WGU D564 Theories of Personality Section 1 Quizzes & Test
1. What assumption is central to the scientific method?: Determinism
2. Which example indicates test validity?: The test measures what it claims tomeasure.
3. What role does biology have in influencing personality development in ear- ly childhood?:
Biological factors have little influence on personality development in early childhood because
personality is solely shaped by childhood experiences.
4. How do personality theories explain personality?: Through description, dy- namics, and
development
5. Why do theorists in the psychoanalytic tradition tend to emphasize the preschool years?:
Because the preschool years are where a person's personalityis primarily developed
6. What do all personality theories have in common?: Consideration of thedescription,
motivations, and origins of personality
7. Which term best describes consistent styles of behavior and emotional reactions present
from infancy onward, presumably due to biological influ-ences?: Temperament
8. Which method of measuring personality provides the most precise de- scription of
characteristics?: Traits
9. Which issue primarily investigates how biology affects personality?: Bio-logical
influences
10. Which issue focuses on understanding the traits that distinguish people?-
: Individual differences
11. Which role do cognitive processes have on personality?: Shaping person-ality dynamics
12. What does motivation provide to a person's behavior?: Direction
13. Which factor is a prominent role in personality dynamics, according toSigmund Freud?:
Unconscious dynamics
14. What was an important premise of Freud's theory of personality?: Theunconscious mind
is more important than the conscious mind.
15. Which topic is important for theories of personality development to ad-dress?: How
personality is influenced by learning
16. What is one of the two primary components of personality development,based on modern
theories?: Experience
17. What are personality traits?: Characteristics that make one person differentfrom another
and describe an individual's personality.
18. Which psychological approach to personality suggests that personality isdivided into
distinct categories and that individuals belong to one specific category with no partial
memberships?: The type approach
1. What assumption is central to the scientific method?: Determinism
2. Which example indicates test validity?: The test measures what it claims tomeasure.
3. What role does biology have in influencing personality development in ear- ly childhood?:
Biological factors have little influence on personality development in early childhood because
personality is solely shaped by childhood experiences.
4. How do personality theories explain personality?: Through description, dy- namics, and
development
5. Why do theorists in the psychoanalytic tradition tend to emphasize the preschool years?:
Because the preschool years are where a person's personalityis primarily developed
6. What do all personality theories have in common?: Consideration of thedescription,
motivations, and origins of personality
7. Which term best describes consistent styles of behavior and emotional reactions present
from infancy onward, presumably due to biological influ-ences?: Temperament
8. Which method of measuring personality provides the most precise de- scription of
characteristics?: Traits
9. Which issue primarily investigates how biology affects personality?: Bio-logical
influences
10. Which issue focuses on understanding the traits that distinguish people?-
: Individual differences
11. Which role do cognitive processes have on personality?: Shaping person-ality dynamics
12. What does motivation provide to a person's behavior?: Direction
13. Which factor is a prominent role in personality dynamics, according toSigmund Freud?:
Unconscious dynamics
14. What was an important premise of Freud's theory of personality?: Theunconscious mind
is more important than the conscious mind.
15. Which topic is important for theories of personality development to ad-dress?: How
personality is influenced by learning
16. What is one of the two primary components of personality development,based on modern
theories?: Experience
17. What are personality traits?: Characteristics that make one person differentfrom another
and describe an individual's personality.
18. Which psychological approach to personality suggests that personality isdivided into
distinct categories and that individuals belong to one specific category with no partial
memberships?: The type approach
