PPE 3003 Unit 1 - Review questions || A+ Graded Already.
A personality psychologist who is concerned primarily with people's unconscious mind and
internal conflict follows what approach?
A. psychoanalytic approach
B. phenomenological approach
C. trait approach
D. biological approach correct answers A
Which of McAdams' three levels of personality analysis is designed to describe basic, surface-
level differences between individuals?
A. characteristic adaptations
B. dispositional traits
C. psychoanalysis
D. life story/narrative correct answers A
Motivation is one example of a ______________ that can affect people's thoughts and behaviors.
A. predisposition
B. dispositional trait
C. narrative
D. characteristic adaptation correct answers D
Even if people are unlikely to knowingly lie when describing themselves, people often
exaggerate facts or remember them incorrectly. McAdams would say that, despite our best
efforts, our ____________ are more myth than fact.
A. subconscious desires
B. dispositional traits
C. characteristic adaptations
D. life stories correct answers D
According to the textbook, what is the central principle behind measuring S (Self) Data?
A. Questionnaires can trick people into revealing private information about themselves.
B. People are generally honest about describing their behavior.
C. People are the best experts on their own opinions and behaviors.
D. People are often unfamiliar with self-questionnaires so they will usually provide reliable
responses. correct answers C
Because any piece of L (Life Outcome) data can have many different causes, it is extremely
difficult ot directly connect life outcomes with specific personality traits. This key disadvantage
to L data is referred to as
A. Error
B. Causal force
C. Multidetermination
D. Intrinsic importance correct answers C
, You are asked to fill out a "Big Five Personality Inventory" about your best friend. Which
approach to psychology is being used, and what type of data is being produced?
A. Psychoanalytic approach, I data
B. Psychoanalytic approach, S data
C. Trait approach, I data
D. Trait approach, S data correct answers C
B.F. Skinner was a famous behaviorist. Which basic approach does behaviorism fall under?
A. Learning and cognitive approach
B. Biological approach
C. Trait approach
D. Phenomenological approach correct answers A
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of self-report data?
A. The person being asked is the best expert on their own behavior
B. It is easy to collect
C. Participants always provide accurate accounts of their personalities.
D. It is cost-effective correct answers C
Which of the following life milestones would be coded as a communion event (as opposed to an
agency event)?
A. graduating from high school
B. choosing a major in college
C. getting married
D. being promoted at your job correct answers C
Which of the following is an example of a construct?
A. intelligence
B. a personality psychologist
C. a laboratory
D. the brain correct answers A
Validity can most simply be defined as the degree to which:
A. a measurement actually reflects what it is supposed to be measuring
B. unsystemic variance occurs in an experimental design
C. a test gives us the same result each time we measure it
D. a test applies equally well to all men and women correct answers A
The main difference between state and trait reliability is that:
A. states are consistent, giving reliable measures across time and situations, whereas traits lack
consistency and are unreliable across time and situations
B. traits are generally more valid measurements, whereas states are more reliable
C. states are usually invalid, and traits are usually unreliable .
D. state lacks consistency across time and situations, whereas traits produce reliable measures
across time and situations correct answers D
A personality psychologist who is concerned primarily with people's unconscious mind and
internal conflict follows what approach?
A. psychoanalytic approach
B. phenomenological approach
C. trait approach
D. biological approach correct answers A
Which of McAdams' three levels of personality analysis is designed to describe basic, surface-
level differences between individuals?
A. characteristic adaptations
B. dispositional traits
C. psychoanalysis
D. life story/narrative correct answers A
Motivation is one example of a ______________ that can affect people's thoughts and behaviors.
A. predisposition
B. dispositional trait
C. narrative
D. characteristic adaptation correct answers D
Even if people are unlikely to knowingly lie when describing themselves, people often
exaggerate facts or remember them incorrectly. McAdams would say that, despite our best
efforts, our ____________ are more myth than fact.
A. subconscious desires
B. dispositional traits
C. characteristic adaptations
D. life stories correct answers D
According to the textbook, what is the central principle behind measuring S (Self) Data?
A. Questionnaires can trick people into revealing private information about themselves.
B. People are generally honest about describing their behavior.
C. People are the best experts on their own opinions and behaviors.
D. People are often unfamiliar with self-questionnaires so they will usually provide reliable
responses. correct answers C
Because any piece of L (Life Outcome) data can have many different causes, it is extremely
difficult ot directly connect life outcomes with specific personality traits. This key disadvantage
to L data is referred to as
A. Error
B. Causal force
C. Multidetermination
D. Intrinsic importance correct answers C
, You are asked to fill out a "Big Five Personality Inventory" about your best friend. Which
approach to psychology is being used, and what type of data is being produced?
A. Psychoanalytic approach, I data
B. Psychoanalytic approach, S data
C. Trait approach, I data
D. Trait approach, S data correct answers C
B.F. Skinner was a famous behaviorist. Which basic approach does behaviorism fall under?
A. Learning and cognitive approach
B. Biological approach
C. Trait approach
D. Phenomenological approach correct answers A
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of self-report data?
A. The person being asked is the best expert on their own behavior
B. It is easy to collect
C. Participants always provide accurate accounts of their personalities.
D. It is cost-effective correct answers C
Which of the following life milestones would be coded as a communion event (as opposed to an
agency event)?
A. graduating from high school
B. choosing a major in college
C. getting married
D. being promoted at your job correct answers C
Which of the following is an example of a construct?
A. intelligence
B. a personality psychologist
C. a laboratory
D. the brain correct answers A
Validity can most simply be defined as the degree to which:
A. a measurement actually reflects what it is supposed to be measuring
B. unsystemic variance occurs in an experimental design
C. a test gives us the same result each time we measure it
D. a test applies equally well to all men and women correct answers A
The main difference between state and trait reliability is that:
A. states are consistent, giving reliable measures across time and situations, whereas traits lack
consistency and are unreliable across time and situations
B. traits are generally more valid measurements, whereas states are more reliable
C. states are usually invalid, and traits are usually unreliable .
D. state lacks consistency across time and situations, whereas traits produce reliable measures
across time and situations correct answers D
