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  twenty

B  sixteen

C  five

D  three

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  they are correlated with other items on the scales

B  they are answered differently by different kinds of people

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

D  their content adequately reflects the construct to be measured

A  a combination of factor analytic and empirical methods

B  empirical

C  rational

D  factor analytic

A  openness to experience

B  extraversion

C  neuroticism

D  conscientiousness

A  openness to experience

B  conscientiousness

C  extraversion

D  openness to experience

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

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

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

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

A  childhood

B  infancy

C  adolescence and the college years

D  adulthood

A  agreeableness

B  openness to experience

C  psychoticism

D  extraversion

A  situations do not affect behavior.

B  correlational methods do not clearly indicate effect size.

C  individual differences cannot be measured reliably.

D  people are inconsistent.

A  physical dimensions.

B  the measurement of absolute levels of traits.

C  individual differences.

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  personality variables.

B  goals.

C  situations.

D  motivations.

A  objective

B  factor analytic

C  projective

D  rationally constructed

A  the analysis and interpretation of genetic markers of personality.

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

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

D  a treatment for personality disorders.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  self-monitoring

B  extraversion

C  openness to experience

D  conscientiousness

A  neuroticism

B  conscientiousness

C  extraversion

D  openness to experience

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  situations do not influence behavior.

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

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

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

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

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

C  our everyday intuitions about people are fundamentally flawed.

D  All of the above.

A  neuroticism

B  openness to experience

C  need for cognition

D  general mental health

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  factor analytic

B  rational

C  empirical

D  projective

A  conscientiousness

B  openness

C  agreeableness

D  psychoticism

A  MMPI

B  Rorschach inkblots

C  TAT

D  None of the above are objective tests.

A  projective tests are relatively inefficient and expensive

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

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

D  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

A  Buss-Perry Aggression Q-Sort

B  Draw-a-Face Test

C  Draw-a-Person Test

D  Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)