PSYC 341 Exam 6 - Questions, Answers and Feedback

PSYC 341 Exam 6. Question 1 1 out of 1 points Which of Cattell's media of observation could NOT be used with animals such as dogs or cats? Selected Answer: Q data Response Feedback: correct Question 2 1 out of 1 points Personality psychologists are more likely to attribute behavior to _________. Selected Answer: enduring traits Response Feedback: correct Question 3 1 out of 1 points A _________ is a classification of things according to their natural relationships while a _______ can both predict and explain behavior. Selected Answer: taxonomy; theory Response Feedback: correct Question 4 1 out of 1 points Hans J. Eysenck insisted that only __ major factors can be discerned by a factor analytic approach. Selected Answer: 3 Response Feedback: correct Question 5 1 out of 1 points "A theory organizes findings to tell a coherent story, to bring into focus those issues and phenomena that can and should be explained". This quote can be attributed to Selected Answer: Costa and McCrae. Response Feedback: correct Question 6 1 out of 1 points The Five Factors have been found across cultures and show some permanence with _____. Selected Answer: age Response Feedback: correct Question 7 1 out of 1 points At present, most researchers who study personality traits favor the idea that _________ dominant traits emerge from the statistical techniques used to sift through volumes of test data. Selected Answer: 5 Response Feedback: correct Question 8 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is NOT one of the five trait factors in the Five-Factor model? Selected Answer: psychoticism Response Feedback: correct Question 9 0 out of 1 points Characteristic adaptations differ from culture to culture because Selected Answer: Both of these are correct. Response Feedback: incorrect Question 10 1 out of 1 points The concept of humanity embodied by the Factor and Trait theories is best described as Selected Answer: biological. Response Feedback: correct Question 11