TEST BANK
,Test Bank for Personality Psychology
1st Canadian Edition by Larsen
,Chapter 1, Introduction to Personality Psychology (68)
1.) Features of personality that differentiate one person from another usually take the form of in
language.
1. A. differential pronouns
2. B. trait-descriptive adjectives
3. C. action-descriptive verbs
4. D. trait-differentiating adverbs
Ans: B
2.) If I describe Juan as “possessive” or Anita as “friendly,” I am employing the use of
A. trait-descriptive adjectives.
B. inner psychological states.
C. strategies to attain goals.
D. inner qualities of personality.
Ans: A
3.) How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language?
A. A. More than 500
B. B. More than 1,800
C. C. More than 5,000
D. D. More than 20,000
Ans: D
4.) Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because
A. A. psychologists are not smart enough to determine the boundaries of human personality.
B. B. personality has a common sense definition that psychologists find hard to falsify.
C. C. the idea of studying human personality is a rather new concept in psychology.
D. D. any definition of personality needs to be sufficiently comprehensive to include a
multitude of concepts.
Ans: D
5.) Research on personality traits asks all of these questions EXCEPT
A. A. how many fundamental personality traits there are.
B. B. how personality traits are organized.
C. C. where personality traits come from.
D. D. which cues cause behavior in a situation.
Ans: D
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6.) Immanuel 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. A. descriptive
B. B. explanatory
C. C. predictive
D. D. individualistic
Ans: C
**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 honor. We label Mike’s behavior as “socially inept.” This labeling of Mike’s
behavior utilizes the research approach to personality traits.
A. A. explanatory
, B. B. descriptive
C. C. intuitive
D. D. presumptive
Ans: B
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8.) Traits define the tendencies of an individual person.
A. A. central
B. B. average
C. C. overt
D. D. outlying
Ans: B
9.) A talkative person will
A. A. always talk more than a quiet person.
B. B. never shut up.
C. C. talk more than a quiet person in theaters.
D. D. talk more, on average, than a quiet person.
Ans: D
10.) To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has a(n)
A. A. average tendency.
B. B. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C. C. adaptation.
D. D. social-cognitive approach.
Ans: A
11.) Which of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize?
A. A. How many fundamental traits are there?
B. B. How are traits organized within individuals?
C. C. What are the origins of traits?
D. D. How are all persons similar?
Ans: D
12.) Psychological mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms
A. A. are less stable.
B. B. refer more to processes.
C. C. do not have decision rules.
D. D. are biologically “hard wired.”
Ans: B
13.) Which of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms?
A. A. Access codes
B. B. Decision rules
C. C. Inputs
D. D. Outputs
Ans: A
14.) The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
A. A. an adaptive trait.
B. B. how traits are consistent.
,Test Bank for Personality Psychology
1st Canadian Edition by Larsen
,Chapter 1, Introduction to Personality Psychology (68)
1.) Features of personality that differentiate one person from another usually take the form of in
language.
1. A. differential pronouns
2. B. trait-descriptive adjectives
3. C. action-descriptive verbs
4. D. trait-differentiating adverbs
Ans: B
2.) If I describe Juan as “possessive” or Anita as “friendly,” I am employing the use of
A. trait-descriptive adjectives.
B. inner psychological states.
C. strategies to attain goals.
D. inner qualities of personality.
Ans: A
3.) How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language?
A. A. More than 500
B. B. More than 1,800
C. C. More than 5,000
D. D. More than 20,000
Ans: D
4.) Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because
A. A. psychologists are not smart enough to determine the boundaries of human personality.
B. B. personality has a common sense definition that psychologists find hard to falsify.
C. C. the idea of studying human personality is a rather new concept in psychology.
D. D. any definition of personality needs to be sufficiently comprehensive to include a
multitude of concepts.
Ans: D
5.) Research on personality traits asks all of these questions EXCEPT
A. A. how many fundamental personality traits there are.
B. B. how personality traits are organized.
C. C. where personality traits come from.
D. D. which cues cause behavior in a situation.
Ans: D
Page: 6
6.) Immanuel 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. A. descriptive
B. B. explanatory
C. C. predictive
D. D. individualistic
Ans: C
**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 honor. We label Mike’s behavior as “socially inept.” This labeling of Mike’s
behavior utilizes the research approach to personality traits.
A. A. explanatory
, B. B. descriptive
C. C. intuitive
D. D. presumptive
Ans: B
Page: 6
8.) Traits define the tendencies of an individual person.
A. A. central
B. B. average
C. C. overt
D. D. outlying
Ans: B
9.) A talkative person will
A. A. always talk more than a quiet person.
B. B. never shut up.
C. C. talk more than a quiet person in theaters.
D. D. talk more, on average, than a quiet person.
Ans: D
10.) To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has a(n)
A. A. average tendency.
B. B. obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C. C. adaptation.
D. D. social-cognitive approach.
Ans: A
11.) Which of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize?
A. A. How many fundamental traits are there?
B. B. How are traits organized within individuals?
C. C. What are the origins of traits?
D. D. How are all persons similar?
Ans: D
12.) Psychological mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms
A. A. are less stable.
B. B. refer more to processes.
C. C. do not have decision rules.
D. D. are biologically “hard wired.”
Ans: B
13.) Which of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms?
A. A. Access codes
B. B. Decision rules
C. C. Inputs
D. D. Outputs
Ans: A
14.) The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
A. A. an adaptive trait.
B. B. how traits are consistent.
