Test Bank for Personality Psychology, Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature 3rd Canadian Edition by
Randy J. Larsen, Buss & King.
Test Bank for Personality Psychology, Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature 3rd Canadian Edition by
Randy J. Larsen, Buss & King.
,Test Bank for Personality Psychology, Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature 3rd Canadian Edition by
Randy J. Larsen, Buss & King.
Student name:
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) Features of personality that differentiate one person from another usually take the form of
in language.
A) differential pronouns
B) trait-descriptive adjectives
C) action-descriptive verbs
D) trait-differentiating adverbs
2) If I describe Juan as "possessive" or Anita as "friendly," I am employing the use of
A) trait-descriptive adjectives.
B) inner psychological states.
C) strategies to attain goals.
D) inner qualities of personality.
3) How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language?
A) More than 500
B) More than 1,800
C) More than 5,000
D) Nearly 20,000
4) Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because
A) psychologists are not smart enough to determine the boundaries of human personality.
B) personality has a commonsense definition that psychologists find hard to falsify.
C) the idea of studying human personality is a rather new concept in psychology.
D) any definition of personality needs to be sufficiently comprehensive to include a
multitude of concepts.
5) Research on personality traits asks all of these questions EXCEPT
A) how many fundamental personality traits there are.
B) how personality traits are organized.
C) where personality traits come from.
D) which cues cause behaviour in a situation.
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6) Philippe walks the same path home after work every day at the same time. To state that he
will most likely take the same route at the same time next Wednesday is using the
nature of personality traits.
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
red wine on the carpet, and insults the guest of honour. A researcher labels Mike's behaviour
as "socially unskilled." This labelling of Mike's behaviour utilizes the research
approach to personality traits.
A) explanatory
B) descriptive
C) intuitive
D) presumptive
8) Traits define the tendencies of an individual person.
A) central
B) average
C) overt
D) outlying
9) A talkative person will
A) always talk more than a quiet person.
B) never shut up.
C) talk more than a quiet person in theaters.
D) talk more, on average, than a quiet person.
10) To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has
a(n)
A) average tendency.
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C) adaptation.
D) social-cognitive approach.
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Randy J. Larsen, Buss & King.
11) Which of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize?
A) How many fundamental traits are there?
B) How are traits organized within individuals?
C) What are the origins of traits?
D) How are all persons similar?
12) Psychological mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms
A) are less stable.
B) refer more to processes.
C) do not have decision rules.
D) are biologically "hard wired."
13) Which of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms?
A) Access codes
B) Decision rules
C) Inputs
D) Outputs
14) The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
A) an adaptive trait.
B) how traits are consistent.
C) how traits are activated only under certain conditions.
D) how traits change over time.
15) Personality is
A) outside the person.
B) inside the person.
C) both outside and inside the person.
D) inside or outside, depending on the person.
16) To say that someone has the trait of happiness, you need to know that the person
A) is happy at a given moment.
B) is frequently happy.
C) remembers being happy.
D) makes others happy.
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Randy J. Larsen, Buss & King.
Test Bank for Personality Psychology, Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature 3rd Canadian Edition by
Randy J. Larsen, Buss & King.
,Test Bank for Personality Psychology, Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature 3rd Canadian Edition by
Randy J. Larsen, Buss & King.
Student name:
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) Features of personality that differentiate one person from another usually take the form of
in language.
A) differential pronouns
B) trait-descriptive adjectives
C) action-descriptive verbs
D) trait-differentiating adverbs
2) If I describe Juan as "possessive" or Anita as "friendly," I am employing the use of
A) trait-descriptive adjectives.
B) inner psychological states.
C) strategies to attain goals.
D) inner qualities of personality.
3) How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language?
A) More than 500
B) More than 1,800
C) More than 5,000
D) Nearly 20,000
4) Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because
A) psychologists are not smart enough to determine the boundaries of human personality.
B) personality has a commonsense definition that psychologists find hard to falsify.
C) the idea of studying human personality is a rather new concept in psychology.
D) any definition of personality needs to be sufficiently comprehensive to include a
multitude of concepts.
5) Research on personality traits asks all of these questions EXCEPT
A) how many fundamental personality traits there are.
B) how personality traits are organized.
C) where personality traits come from.
D) which cues cause behaviour in a situation.
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Randy J. Larsen, Buss & King.
6) Philippe walks the same path home after work every day at the same time. To state that he
will most likely take the same route at the same time next Wednesday is using the
nature of personality traits.
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
red wine on the carpet, and insults the guest of honour. A researcher labels Mike's behaviour
as "socially unskilled." This labelling of Mike's behaviour utilizes the research
approach to personality traits.
A) explanatory
B) descriptive
C) intuitive
D) presumptive
8) Traits define the tendencies of an individual person.
A) central
B) average
C) overt
D) outlying
9) A talkative person will
A) always talk more than a quiet person.
B) never shut up.
C) talk more than a quiet person in theaters.
D) talk more, on average, than a quiet person.
10) To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has
a(n)
A) average tendency.
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C) adaptation.
D) social-cognitive approach.
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, Test Bank for Personality Psychology, Domains of Knowledge About Human Nature 3rd Canadian Edition by
Randy J. Larsen, Buss & King.
11) Which of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize?
A) How many fundamental traits are there?
B) How are traits organized within individuals?
C) What are the origins of traits?
D) How are all persons similar?
12) Psychological mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms
A) are less stable.
B) refer more to processes.
C) do not have decision rules.
D) are biologically "hard wired."
13) Which of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms?
A) Access codes
B) Decision rules
C) Inputs
D) Outputs
14) The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
A) an adaptive trait.
B) how traits are consistent.
C) how traits are activated only under certain conditions.
D) how traits change over time.
15) Personality is
A) outside the person.
B) inside the person.
C) both outside and inside the person.
D) inside or outside, depending on the person.
16) To say that someone has the trait of happiness, you need to know that the person
A) is happy at a given moment.
B) is frequently happy.
C) remembers being happy.
D) makes others happy.
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