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Personality Psychology Domains Of Knowledge About Human Nature, 3rd Canadian Edition, 3e By Randy
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Larsen, David Buss, David King (Test Bank All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)Answers at the end
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of each Chapter.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
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answers the question.
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1) Features of personality that differentiate one person from another usually take the form of
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in language. b



A) differential pronouns b


B) trait-descriptive adjectives b


C) action-descriptive verbs b


D) trait-differentiating adverbs b




2) If I describe Juan as "possessive" or Anita as "friendly," I am employing the use of
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A) trait-descriptive adjectives. b


B) inner psychological states. b b


C) strategies to attain goals. b b b


D) inner qualities of personality. b b b




3) How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language?
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A) More than 500 b b


B) More than 1,800 b b


C) More than 5,000 b b


D) Nearly 20,000 b




4) Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because
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A) psychologists are not smart enough to determine the boundaries of human personality. b b b b b b b b b b b


B) personality has a commonsense definition that psychologists find hard to falsify.
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C) the idea of studying human personality is a rather new concept in psychology.
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D) any definition of personality needs to be sufficiently comprehensive to include a
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multitude of concepts.
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5) Research on personality traits asks all of these questions EXCEPT
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A) how many fundamental personality traits there are.
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B) how personality traits are organized. b b b b


C) where personality traits come from. b b b b


D) which cues cause behaviour in a situation. b b b b b b




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6) Philippe walks the same path home after work every day at the same time. To state that he
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will most likely take the same route at the same time next Wednesday is using the
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nature of personality traits.
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A) descriptive
B) explanatory
C) predictive
D) individualistic

7) Mike makes several social errors at a party. He calls the host by the wrong name, spills his
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red wine on the carpet, and insults the guest of honour. A researcher labels Mike's behaviour
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as "socially unskilled." This labelling of Mike's behaviour utilizes the
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approach to personality traits.
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A) explanatory
B) descriptive
C) intuitive
D) presumptive

8) Traits define the b b tendencies of an individual person. b b b b


A) central
B) average
C) overt
D) outlying

9) A talkative person will
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A) always talk more than a quiet person. b b b b b b


B) never shut up. b b


C) talk more than a quiet person in theaters. b b b b b b b


D) talk more, on average, than a quiet person.b b b b b b b




10) To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has
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a(n)
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A) average tendency. b


B) obsessive-compulsive disorder. b


C) adaptation.
D) social-cognitive approach. b




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11) Which of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize?
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A) How many fundamental traits are there?
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B) How are traits organized within individuals?
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C) What are the origins of traits? b b b b b


D) How are all persons similar? b b b b




12) Psychological mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms
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A) are less stable. b b


B) refer more to processes. b b b


C) do not have decision rules.
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D) are biologically "hard wired."
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13) Which of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms?
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A) Access codes b


B) Decision rules b


C) Inputs
D) Outputs

14) The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
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A) an adaptive trait.
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B) how traits are consistent. b b b


C) how traits are activated only under certain conditions.
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D) how traits change over time. b b b b




15) Personality is b


A) outside the person. b b


B) inside the person. b b


C) both outside and inside the person.
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D) inside or outside, depending on the person.
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16) To say that someone has the trait of happiness, you need to know that the person
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A) is happy at a given moment.
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B) is frequently happy.
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C) remembers being happy. b b


D) makes others happy. b b




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