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Personality Psychology Domains Of Knowledge About Human Nature, 3rd Canadian Edition, 3e By Randy
Larsen, David Buss, David King (Test Bank All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)Answers at the end
of each Chapter.
Chapter 1
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 11) Which of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize?
will most likely take the same route at the same time next Wednesday is using the A) How many fundamental traits are there?
nature of personality traits. B) How are traits organized within individuals?
A) descriptive C) What are the origins of traits?
B) explanatory D) How are all persons similar?
C) predictive
D) individualistic 12) Psychological mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms
A) are less stable.
7) Mike makes several social errors at a party. He calls the host by the wrong name, spills his B) refer more to processes.
red wine on the carpet, and insults the guest of honour. A researcher labels Mike's behaviour C) do not have decision rules.
as "socially unskilled." This labelling of Mike's behaviour utilizes the research D) are biologically "hard wired."
approach to personality traits.
A) explanatory 13) Which of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms?
B) descriptive A) Access codes
C) intuitive B) Decision rules
D) presumptive C) Inputs
D) Outputs
8) Traits define the tendencies of an individual person.
A) central 14) The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
B) average A) an adaptive trait.
C) overt B) how traits are consistent.
D) outlying C) how traits are activated only under certain conditions.
D) how traits change over time.
9) A talkative person will
A) always talk more than a quiet person. 15) Personality is
B) never shut up. A) outside the person.
C) talk more than a quiet person in theaters. B) inside the person.
D) talk more, on average, than a quiet person. C) both outside and inside the person.
D) inside or outside, depending on the person.
10) To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has
a(n) 16) To say that someone has the trait of happiness, you need to know that the person
A) average tendency. A) is happy at a given moment.
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder. B) is frequently happy.
C) adaptation. C) remembers being happy.
D) social-cognitive approach. D) makes others happy.
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17) Which of the following is NOT defined as part of the person-environment interaction? 22) Lena always picks out restaurants that have a very quiet, subdued atmosphere. She always
A) Serializations tries to avoid loud restaurants. WHat is the person-environment fit mechanism that may
B) Perceptions account for this behaviour?
C) Manipulations A) sublimation
D) Selections B) selection
C) manipulation
18) Responses to an inkblot test can demonstrate which part of the person-environment D) evocation
interaction?
A) Perceptions 23) To say that a trait is adaptive means that the trait
B) Manipulations A) is the result of sexual selection.
C) Evocations B) easily changes as necessary.
D) Selections C) serves a useful function.
D) indicates psychopathology.
19) Mo looks at the inkblot and sees two birds nesting. Heidi looks at the inkblot and sees a
tranquil forest. Joe looks at the inkblot and sees something sexual. These three responses are 24) At the psychological level, the physical environment may lead to the development of
illustrating that are important components of the person-environment interaction. A) shivering mechanisms when people are cold.
A) prostheses B) hunger pangs to motivate people to seek food.
B) provocations C) friction mechanisms to prevent calluses in skin.
C) perceptions D) fear mechanisms to help us avoid environmental threats.
D) projections
25) In the social environment, our "effective environment" represents the/a
20) Evocations are demonstrated when A) strongest environmental cues that are found in any given environment.
A) different people see the same situation differently. B) environmental cues that are directly related to survival in the immediate environment.
B) our characteristics unintentionally cause other people to act a certain way. C) set of cues emitted by other people in the environment.
C) we intentionally attempt to make other people act in a certain way. D) subset of environmental features people attend to based on their psychological
D) individuals select environments to match their traits. mechanisms.
21) Every time Neil walks into the room everyone laughs. This demonstrates the person- 26) The intrapsychic environment is
environment interaction of A) not as objectively verifiable as the social or physical environment.
A) evocation. B) often easy to verify through the analysis of dreams.
B) elocution. C) relatively consistent across social, but not physical, environments.
C) exultation. D) based on how others in the environment react to a person.
D) emaciation.
27) The human nature level of personality analysis addresses how every human is
A) like all others.
B) like some others.
C) like no others.
D) somewhat like other mammals.
