PSYCH 375 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Mental health - Answer -Which of the following is not part of the "Psychological Triad"?
A) behavior
B) thought
C) mental health
D) feelings
A common obligation to try to understand the whole person - Answer -Personality
psychology shares with clinical psychology:
Personality disorders - Answer -Personality psych and clinical psych overlap most often
when approaching
FALSE - Answer -T or F:
Personality psych addresses questions that are entirely separate front he rest of psych.
All of the above - Answer -Personality is an individual's characteristic patterns of
A) behavior
B) emotion
C) thought
D) all of the above
To explain whole, functioning persons in their social context - Answer -The unique
mandate of personality psychologists is to attempt
In observing human behavior it is impossible to: - Answer -To understand everything
about a person all at once
The purpose of a basic approach or paradigm is - Answer -To limit an approach to
certain kinds of observations and patterns
Assessment - Answer -Which of the following is not one of the basic approaches to
personality?
A) psychoanalytic
B) learning
C) assessment
D) phenomenological
Trait - Answer -Personality psychologists who adhere to the ____ approach focus on
identifying, conceptualizing and measuring the ways in which people differ
psychologically from one another
,Psychoanalytic - Answer -Personality psychologists adhering to the _____ approach
focus on psychic energy the workings of the unconscious mind no the nature and
resolution of internal mental conflict
Psychologists following the phenomenological - Answer -Are concerned with our
conscious experience of the world and the consequence of having free will
What two topics are covered under the phenomenological approach? - Answer -
Humanistic and cross-cultural perspectives on personality
Behaviorist - Answer -The personality paradigm that focuses on rewards and
punishments is known as the ____paradigm
Rewards and punishments - Answer -What types of thing would a classical behaviorist
examine?
Learning and cognitive - Answer -____theories of personality apply the insights and
methods derived from the study of perception, memory, and thought to the study of
personality
Claimed that their approach explains everything worth explaining - Answer -Advocates
of any particular basic approach to personality historically
A dress different sets of questions about human psychology - Answer -The trait
approach, the behaviorist approach and the psychoanalytic approach
Trait - Answer -The task of an employer who attempts to identify dependable,
conscientious and hard working job applicants is similar to the task of the ___
psychologist who attempt to identify and assess individual differences
Psychoanalytic - Answer -Jeff suspects that's his roommates sexist jokes may indicate
that his roommate has some hidden unconscious hostility towards women or that he
feels very insecure around women. Jeff's analysis suggests a ____approach to
personality
Each of the several approaches to personality is good at handling its own key concerns
- Answer -But generally ignores the key concerns of the approaches
Great strengths are usually great weaknesses - Answer -Personality psych has a
variety of theoretical perspectives that are sometimes seen as competing with each
other. Regarding this diversity a major theme of your textbook is:
People differ from each other - Answer -Personality psych emphasizes how
, Different from each other; similar to each other - Answer -Personality psych
emphasizes how people are ___, whereas sub fields such as cognitive and social psych
emphasizes how people are____
The existences of individual differences - Answer -According to the text what is the
starting place for all personality psych?
Personality assessment would be relevant to which of the following constructs?
A) attitudes toward political leaders
B) depression
C) optimism
D) All of the above. - Answer -All of the above
Personality assessment refers to - Answer -C) the measurement of any characteristic
pattern of behavior, thought, or emotion.
When we evaluate professional personality judgments, it is typically said that we are
evaluating their ________, whereas when amateur personality judgments are
evaluated, we are evaluating their ________. - Answer -B) validity; accuracy
The two basic criteria for evaluating the validity of a personality judgment are ________.
- Answer -C) agreement and behavioral prediction
What does the abbreviation MMPI stand for? - Answer -A) Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory
The MMPI was designed ________. - Answer -A) to assess individuals with
psychological disorders
The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) was designed ________. - Answer -B) to
assess nondisturbed individuals
What term refers to personality inventories that are designed to measure a wide range
of traits? - Answer -C) omnibus inventories
Your responses to the personality test item "I am an intelligent person" would be
________ data, whereas your score on an intelligence test that reflects the number of
problems you got right would be ________ data. - Answer -D) S; B
The Implicit Associations Test (IAT) yields what kind of data? - Answer -B
An IQ test yields what kind of data? - Answer -B
Although Funder draws a distinction between S and B data, the distinction between
________ tests is more common in the literature. - Answer -B) projective and objective
Mental health - Answer -Which of the following is not part of the "Psychological Triad"?
