Exam 2

A  the prison simulation lasted for the entire two weeks that it was planned for

B  personality characteristics are more important than situational influences in determining behavior

C  personal identity is preserved regardless of situation

D  situational forces can significantly influence an individual’s behavior

A  sixteen

B  five

C  three

D  twenty

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  their content adequately reflects the construct to be measured

B  they are answered differently by different kinds of people

C  they are correlated with other items on the scales

D  the respondent will be willing and able to give an accurate self-assessment for them

A  rational

B  factor analytic

C  empirical

D  a combination of factor analytic and empirical methods

A  extraversion

B  openness to experience

C  neuroticism

D  conscientiousness

A  openness to experience

B  openness to experience

C  conscientiousness

D  extraversion

A  Mean-levels of all personality traits drop after adolescence.

B  Most mean-level changes in personality occur in young adulthood.

C  Adolescence is the time of most mean-level change in personality.

D  Mean-levels of personality traits are completely stable across the life span.

A  infancy

B  adolescence and the college years

C  adulthood

D  childhood

A  agreeableness

B  psychoticism

C  openness to experience

D  extraversion

A  people are inconsistent.

B  correlational methods do not clearly indicate effect size.

C  individual differences cannot be measured reliably.

D  situations do not affect behavior.

A  physical dimensions.

B  aspects of personality that are the same in all people.

C  the measurement of absolute levels of traits.

D  individual differences.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  situations.

B  motivations.

C  goals.

D  personality variables.

A  objective

B  factor analytic

C  rationally constructed

D  projective

A  the analysis and interpretation of genetic markers of personality.

B  the selection of a group of individuals with the most unique temperaments.

C  a treatment for personality disorders.

D  the measurement of any characteristic pattern of behavior, thought, or emotion.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  openness to experience

B  self-monitoring

C  conscientiousness

D  extraversion

A  extraversion

B  openness to experience

C  neuroticism

D  conscientiousness

A  predict behavioral trends rather than single acts

B  measure behavior in real life

C  check for moderator variables

D  All of the above.

A  both situations are more important than personality traits in determining behavior, and the ability of personality traits to predict behavior is severely limited.

B  the ability of personality traits to predict behavior is severely limited.

C  situations do not influence behavior.

D  situations are more important than personality traits in determining behavior.

A  our everyday intuitions about people are fundamentally flawed.

B  a thorough review of the literature reveals that there is a limit to how well one can predict behavior from personality.

C  situations are more important than personality traits for determining behavior.

D  All of the above.

A  general mental health

B  openness to experience

C  neuroticism

D  need for cognition

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  projective

B  factor analytic

C  rational

D  empirical

A  agreeableness

B  openness

C  conscientiousness

D  psychoticism

A  Rorschach inkblots

B  TAT

C  MMPI

D  None of the above are objective tests.

A  projective tests are relatively inefficient and expensive

B  both projective tests are relatively inefficient and expensive and although projective tests discriminate between known groups, the content of the items may seem absurd to test takers

C  although projective tests discriminate between known groups, the content of the items may seem absurd to test takers

D  two different interpreters of the same response might come to different conclusions about the scoring and meaning of the response to a projective test

A  Draw-a-Person Test

B  Draw-a-Face Test

C  Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

D  Buss-Perry Aggression Q-Sort