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28) The group differences level of personality analysis addresses how every human is 34) The study of a single individual is an example of
A) like all others. A) idiographic research.
B) like some others. B) nomothetic research.
C) like no others. C) correlational research.
D) somewhat like other mammals. D) cognitive psychology research.
29) The individual uniqueness level of personality analysis addresses how every human is 35) Most current personality research is done at the level of analysis.
A) like all others. A) idiographic
B) like some others. B) human nature
C) like no others. C) individual uniqueness
D) somewhat like other mammals. D) group and individual differences
30) The ability to learn spoken language is an example of the 36) Most grand theories of personality focus on the _ level of analysis.
A) human nature level of analysis. A) idiographic
B) individual and group differences level of analysis. B) human nature
C) individual uniqueness level of analysis. C) individual uniqueness
D) social psychological level of analysis. D) group and individual differences
31) Studying how people vary in levels of anxiety, self-esteem, or worry represents a(n) 37) A problem with studying only the grand theories of personality is that only portions of the
approach to studying personality psychology. grand theories
A) individual differences A) have stood the test of time and inform modern personality research.
B) human nature B) apply to men.
C) ideographic C) are based on non-German populations.
D) environmental D) address the human nature level of analysis.
32) Which of the following is an example of "idiographic research"? 38) Grand theories of personality are usually based on statements about the
A) Comparing men and women on emotionality. A) universal core of human nature.
B) Developing a questionnaire that measures sociability. B) major individual differences.
C) Writing a case study of Albert Einstein's personality. C) individual uniqueness of all humans.
D) Conducting a field study of helping behaviours. D) differences between the sexes.
33) Which of the following is an example of "nomothetic research"? 39) In modern personality psychology, the grand theories
A) Preparing a case study of Sigmund Freud. A) guide all modern personality research.
B) Comparing freshmen and seniors on a personality inventory. B) are still argued about in the literature.
C) Attempting to identify the genes related to impulsivity. C) are seen as having primarily historical interest.
D) Analyzing the correspondence of Chris Rock. D) are used only in clinical applications of personality theory.
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Personality Psychology Domains Of Knowledge About Human Nature, 3rd Canadian Edition, 3e By Randy
Larsen, David Buss, David King (Test Bank All Chapters, 100% Original Verified, A+ Grade)Answers at the end
of each Chapter.
Chapter 1
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 11) Which of the following questions does research on personality traits NOT emphasize?
will most likely take the same route at the same time next Wednesday is using the A) How many fundamental traits are there?
nature of personality traits. B) How are traits organized within individuals?
A) descriptive C) What are the origins of traits?
B) explanatory D) How are all persons similar?
C) predictive
D) individualistic 12) Psychological mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms
A) are less stable.
7) Mike makes several social errors at a party. He calls the host by the wrong name, spills his B) refer more to processes.
red wine on the carpet, and insults the guest of honour. A researcher labels Mike's behaviour C) do not have decision rules.
as "socially unskilled." This labelling of Mike's behaviour utilizes the research D) are biologically "hard wired."
approach to personality traits.
A) explanatory 13) Which of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms?
B) descriptive A) Access codes
C) intuitive B) Decision rules
D) presumptive C) Inputs
D) Outputs
8) Traits define the tendencies of an individual person.
A) central 14) The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
B) average A) an adaptive trait.
C) overt B) how traits are consistent.
D) outlying C) how traits are activated only under certain conditions.
D) how traits change over time.
9) A talkative person will
A) always talk more than a quiet person. 15) Personality is
B) never shut up. A) outside the person.
C) talk more than a quiet person in theaters. B) inside the person.
D) talk more, on average, than a quiet person. C) both outside and inside the person.
D) inside or outside, depending on the person.
10) To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has
a(n) 16) To say that someone has the trait of happiness, you need to know that the person
A) average tendency. A) is happy at a given moment.
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder. B) is frequently happy.
C) adaptation. C) remembers being happy.
D) social-cognitive approach. D) makes others happy.
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17) Which of the following is NOT defined as part of the person-environment interaction? 22) Lena always picks out restaurants that have a very quiet, subdued atmosphere. She always
A) Serializations tries to avoid loud restaurants. WHat is the person-environment fit mechanism that may
B) Perceptions account for this behaviour?