A) behavior
B) thought
C) mental health
D) feelings
A common obligation to try to understand the whole person - Answer -Personality
psychology shares with clinical psychology:
Personality disorders - Answer -Personality psych and clinical psych overlap most often
when approaching
FALSE - Answer -T or F:
Personality psych addresses questions that are entirely separate front he rest of psych.
All of the above - Answer -Personality is an individual's characteristic patterns of
A) behavior
B) emotion
C) thought
D) all of the above
To explain whole, functioning persons in their social context - Answer -The unique
mandate of personality psychologists is to attempt
In observing human behavior it is impossible to: - Answer -To understand everything
about a person all at once
The purpose of a basic approach or paradigm is - Answer -To limit an approach to
certain kinds of observations and patterns
Assessment - Answer -Which of the following is not one of the basic approaches to
personality?
A) psychoanalytic
B) learning
C) assessment
D) phenomenological
Trait - Answer -Personality psychologists who adhere to the ____ approach focus on
identifying, conceptualizing and measuring the ways in which people differ
psychologically from one another
,Psychoanalytic - Answer -Personality psychologists adhering to the _____ approach
focus on psychic energy the workings of the unconscious mind no the nature and
resolution of internal mental conflict
Psychologists following the phenomenological - Answer -Are concerned with our
conscious experience of the world and the consequence of having free will
What two topics are covered under the phenomenological approach? - Answer -
Humanistic and cross-cultural perspectives on personality
Behaviorist - Answer -The personality paradigm that focuses on rewards and
punishments is known as the ____paradigm
Rewards and punishments - Answer -What types of thing would a classical behaviorist
examine?
Learning and cognitive - Answer -____theories of personality apply the insights and
methods derived from the study of perception, memory, and thought to the study of
personality
Claimed that their approach explains everything worth explaining - Answer -Advocates
of any particular basic approach to personality historically
A dress different sets of questions about human psychology - Answer -The trait
approach, the behaviorist approach and the psychoanalytic approach
Trait - Answer -The task of an employer who attempts to identify dependable,
conscientious and hard working job applicants is similar to the task of the ___
psychologist who attempt to identify and assess individual differences
Psychoanalytic - Answer -Jeff suspects that's his roommates sexist jokes may indicate
that his roommate has some hidden unconscious hostility towards women or that he
feels very insecure around women. Jeff's analysis suggests a ____approach to
personality
Each of the several approaches to personality is good at handling its own key concerns
- Answer -But generally ignores the key concerns of the approaches
Great strengths are usually great weaknesses - Answer -Personality psych has a
variety of theoretical perspectives that are sometimes seen as competing with each
other. Regarding this diversity a major theme of your textbook is:
People differ from each other - Answer -Personality psych emphasizes how
, Different from each other; similar to each other - Answer -Personality psych
emphasizes how people are ___, whereas sub fields such as cognitive and social psych
emphasizes how people are____
The existences of individual differences - Answer -According to the text what is the
starting place for all personality psych?
Personality assessment would be relevant to which of the following constructs?
A) attitudes toward political leaders
B) depression
C) optimism
D) All of the above. - Answer -All of the above
Personality assessment refers to - Answer -C) the measurement of any characteristic
pattern of behavior, thought, or emotion.
When we evaluate professional personality judgments, it is typically said that we are
evaluating their ________, whereas when amateur personality judgments are
evaluated, we are evaluating their ________. - Answer -B) validity; accuracy
The two basic criteria for evaluating the validity of a personality judgment are ________.
- Answer -C) agreement and behavioral prediction
What does the abbreviation MMPI stand for? - Answer -A) Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory
The MMPI was designed ________. - Answer -A) to assess individuals with
psychological disorders
The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) was designed ________. - Answer -B) to
assess nondisturbed individuals
What term refers to personality inventories that are designed to measure a wide range
of traits? - Answer -C) omnibus inventories
Your responses to the personality test item "I am an intelligent person" would be
________ data, whereas your score on an intelligence test that reflects the number of
problems you got right would be ________ data. - Answer -D) S; B
The Implicit Associations Test (IAT) yields what kind of data? - Answer -B
An IQ test yields what kind of data? - Answer -B
Although Funder draws a distinction between S and B data, the distinction between
________ tests is more common in the literature. - Answer -B) projective and objective
