Exam 1 (Chapters 1-4): Personality of
Psychology UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A personality psychologist who is concerned primarily with people's unconscious mind and
internal conflict follows what approach? - CORRECT ANSWER - Psychoanalytic
Approach
A psychologist who is concerned primarily with a person's conscious experiences follows the
__________ approach. - CORRECT ANSWER - Phenomenological
A psychologist who is concerned primarily with how a person's genes, physiology, and brain
anatomy are related to his or her personality follows the __________ approach. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Biological
A systematic, self-imposed limitation of observations, patterns, and ways of thinking about these
patterns is called __________. - CORRECT ANSWER - The Basic Approach
Behaviorism, social learning theory, and cognitive personality psychology comprise which of the
following approaches to psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning and Cognitive
Approach
How do clinical psychology and personality psychology overlap? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Clinical and personality psychology share a common responsibility to
understand every feature of an individual, not just single aspects about them.
How people feel, think, and behave are parts of __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
The Psychological Triad
Humanistic psychology pursues how conscious awareness can produce uniquely human
attributes such as __________. - CORRECT ANSWER - existential anxiety, creativity, and
free will
, Is "stubbornness" a good personality trait to have? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes and no; it
can be a strength in some situations and a weakness in others
One branch of the phenomenological approach focuses on how conscious awareness produces
uniquely human attributes and the other branch focuses on __________. - CORRECT
ANSWER - the degree to which the experience of reality may be different in different
cultures
One disadvantage of creating "One Big Theory" of personality psychology is that __________. -
CORRECT ANSWER - It would explain some parts of behavior well and other parts not
as well
Personality psychology can be organized into __________ basic approaches. - CORRECT
ANSWER -5
Personality psychology emphasizes individual differences. How does this focus serve as one of
the discipline's strengths? - CORRECT ANSWER - It leads personality psychologists to be
extremely sensitive to the fact that people really are different from each other
Personality psychology's biggest advantage over other areas of psychology is that - CORRECT
ANSWER - the psychology of whole persons is taken into account
The different approaches to studying personality __________ rather than __________ each
other. - CORRECT ANSWER - complement; compete with
The three parts of the psychological triad are __________. - CORRECT ANSWER - not
always consistent at all times
The trait approach to personality psychology best describes what situation? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a psychologist focusing on ways that people differ from one another in
behavior and disposition, and how these differences might be measured
Psychology UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A personality psychologist who is concerned primarily with people's unconscious mind and
internal conflict follows what approach? - CORRECT ANSWER - Psychoanalytic
Approach
A psychologist who is concerned primarily with a person's conscious experiences follows the
__________ approach. - CORRECT ANSWER - Phenomenological
A psychologist who is concerned primarily with how a person's genes, physiology, and brain
anatomy are related to his or her personality follows the __________ approach. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Biological
A systematic, self-imposed limitation of observations, patterns, and ways of thinking about these
patterns is called __________. - CORRECT ANSWER - The Basic Approach
Behaviorism, social learning theory, and cognitive personality psychology comprise which of the
following approaches to psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning and Cognitive
Approach
How do clinical psychology and personality psychology overlap? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Clinical and personality psychology share a common responsibility to
understand every feature of an individual, not just single aspects about them.
How people feel, think, and behave are parts of __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
The Psychological Triad
Humanistic psychology pursues how conscious awareness can produce uniquely human
attributes such as __________. - CORRECT ANSWER - existential anxiety, creativity, and
free will
, Is "stubbornness" a good personality trait to have? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes and no; it
can be a strength in some situations and a weakness in others
One branch of the phenomenological approach focuses on how conscious awareness produces
uniquely human attributes and the other branch focuses on __________. - CORRECT
ANSWER - the degree to which the experience of reality may be different in different
cultures
One disadvantage of creating "One Big Theory" of personality psychology is that __________. -
CORRECT ANSWER - It would explain some parts of behavior well and other parts not
as well
Personality psychology can be organized into __________ basic approaches. - CORRECT
ANSWER -5
Personality psychology emphasizes individual differences. How does this focus serve as one of
the discipline's strengths? - CORRECT ANSWER - It leads personality psychologists to be
extremely sensitive to the fact that people really are different from each other
Personality psychology's biggest advantage over other areas of psychology is that - CORRECT
ANSWER - the psychology of whole persons is taken into account
The different approaches to studying personality __________ rather than __________ each
other. - CORRECT ANSWER - complement; compete with
The three parts of the psychological triad are __________. - CORRECT ANSWER - not
always consistent at all times
The trait approach to personality psychology best describes what situation? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a psychologist focusing on ways that people differ from one another in
behavior and disposition, and how these differences might be measured
