Exam 2

A  situational forces can significantly influence an individual’s behavior

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

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

D  personal identity is preserved regardless of situation

A  three

B  five

C  sixteen

D  twenty

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

B  they are correlated with other items on the scales

C  they are answered differently by different kinds of people

D  their content adequately reflects the construct to be measured

A  rational

B  factor analytic

C  empirical

D  a combination of factor analytic and empirical methods

A  neuroticism

B  conscientiousness

C  extraversion

D  openness to experience

A  openness to experience

B  openness to experience

C  conscientiousness

D  extraversion

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

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

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  childhood

C  adulthood

D  adolescence and the college years

A  openness to experience

B  psychoticism

C  agreeableness

D  extraversion

A  situations do not affect behavior.

B  people are inconsistent.

C  correlational methods do not clearly indicate effect size.

D  individual differences cannot be measured reliably.

A  physical dimensions.

B  individual differences.

C  the measurement of absolute levels of traits.

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  situations.

B  personality variables.

C  goals.

D  motivations.

A  projective

B  objective

C  factor analytic

D  rationally constructed

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

B  a treatment for personality disorders.

C  the analysis and interpretation of genetic markers of personality.

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  conscientiousness

B  openness to experience

C  self-monitoring

D  extraversion

A  conscientiousness

B  openness to experience

C  neuroticism

D  extraversion

A  measure behavior in real life

B  predict behavioral trends rather than single acts

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  situations are more important than personality traits in determining behavior.

C  situations do not influence behavior.

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

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  openness to experience

B  neuroticism

C  general mental health

D  need for cognition

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  projective

B  factor analytic

C  rational

D  empirical

A  agreeableness

B  conscientiousness

C  psychoticism

D  openness

A  MMPI

B  TAT

C  Rorschach inkblots

D  None of the above are objective tests.

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

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  projective tests are relatively inefficient and expensive

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  Buss-Perry Aggression Q-Sort

B  Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

C  Draw-a-Person Test

D  Draw-a-Face Test