Test Bank for Personality Psychology, Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature, Randy J. Larsen, Buss & King, 3rd Canadian Edition ||Complete Study Guide A+

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1. Features of personality that differentiate one person from anotheriy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy




usuallytake the form of
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language.
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B. trait-descriptive adjectives iy




C. action-descriptive verbs iy




D. trait-differentiating adverbs iy


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2. If I describe Juan as "possessive" or Anita as "friendly," I am employing
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theuse of
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A. trait-descriptive adjectives. i y




B. inner psychological states. iy iy




C. strategies to attain goals. iy iy iy




D. inner qualities of personality. iy iy iy


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3. How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language?
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A. More than 500 iy iy



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C. More than 5,000 iy iy




D. More than 20,000 iy iy


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4. Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy




A. psychologists are not smart enough to determine the boundaries iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy




ofhuman personality.
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B. personality has a common sense definition that psychologists find hard iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy




tofalsify.
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C. the idea of studying human personality is a rather new concept
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inpsychology.
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D. any definition of personality needs to be sufficiently comprehensive
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toinclude a multitude of concepts.
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5. Research on personality traits asks all of these questions EXCEPT
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A. how many fundamental personality traits there are.
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B. how personality traits are organized.
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C. where personality traits come from. iy iy iy iy




D. which cues cause behavior in a situation. iy iy iy iy iy iy


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6. Immanuel walks the same path every day at the same time. To state iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy




thathe will most likely take the same
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route at the same time next Wednesday is using the
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A. descriptive
B. explanatory
C. predictive
D. individualistic
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7. Mike makes several social errors at a party. He calls the host by the
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wrongname, spills his red wine on the
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carpet, and insults the guest of honor. We label Mike's behavior as
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"sociallyinept." This labeling of Mike's
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behavior utilizes the research approach to personality traits.
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A. explanatory
B. descriptive
C. intuitive
D. presumptive
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8. Traits define the iy iy tendencies of an individual person. iy iy iy iy




A. central
B. average
C. overt
D. outlying
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9. A talkative person will
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A. always talk more than a quiet person. iy iy iy iy iy iy




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C. talk more than a quiet person in theaters.
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D. talk more, on average, than a quiet person.
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10. To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to
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saythat the person has a(n)
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C. adaptation.
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11. Which of the following questions does research on personality traits
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NOTemphasize?
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A. How many fundamental traits are there?
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B. How are traits organized within individuals?
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C. What are the origins of traits? iy iy iy iy iy




D. How are all persons similar? iy iy iy iy


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12. Psychological mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms iy iy iy iy iy iy iy



A. are less stable. iy iy




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, C. do not have decision rules.
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D. are biologically "hard wired."
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13. Which of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms?
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C. Inputs
D. Outputs
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14. (p. 6) The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
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A. an adaptive trait.
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B. how traits are consistent. iy iy iy




C. how traits are activated only under certain conditions.
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D. how traits change over time. iy iy iy iy


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15. Personality is iy



A. outside the person. iy iy




B. inside the person. iy iy



C. both outside and inside the person.
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D. inside or outside, depending on the person. iy iy iy iy iy iy


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16. To say that someone has the trait of happiness, you need to know
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thatthe person
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A. is happy at a given moment.
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B. is frequently happy.
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C. remembers being happy. iy iy




D. makes others happy. iy iy


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17. Which of the following is NOT defined as part of the person-
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environmentinteraction? iy




A. Serializations
B. Perceptions
C. Manipulations
D. Selection
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18. Responses to an ink-blot test can demonstrate which part of the iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy iy




person-environment interaction?
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A. Perceptions
B. Manipulations
C. Evocations
D. Selections
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19. Mo looks at the ink blot and sees two birds nesting. Heidi looks at the
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inkblot and sees a tranquil forest. Joe
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looks at the ink blot and sees something sexual. These three responses are
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