PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY ASSESMENT EXAM 2 2025
GRADED A (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) MUST PASS
The unique mandate of personality psychologists is to attempt to - explain whole, functioning
persons and real life concerns
Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because - any definition of personality
needs to be comprehensive enough to include the whole person.
What is a primary goal of the learning and cognitive approaches to personality? - applying principles
of associationism to help reduce negative behaviours
What is a primary goal of the psychoanalytic approach to personality? - understanding mental
conflicts
Personality psychology has a variety of theoretical perspectives that are sometimes seen as
competing with each other. Regarding this diversity, what is a major theme of this course? - Great
strengths are usually great weaknesses.
What is a primary goal of the trait approach to personality? - measuring and conceptualizing
individual differences
Which of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize? - How traits
are similar?
What is one of personality psychology's greatest advantages over other areas of psychology? -
Personality psychology appreciates the uniqueness of the individual.
Wynn goes to a palm reader who says that she is kind, generous, and honest. Wynn's belief in what
the palm reader said is an example of _____. - the Barnum effect
The trait approach to personality psychology best describes what situation? - a psychologist focusing
on ways that people differ from one another in behavior and disposition, and how these differences
might be measured
, The technical meaning of reliability refers to - how much measurement error is present in your
assessment instrument
Researchers must use clues to personality in their research because - personality is something that
resides within an individual
The process of random assignment helps to ensure - equivalence
The most important advantage of B data is that they are based on - direct observations of behavior,
so they are more objective and quantifiable
When a psychologist asks a question because he or she wants to see how the individual will respond
to that stimulus, the test elicits ________.When a psychologist asks a question because he or she
wants to know the answer, the question elicits ________. - B data; S data
Reliability is ________ for validity. - a necessary but not sufficient condition
Amari is interested in finding out if noise affects levels of task performance for introverts and
extraverts. From which research method would Amari benefit the most? - Experimental design
An experiment is - the only research design that allows for causal inferences.
Dr. Rodriguez wants to measure the earliest autobiographical memories of the participants in her
project. She would most likely obtain ________ data. - S
Which of the following types of personality data is least subjective? - L
According to some motivation researchers, the questionnaire-based measures predict ________,
whereas the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) measures ________, - how motives are expressed;
what people want
If a person is asked to respond to a picture that could be described in many different ways, then - B
data are being collected.
GRADED A (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) MUST PASS
The unique mandate of personality psychologists is to attempt to - explain whole, functioning
persons and real life concerns
Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because - any definition of personality
needs to be comprehensive enough to include the whole person.
What is a primary goal of the learning and cognitive approaches to personality? - applying principles
of associationism to help reduce negative behaviours
What is a primary goal of the psychoanalytic approach to personality? - understanding mental
conflicts
Personality psychology has a variety of theoretical perspectives that are sometimes seen as
competing with each other. Regarding this diversity, what is a major theme of this course? - Great
strengths are usually great weaknesses.
What is a primary goal of the trait approach to personality? - measuring and conceptualizing
individual differences
Which of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize? - How traits
are similar?
What is one of personality psychology's greatest advantages over other areas of psychology? -
Personality psychology appreciates the uniqueness of the individual.
Wynn goes to a palm reader who says that she is kind, generous, and honest. Wynn's belief in what
the palm reader said is an example of _____. - the Barnum effect
The trait approach to personality psychology best describes what situation? - a psychologist focusing
on ways that people differ from one another in behavior and disposition, and how these differences
might be measured
, The technical meaning of reliability refers to - how much measurement error is present in your
assessment instrument
Researchers must use clues to personality in their research because - personality is something that
resides within an individual
The process of random assignment helps to ensure - equivalence
The most important advantage of B data is that they are based on - direct observations of behavior,
so they are more objective and quantifiable
When a psychologist asks a question because he or she wants to see how the individual will respond
to that stimulus, the test elicits ________.When a psychologist asks a question because he or she
wants to know the answer, the question elicits ________. - B data; S data
Reliability is ________ for validity. - a necessary but not sufficient condition
Amari is interested in finding out if noise affects levels of task performance for introverts and
extraverts. From which research method would Amari benefit the most? - Experimental design
An experiment is - the only research design that allows for causal inferences.
Dr. Rodriguez wants to measure the earliest autobiographical memories of the participants in her
project. She would most likely obtain ________ data. - S
Which of the following types of personality data is least subjective? - L
According to some motivation researchers, the questionnaire-based measures predict ________,
whereas the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) measures ________, - how motives are expressed;
what people want
If a person is asked to respond to a picture that could be described in many different ways, then - B
data are being collected.
