Personality Psychology Exam 1 REVISED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Personality - CORRECT ANSWER - a set of *psychological traits and mechanisms*
within the individual organized and *relatively enduring* and that influence his or her
*interactions* with and *adaptations* to the *intrapsychic, physical, and social* environments
Psychological traits - CORRECT ANSWER - characteristics that describe way sin which
people are different from each other
Psychological mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - processes of personality
Murray's 3 Levels of Personality Analysis
Every human being is: - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Like all others (human nature level)
2) Like some others (individual/group level)
3) Like no others (individual uniqueness level)
6 Domains - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Dispositional: ways individuals differ
2) Biological: genetics, psychophysiology, evolution
3) Intrapsychic: mental mechanisms of personality
4) Cognitive-Experiential: cognition and subjective experience
5) Social and cultural: personality affects and is affected by social and cultural contexts
6) Adjustment: personality plays a key role in how we adjust to our everyday lives
Don't Buy Swiss Cheese, It's Aged!
Is there a grand theory of personality - CORRECT ANSWER - NO
, The 6 domains can ultimately provide foundations for a unified theory
Sources of Personality Data - CORRECT ANSWER - S-data
O-data
T-data (fMRI, projective techniques, experiments)
L-data (life outcome--info gleaned from events)
Agreement across data sources is ___ to____ - CORRECT ANSWER - low to moderate
some traits more observable
depends heavily on research questions
Triangulation - CORRECT ANSWER - examine results that transcend data sources *using
two methods to check the results*
Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER - the degree to which an obtained measure represents
the true level of a trait
3 Types of Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) test-retest
2) inter-rater
3) internal (measures that test the same construct should yield similar results)
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER - extent to which a test measures what it claims to
measure
5 Types of validity - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Face--appears to "look good"
2)Construct--contains all necessary parts
3) Predictive/Criterion--predicts criteria external to test
4) Convergent--correlates with similar measures
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Personality - CORRECT ANSWER - a set of *psychological traits and mechanisms*
within the individual organized and *relatively enduring* and that influence his or her
*interactions* with and *adaptations* to the *intrapsychic, physical, and social* environments
Psychological traits - CORRECT ANSWER - characteristics that describe way sin which
people are different from each other
Psychological mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - processes of personality
Murray's 3 Levels of Personality Analysis
Every human being is: - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Like all others (human nature level)
2) Like some others (individual/group level)
3) Like no others (individual uniqueness level)
6 Domains - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Dispositional: ways individuals differ
2) Biological: genetics, psychophysiology, evolution
3) Intrapsychic: mental mechanisms of personality
4) Cognitive-Experiential: cognition and subjective experience
5) Social and cultural: personality affects and is affected by social and cultural contexts
6) Adjustment: personality plays a key role in how we adjust to our everyday lives
Don't Buy Swiss Cheese, It's Aged!
Is there a grand theory of personality - CORRECT ANSWER - NO
, The 6 domains can ultimately provide foundations for a unified theory
Sources of Personality Data - CORRECT ANSWER - S-data
O-data
T-data (fMRI, projective techniques, experiments)
L-data (life outcome--info gleaned from events)
Agreement across data sources is ___ to____ - CORRECT ANSWER - low to moderate
some traits more observable
depends heavily on research questions
Triangulation - CORRECT ANSWER - examine results that transcend data sources *using
two methods to check the results*
Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER - the degree to which an obtained measure represents
the true level of a trait
3 Types of Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) test-retest
2) inter-rater
3) internal (measures that test the same construct should yield similar results)
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER - extent to which a test measures what it claims to
measure
5 Types of validity - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Face--appears to "look good"
2)Construct--contains all necessary parts
3) Predictive/Criterion--predicts criteria external to test
4) Convergent--correlates with similar measures