C) Manipulations A) sublimation
D) Selections B) selection
C) manipulation
18) Responses to an inkblot test can demonstrate which part of the person-environment D) evocation
interaction?
A) Perceptions 23) To say that a trait is adaptive means that the trait
B) Manipulations A) is the result of sexual selection.
C) Evocations B) easily changes as necessary.
D) Selections C) serves a useful function.
D) indicates psychopathology.
19) Mo looks at the inkblot and sees two birds nesting. Heidi looks at the inkblot and sees a
tranquil forest. Joe looks at the inkblot and sees something sexual. These three responses are 24) At the psychological level, the physical environment may lead to the development of
illustrating that are important components of the person-environment interaction. A) shivering mechanisms when people are cold.
A) prostheses B) hunger pangs to motivate people to seek food.
B) provocations C) friction mechanisms to prevent calluses in skin.
C) perceptions D) fear mechanisms to help us avoid environmental threats.
D) projections
25) In the social environment, our "effective environment" represents the/a
20) Evocations are demonstrated when A) strongest environmental cues that are found in any given environment.
A) different people see the same situation differently. B) environmental cues that are directly related to survival in the immediate environment.
B) our characteristics unintentionally cause other people to act a certain way. C) set of cues emitted by other people in the environment.
C) we intentionally attempt to make other people act in a certain way. D) subset of environmental features people attend to based on their psychological
D) individuals select environments to match their traits. mechanisms.
21) Every time Neil walks into the room everyone laughs. This demonstrates the person- 26) The intrapsychic environment is
environment interaction of A) not as objectively verifiable as the social or physical environment.
A) evocation. B) often easy to verify through the analysis of dreams.
B) elocution. C) relatively consistent across social, but not physical, environments.
C) exultation. D) based on how others in the environment react to a person.
D) emaciation.
27) The human nature level of personality analysis addresses how every human is
A) like all others.
B) like some others.
C) like no others.
D) somewhat like other mammals.
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28) The group differences level of personality analysis addresses how every human is 34) The study of a single individual is an example of
A) like all others. A) idiographic research.
B) like some others. B) nomothetic research.
C) like no others. C) correlational research.
D) somewhat like other mammals. D) cognitive psychology research.
29) The individual uniqueness level of personality analysis addresses how every human is 35) Most current personality research is done at the level of analysis.
A) like all others. A) idiographic
B) like some others. B) human nature
C) like no others. C) individual uniqueness
D) somewhat like other mammals. D) group and individual differences
30) The ability to learn spoken language is an example of the 36) Most grand theories of personality focus on the _ level of analysis.
A) human nature level of analysis. A) idiographic
B) individual and group differences level of analysis. B) human nature
C) individual uniqueness level of analysis. C) individual uniqueness
D) social psychological level of analysis. D) group and individual differences
31) Studying how people vary in levels of anxiety, self-esteem, or worry represents a(n) 37) A problem with studying only the grand theories of personality is that only portions of the
approach to studying personality psychology. grand theories
A) individual differences A) have stood the test of time and inform modern personality research.
B) human nature B) apply to men.
C) ideographic C) are based on non-German populations.
D) environmental D) address the human nature level of analysis.
32) Which of the following is an example of "idiographic research"? 38) Grand theories of personality are usually based on statements about the
A) Comparing men and women on emotionality. A) universal core of human nature.
B) Developing a questionnaire that measures sociability. B) major individual differences.
C) Writing a case study of Albert Einstein's personality. C) individual uniqueness of all humans.
D) Conducting a field study of helping behaviours. D) differences between the sexes.
33) Which of the following is an example of "nomothetic research"? 39) In modern personality psychology, the grand theories
A) Preparing a case study of Sigmund Freud. A) guide all modern personality research.
B) Comparing freshmen and seniors on a personality inventory. B) are still argued about in the literature.
C) Attempting to identify the genes related to impulsivity. C) are seen as having primarily historical interest.
D) Analyzing the correspondence of Chris Rock. D) are used only in clinical applications of personality theory.
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