: PSY-255

1. Which of the following assumptions underlies the trait approach to personality? a. Each person belongs in one and only one personality category. b. Personality characteristics can be represented along a continuum. 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. A psychologist collects data from a large number of people. She places each person on a continuum ranging from high to low conscientiousness and makes predictions about how people in the high range will act compared to those in the low range. This psychologist is using the ________ approach to understand personality. a. type b. nomothetic c. idiographic d. common trait 4. Allport called the 5–10 traits that best describe an individual’s personality _________ traits. a. central b. common c. defining d. secondary 5. One of Henry Murray’s chief contributions to the field of personality psychology was the development of the ________. a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory b. Thematic Apperception Test c. 16-PF (16 personality factors) d. Rorschach Inkblot Test 6. In his quest to understand the basic structure of personality, Cattell relied heavily on a. the idiographic approach. b. factor analysis. c. the examination of central traits.