EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◍ Factors. Answer: One of 3 approaches to personality description
◍ Participants in a study are separated into groups based on which of
nine personality categories they fit into. Answer: What is an example
of using types to describe personality?
◍ It puts hypothesized cause-effect relationships to a direct test.
Answer: Which characteristic is associated with experimentation as a
method for personality research?
◍ Scientific, because the researcher uses a nomothetic approach.
Answer: A researcher is studying personality theories that emphasize
identifying different elements of personality within groups through
observation. Which scientific culture of personality study do these
theories operate from?
◍ Personality encompasses a person's way of coping with the world..
Answer: Which statement represents a common element of modern
personality theories?
, ◍ How people label experiences. Answer: Which cognitive factor has
a substantial effect on personality dynamics, based on modern
personality theories?
◍ Motivation is what guides and directs behavior. Answer: What is a
common theme among modern theories of personality dynamics?
◍ They have an inferiority complex.. Answer: What is common
among all neurotic individuals, according to Adlerʼs model?
◍ Sigmund Freud. Answer: Which individual first proposed the major
concepts of the psychoanalytic model of personality?
◍ Early temperament. Answer: What is an example of a biological
factor that modern theories of personality development emphasize?
◍ Libido. Answer: Which psychic energy is associated with the id?
◍ Synchronicity. Answer: Which term did Jung use to describe
meaningful coincidences?
◍ Oral. Answer: Which of the five psychosexual stages is associated
with the development of optimism?