Personality Psychology Unit 1 Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Define personality. - CORRECT ANSWER - Someone's usual patterns of beliefs, feelings,
and thoughts
Use Figure 1.1 to explain how personality is a "hub" topic with psychology. - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Clinical psychology
---Personality disorders
---Psychological assessment
-Industrial-organizational psychology
---Leadership
---Assessment
-Neuroscience
---Personality neuroscience
Developmental psychology
---Personality development
--Child temperament
-Social psychology
---Self-concept
---Self-esteem
Describe the two sides of the person-satiation debate, including identifying which side is being
measured for an example. - CORRECT ANSWER - -Psychologists have debated whether
the person (relatively set characteristics such as personality) or the situation (the specific
environment you are in) better determine behavior
-Different form nature vs. further debate, which instead debates the origin of differences within
the person
, What is the current view piton of the person-situation debate? - CORRECT ANSWER --
Both predict behavior equally
-Personality considers averages
List four ways in which the person and situation work together to influence behavior, and be
ready to identify each one from an example. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Personality can
be impacted by experiences
2. People can respond differently to the same situation
3. People choose their situations
4. People change the situation they enter
What is personality assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER - The way psychologist measure
identify personality
What is the goal of a self-report? - CORRECT ANSWER - Capture a characteristic as a
number
What are advantages of self-report questionnaires? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Easy
-Convenient
-Simple to administer
-Can get lots of data in a short period of time
What are the disadvantages of self-quetionnaires? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Accuracy of
views
-Honesty
---Social desirability
--Acquiescence's response set
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Define personality. - CORRECT ANSWER - Someone's usual patterns of beliefs, feelings,
and thoughts
Use Figure 1.1 to explain how personality is a "hub" topic with psychology. - CORRECT
ANSWER - -Clinical psychology
---Personality disorders
---Psychological assessment
-Industrial-organizational psychology
---Leadership
---Assessment
-Neuroscience
---Personality neuroscience
Developmental psychology
---Personality development
--Child temperament
-Social psychology
---Self-concept
---Self-esteem
Describe the two sides of the person-satiation debate, including identifying which side is being
measured for an example. - CORRECT ANSWER - -Psychologists have debated whether
the person (relatively set characteristics such as personality) or the situation (the specific
environment you are in) better determine behavior
-Different form nature vs. further debate, which instead debates the origin of differences within
the person
, What is the current view piton of the person-situation debate? - CORRECT ANSWER --
Both predict behavior equally
-Personality considers averages
List four ways in which the person and situation work together to influence behavior, and be
ready to identify each one from an example. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Personality can
be impacted by experiences
2. People can respond differently to the same situation
3. People choose their situations
4. People change the situation they enter
What is personality assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER - The way psychologist measure
identify personality
What is the goal of a self-report? - CORRECT ANSWER - Capture a characteristic as a
number
What are advantages of self-report questionnaires? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Easy
-Convenient
-Simple to administer
-Can get lots of data in a short period of time
What are the disadvantages of self-quetionnaires? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Accuracy of
views
-Honesty
---Social desirability
--Acquiescence's response set
