits change over time. yr yr yr yr




15) Personality is yr


A) outside the person. yr yr


B) inside the person. yr yr


C) both outside and inside the person. yr yr yr yr yr


D) inside or outside, depending on the person.yr yr yr yr yr yr




16) To say that someone has the trait of happiness, you need to know that the person
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr


A) is happy at a given moment.
yr yr yr yr yr


B) is frequently happy.
yr yr


C) remembers being happy. yr yr


D) makes others happy. yr yr




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