PSY 340 Personality Midterm Study Guide and Practice
Questions
1. Psychologists following the phenomenological ap- are concerned with our con-
proach __________. scious experience of the world
and the consequences of hav-
ing free will
2. According to the text, personality's greatest Funder's First Law
strength, understanding the whole persons, is
also its greatest weakness. Which term describes
this fundamental observation?
3. __________ theories of personality apply the in- Cognitive
sights and methods derived from the study of
perception, memory, and thought to the study of
personality.
4. What is a primary goal of the biological approach understanding the heritability
to personality? of behavior and personality
5. One critique of personality psychology is that it categorizing and labeling peo-
"pigeonholes" people. What does "pigeonholing" ple
someone mean?
6. Personality psychologists who adhere to the trait
__________ approach focus on identifying, concep-
tualizing, and measuring the ways in which people
di�er psychologically from one another.
7. Personality psychology shares with clinical psy- a common obligation to try to
chology __________. understand the whole person
8. Which of the following is NOT part of the psycho- psychological health
logical triad?
,9. Personality is an individual's characteristic pat- behavior, emotion, and thought
terns of __________.
10. Je� suspects that his roommate's sexist jokes may psychoanalytic
indicate that his roommate has some hidden, un-
conscious hostility toward women or that he feels
very insecure around women. Je�'s analysis sug-
gests a ________ approach to personality.
11. In observing human behavior, it is impossible to understand everything about a
__________. person all at once
12. Which sub eld of psychology has the greatest clinical
overlap with personality psychology?
13. Is narcissism always a bad trait to have? No, narcissists are persuasive,
but they also act unethically
14. The purpose of a basic approach (or paradigm) is limit inquiry to certain kinds of
to __________. observations and patterns
15. Personality psychology and clinical psychology personality disorders
overlap most often when approaching which top-
ic?
16. Which of the following is NOT one of the basic assessment
approaches to personality?
17. Personality psychology emphasizes how people di�erent from each other; simi-
are __________, whereas sub elds such as cognitive lar to each other
and social psychology emphasize how people are
__________.
18.
, Advocates of any particular basic approach to per- claimed that their approach
sonality historically __________. explains everything worth ex-
plaining
19. Which of the following is an expression of Funder's characteristics that are
First Law? strengths in one sense are
weaknesses in other ways
20. What are two topics covered under the phenome- humanistic and cross-cultural
nological approach? perspectives on personality
21. Personality psychologists adhering to the psychoanalytic
__________ approach focus on psychic energy, the
workings of the unconscious mind, and the nature
and resolution of internal mental con ict.
22. Which of the following is one of the basic ap- psychoanalytic
proaches to personality?
23. Funder writes that there are good reasons why One Big Theory would under-
personality psychologists have distinct theories mine the smaller theories; a
versus One Big Theory. Which is NOT one of those theory that explains everything
reasons? would probably not provide the
best explanation for any one
thing
24. Thoughts, feelings, and behavior psychological triad
25. A basic approach to personality paradigm
26. Labeling and categorizing people pigeonholing
27. A framework that can predict everything about One Big Theory
human behavior
Questions
1. Psychologists following the phenomenological ap- are concerned with our con-
proach __________. scious experience of the world
and the consequences of hav-
ing free will
2. According to the text, personality's greatest Funder's First Law
strength, understanding the whole persons, is
also its greatest weakness. Which term describes
this fundamental observation?
3. __________ theories of personality apply the in- Cognitive
sights and methods derived from the study of
perception, memory, and thought to the study of
personality.
4. What is a primary goal of the biological approach understanding the heritability
to personality? of behavior and personality
5. One critique of personality psychology is that it categorizing and labeling peo-
"pigeonholes" people. What does "pigeonholing" ple
someone mean?
6. Personality psychologists who adhere to the trait
__________ approach focus on identifying, concep-
tualizing, and measuring the ways in which people
di�er psychologically from one another.
7. Personality psychology shares with clinical psy- a common obligation to try to
chology __________. understand the whole person
8. Which of the following is NOT part of the psycho- psychological health
logical triad?
,9. Personality is an individual's characteristic pat- behavior, emotion, and thought
terns of __________.
10. Je� suspects that his roommate's sexist jokes may psychoanalytic
indicate that his roommate has some hidden, un-
conscious hostility toward women or that he feels
very insecure around women. Je�'s analysis sug-
gests a ________ approach to personality.
11. In observing human behavior, it is impossible to understand everything about a
__________. person all at once
12. Which sub eld of psychology has the greatest clinical
overlap with personality psychology?
13. Is narcissism always a bad trait to have? No, narcissists are persuasive,
but they also act unethically
14. The purpose of a basic approach (or paradigm) is limit inquiry to certain kinds of
to __________. observations and patterns
15. Personality psychology and clinical psychology personality disorders
overlap most often when approaching which top-
ic?
16. Which of the following is NOT one of the basic assessment
approaches to personality?
17. Personality psychology emphasizes how people di�erent from each other; simi-
are __________, whereas sub elds such as cognitive lar to each other
and social psychology emphasize how people are
__________.
18.
, Advocates of any particular basic approach to per- claimed that their approach
sonality historically __________. explains everything worth ex-
plaining
19. Which of the following is an expression of Funder's characteristics that are
First Law? strengths in one sense are
weaknesses in other ways
20. What are two topics covered under the phenome- humanistic and cross-cultural
nological approach? perspectives on personality
21. Personality psychologists adhering to the psychoanalytic
__________ approach focus on psychic energy, the
workings of the unconscious mind, and the nature
and resolution of internal mental con ict.
22. Which of the following is one of the basic ap- psychoanalytic
proaches to personality?
23. Funder writes that there are good reasons why One Big Theory would under-
personality psychologists have distinct theories mine the smaller theories; a
versus One Big Theory. Which is NOT one of those theory that explains everything
reasons? would probably not provide the
best explanation for any one
thing
24. Thoughts, feelings, and behavior psychological triad
25. A basic approach to personality paradigm
26. Labeling and categorizing people pigeonholing
27. A framework that can predict everything about One Big Theory
human behavior
