Chapter 01: The Study of the Person
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is NOT part of the psychological triad?
a. behavior c. psychological health
b. thoughts d. feelings
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: The Study of the Person
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
2. Personality psychology and clinical psychology overlap most often when approaching which
topic?
a. personality processes c. personality development
b. personality disorders d. none of the above
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: The Study of the Person
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
3. Personality psychology shares with clinical psychology________.
a. an emphasis on mental disorders and the treatment of psychological problems
b. a common obligation to try to understand the whole person
c. a requirement that psychologists be licensed
d. the fact that both personality psychologists and clinical psychologists are usually in private
practice rather than employed by universities
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: The Study of the Person
, OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
4. Which subfield of psychology has the greatest overlap with personality psychology?
a. social c. developmental
b. cultural d. clinical
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: The Study of the Person
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
5. Which part of the psychological triad corresponds to cognitions about the self?
a. thoughts c. behaviors
b. traits d. disorders
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: The Study of the Person
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Understanding
6. Personality is an individual’s characteristic patterns of ________.
a. behavior c. thought
b. emotion d. all of the above
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
7. The unique mandate of personality psychologists is to attempt to ________.
a. identify and measure individual differences in ability and behavior
b. determine the effect of the social environment on behavior
c. explain whole, functioning persons and real life concerns
, d. prevent or treat psychological personality disorders
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
8. Advocates of any particular basic approach to personality historically ________.
a. claimed that their approach explains everything worth explaining
b. admitted that other approaches have their good points
c. proudly asserted that they have deliberately limited what they have chosen to look at
d. claimed that approaches cannot be compared with each other
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Remembering
9. In observing human behavior, it is impossible to ________.
a. understand everything about a person all at once
b. choose to limit what you look at in a person
c. find patterns across different kinds of observation
d. make any real progress toward solving the personality puzzle
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Understanding
10. The purpose of a basic approach (or paradigm) is to ________.
a. expand the range of data you consider
b. integrate diverse perspectives
c. limit inquiry to certain kinds of observations and patterns
, d. resolve contradictions in data
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Understanding
11. What two topics are covered under the phenomenological approach?
a. humanistic and cross-cultural perspectives on personality
b. humanistic and social-learning perspectives on personality
c. cross-cultural and cognitive perspectives on personality
d. trait and cross-cultural perspectives on personality
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.3 MSC: Remembering
12. Personality psychologists who adhere to the ________ approach focus on identifying,
conceptualizing, and measuring the ways in which people differ psychologically from one
another.
a. psychoanalytic c. cognitive
b. trait d. phenomenological
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.3 MSC: Understanding
13. Personality psychologists adhering to the ________ approach focus on psychic energy, the
workings of the unconscious mind, and the nature and resolution of internal mental conflict.
a. psychoanalytic c. cognitive
b. trait d. phenomenological
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is NOT part of the psychological triad?
a. behavior c. psychological health
b. thoughts d. feelings
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: The Study of the Person
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
2. Personality psychology and clinical psychology overlap most often when approaching which
topic?
a. personality processes c. personality development
b. personality disorders d. none of the above
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: The Study of the Person
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
3. Personality psychology shares with clinical psychology________.
a. an emphasis on mental disorders and the treatment of psychological problems
b. a common obligation to try to understand the whole person
c. a requirement that psychologists be licensed
d. the fact that both personality psychologists and clinical psychologists are usually in private
practice rather than employed by universities
ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: The Study of the Person
, OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
4. Which subfield of psychology has the greatest overlap with personality psychology?
a. social c. developmental
b. cultural d. clinical
ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: The Study of the Person
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
5. Which part of the psychological triad corresponds to cognitions about the self?
a. thoughts c. behaviors
b. traits d. disorders
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: The Study of the Person
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Understanding
6. Personality is an individual’s characteristic patterns of ________.
a. behavior c. thought
b. emotion d. all of the above
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
7. The unique mandate of personality psychologists is to attempt to ________.
a. identify and measure individual differences in ability and behavior
b. determine the effect of the social environment on behavior
c. explain whole, functioning persons and real life concerns
, d. prevent or treat psychological personality disorders
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering
8. Advocates of any particular basic approach to personality historically ________.
a. claimed that their approach explains everything worth explaining
b. admitted that other approaches have their good points
c. proudly asserted that they have deliberately limited what they have chosen to look at
d. claimed that approaches cannot be compared with each other
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Remembering
9. In observing human behavior, it is impossible to ________.
a. understand everything about a person all at once
b. choose to limit what you look at in a person
c. find patterns across different kinds of observation
d. make any real progress toward solving the personality puzzle
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Understanding
10. The purpose of a basic approach (or paradigm) is to ________.
a. expand the range of data you consider
b. integrate diverse perspectives
c. limit inquiry to certain kinds of observations and patterns
, d. resolve contradictions in data
ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.2 MSC: Understanding
11. What two topics are covered under the phenomenological approach?
a. humanistic and cross-cultural perspectives on personality
b. humanistic and social-learning perspectives on personality
c. cross-cultural and cognitive perspectives on personality
d. trait and cross-cultural perspectives on personality
ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.3 MSC: Remembering
12. Personality psychologists who adhere to the ________ approach focus on identifying,
conceptualizing, and measuring the ways in which people differ psychologically from one
another.
a. psychoanalytic c. cognitive
b. trait d. phenomenological
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
OBJ: 1.3 MSC: Understanding
13. Personality psychologists adhering to the ________ approach focus on psychic energy, the
workings of the unconscious mind, and the nature and resolution of internal mental conflict.
a. psychoanalytic c. cognitive
b. trait d. phenomenological
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: The Goals of Personality Psychology
