,Chapter 01 - Introduction to Personality Psychology
Chapter 01
Introduction to Personality Psychology
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Features of personality that make people different from one another and that can be used to
describe their characteristics are called _____.
A. differential pronouns
B. trait-descriptive adjectives
C. action-descriptive verbs
D. trait-differentiating adverbs
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2. If one describes Juan as possessive or Anita as friendly, he or she is using:
A. trait-descriptive adjectives.
B. inner psychological states.
C. strategies to attain goals.
D. inner qualities of personality.
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3. How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language?
A. More than 500
B. More than 1,800
C. More than 5,000
D. More than 15,000
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4. A talkative person will:
A. always talk more than a quiet person.
B. never shut up.
C. talk more than a quiet person in theaters.
D. talk more than a quiet person on average.
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5. Which of the following is NOT an essential ingredient of most psychological mechanisms?
A. Access codes
B. Decision rules
C. Inputs
D. Outputs
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6. The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of:
A. an adaptive trait.
B. how traits are consistent.
C. how traits are activated only under particular conditions.
D. how traits change over time.
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7. Personality:
A. is outside an individual.
B. is within an individual.
C. is both outside and inside an individual.
D. can be inside or outside an individual.
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8. To say that an individual has the trait of happiness, one needs to know whether the
individual:
A. is happy at a given moment.
B. is frequently happy.
C. remembers being happy.
D. makes others happy.
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9. Identify a true statement about personality traits.
A. They are a random collection of elements for a given person.
B. They cannot help predict differences among people.
C. They change radically from one situation to another.
D. They influence how individuals think and feel.
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10. In the context of person-environment interaction, which of the following is NOT included
in interactions with situations?
A. Serializations
B. Perceptions
C. Manipulations
D. Selections
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Chapter 01
Introduction to Personality Psychology
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Features of personality that make people different from one another and that can be used to
describe their characteristics are called _____.
A. differential pronouns
B. trait-descriptive adjectives
C. action-descriptive verbs
D. trait-differentiating adverbs
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
2. If one describes Juan as possessive or Anita as friendly, he or she is using:
A. trait-descriptive adjectives.
B. inner psychological states.
C. strategies to attain goals.
D. inner qualities of personality.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
3. How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language?
A. More than 500
B. More than 1,800
C. More than 5,000
D. More than 15,000
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
1-1
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4. A talkative person will:
A. always talk more than a quiet person.
B. never shut up.
C. talk more than a quiet person in theaters.
D. talk more than a quiet person on average.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
5. Which of the following is NOT an essential ingredient of most psychological mechanisms?
A. Access codes
B. Decision rules
C. Inputs
D. Outputs
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
6. The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of:
A. an adaptive trait.
B. how traits are consistent.
C. how traits are activated only under particular conditions.
D. how traits change over time.
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7. Personality:
A. is outside an individual.
B. is within an individual.
C. is both outside and inside an individual.
D. can be inside or outside an individual.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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8. To say that an individual has the trait of happiness, one needs to know whether the
individual:
A. is happy at a given moment.
B. is frequently happy.
C. remembers being happy.
D. makes others happy.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
9. Identify a true statement about personality traits.
A. They are a random collection of elements for a given person.
B. They cannot help predict differences among people.
C. They change radically from one situation to another.
D. They influence how individuals think and feel.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
10. In the context of person-environment interaction, which of the following is NOT included
in interactions with situations?
A. Serializations
B. Perceptions
C. Manipulations
D. Selections
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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