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WGU D564 OA THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
EXAM 2025/2026 BANK | ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND RATIONALES |
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Which statement identifies an important concept of cognitive social learning
theory - differences in personality? ........answer.......A person's emotions are
an important factor in determining behavior
Which factor has been linked to difficulty with impulse control, according to
Mischel? ........answer.......High stress levels
What did the co-efficient suggest to Mischel about the relationship between
personality and behavior? ........answer.......Personality does not predict
variability in behavior
What information does a stimulus-outcome expectancy provide?
........answer.......What could occur in a given environment
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An extraverted/social student works hard to throw parties for friends. How
does Mischel's subjective stimulus value explain the behavior?
........answer.......The student is putting forth effort for a desirable goal
Which type of trait has the highest impact on an individuals personality,
according to Gordan Allport? ........answer.......A cardinal trait (chauvinistic
traits being an example)
Which type of dynamic trait is demonstrated by a person who values higher
education, according to Cattell? ........answer.......Metaerg
Which Five-Factor Model trait does a person score low in when they
unreasonably suspect their roommate of stealing?
........answer.......Agreeableness
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Which Five-Factor Model trait is low in an individual when they avoid
conflict because they do not want to engage in an argument?
........answer.......Extraversion
What characterizes Cattell's trait model of personality? ........answer.......It is a
model of traits encompassing multiple domains of personality
Who proposed that changes in work settings can be made to improve
happiness and healthy development? ........answer.......Abraham Maslow
Which personality theorist proposed that children become alienated from
internal growth forces if raised with conditions of worth?
........answer.......Carl Rogers
Which example represents the theory of "principal raw materials" of
personality, according to Allport? ........answer.......A person inheriting a
genetic predisposition for muscularity
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Which example illustrates Kagan's theory of uninhibited temperament type?
........answer.......A child asks their parents if they can join a new basketball
team
A company wants to increase worker effectiveness by lower-order needs
being met when possible. What is a perspective of psychology that supports
this style of business? ........answer.......Humanistic Psychology
An employee wants to be a shift manager and gets a promotion. He then sets
a new goal of becoming a plant manager. Which term did Carl Rogers use to
describe this behavior? ........answer.......Actualizing tendency
Which trait of intelligence is the innate ability to learn, according to Cattell?
........answer.......Fluid Intelligence
WGU D564 OA THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
EXAM 2025/2026 BANK | ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND RATIONALES |
EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS |
LATEST UPDATE
Which statement identifies an important concept of cognitive social learning
theory - differences in personality? ........answer.......A person's emotions are
an important factor in determining behavior
Which factor has been linked to difficulty with impulse control, according to
Mischel? ........answer.......High stress levels
What did the co-efficient suggest to Mischel about the relationship between
personality and behavior? ........answer.......Personality does not predict
variability in behavior
What information does a stimulus-outcome expectancy provide?
........answer.......What could occur in a given environment
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An extraverted/social student works hard to throw parties for friends. How
does Mischel's subjective stimulus value explain the behavior?
........answer.......The student is putting forth effort for a desirable goal
Which type of trait has the highest impact on an individuals personality,
according to Gordan Allport? ........answer.......A cardinal trait (chauvinistic
traits being an example)
Which type of dynamic trait is demonstrated by a person who values higher
education, according to Cattell? ........answer.......Metaerg
Which Five-Factor Model trait does a person score low in when they
unreasonably suspect their roommate of stealing?
........answer.......Agreeableness
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Which Five-Factor Model trait is low in an individual when they avoid
conflict because they do not want to engage in an argument?
........answer.......Extraversion
What characterizes Cattell's trait model of personality? ........answer.......It is a
model of traits encompassing multiple domains of personality
Who proposed that changes in work settings can be made to improve
happiness and healthy development? ........answer.......Abraham Maslow
Which personality theorist proposed that children become alienated from
internal growth forces if raised with conditions of worth?
........answer.......Carl Rogers
Which example represents the theory of "principal raw materials" of
personality, according to Allport? ........answer.......A person inheriting a
genetic predisposition for muscularity
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Which example illustrates Kagan's theory of uninhibited temperament type?
........answer.......A child asks their parents if they can join a new basketball
team
A company wants to increase worker effectiveness by lower-order needs
being met when possible. What is a perspective of psychology that supports
this style of business? ........answer.......Humanistic Psychology
An employee wants to be a shift manager and gets a promotion. He then sets
a new goal of becoming a plant manager. Which term did Carl Rogers use to
describe this behavior? ........answer.......Actualizing tendency
Which trait of intelligence is the innate ability to learn, according to Cattell?
........answer.......Fluid Intelligence
