Exam (elaborations) PSY 255 Quiz 3 Chapters 7 and 8 – Question with Answers

PSY 255 Quiz 3 Chapters 7 andform with your answers and please do not forget to fill in the bubbles with your name! 1. Which of the following assumptions underlies the trait approach to personality? A. Each person belongs in one and only one personality category. B. We can place a person somewhere along a continuum of behaviors. C. People in one personality category are distinctly different from people in other categories. D. Personality can change as a function of the situation the person is in. 2. If we say Ted is high on the personality trait of assertiveness, we would expect that he will act assertively A. all of the time. B. more often than someone low in assertiveness. C. in some situations that call for assertiveness, but not in others. D. because he puts himself in situations that call for assertion. 3. Which approach to personality has relatively little to say about why people behave the way they do? A. Trait B. Psychoanalytic C. Behavioral/social learning D. Cognitive 4. Traits were introduced into the field of personality psychology by A. Gordon Allport B. Raymond Cattell C. Carl Jung D. Henry Murray 5. A man is said to have one personality trait that dominates his personality. Allport would identify this personality trait as a A. common trait. B. central trait. C. cardinal trait. D. secondary trait. This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :58:41 GMT -05:00 This study resource was sha 8 – Question with Answers