Question 1

In the social environment, our "effective environment" represents the/a

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A)  strongest environmental cues that are found in any given environment.
B)  environmental cues that are directly related to survival in the immediate environment.
C)  set of cues emitted by other people in the environment.
D)  subset of environmental features people attend to based on their psychological mechanisms.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

The group differences level of personality analysis addresses how every human is

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A)  like all others.
B)  like some others.
C)  like no others.
D)  somewhat like other mammalsE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 3

How many trait-descriptive adjectives are there in the English language?

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A)  More than 500
B)  More than 1,800
C)  More than 5,000
D)  More than 20,000E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 4

Which domain relies most on statistical methods to identify fundamental traits?

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A)  Dispositional
B)  Biological
C)  Adjustment
D)  Social and culturalE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Which domain is most concerned with identifying the number of fundamental individual differences?

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A)  Biological
B)  Dispositional
C)  Intrapsychic
D)  Social and culturalE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

The domain of knowledge most concerned with unconscious mechanisms is the

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A)  Cognitive-experiential domain.
B)  biological domain.
C)  intrapsychic domain.
D)  adjustment domain.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 7

To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has a(n)

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A)  average tendency.
B)  obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C)  adaptation.
D)  social-cognitive approach.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

The lexical strategy (i.e., using natural language to identify fundamental traits)  falls most squarely within the

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A)  social and cultural domain.
B)  cognitive-experiential domain.
C)  dispositional domain.
D)  intrapsychic domain.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 9

The most important criterion for generating a testable theory is

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A)  the generalizability of its predictions.
B)  its compatibility with other theories.
C)  its precision of prediction.
D)  its comprehensiveness.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Which trait theory best exemplifies the principle of parsimony? A theory that proposes

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A)  two personality dispositions.
B)  three personality dispositions.
C)  five personality dispositions.
D)  16 personality dispositions.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 11

A problem with studying only the grand theories of personality is that only portions of the grand theories

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A)  have stood the test of time and inform modern personality research.
B)  apply to men.
C)  are based on non-German populations.
D)  address the human nature level of analysis.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

The study of a single individual is an example of

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A)  idiographic research.
B)  nomothetic research.
C)  correlational research.
D)  cognitive psychology research.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Which domain focuses most on the relationships between personality and health behaviors?

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A)  dispositional
B)  adjustment
C)  social and cultural
D)  cognitive-experientialE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

The textbook presents the example of the three blind men and the elephant to suggest that

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A)  people are like animals in some ways and all living creatures have a personality.
B)  individual and group differences are the most effective approach to studying personality.
C)  each of the different approaches to personality research is inadequate for studying the full range of human personality.
D)  using ancient legends is an inadequate approach to explaining the full range of differences in human personality.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

If I describe Juan as "possessive" or Anita as "friendly," I am employing the use of

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A)  trait-descriptive adjectives.
B)  inner psychological states.
C)  strategies to attain goals.
D)  inner qualities of personality.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 16

The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of

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A)  an adaptive trait.
B)  how traits are consistent.
C)  how traits are activated only under certain conditions.
D)  how traits change over time.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Psychologists have found it difficult to define personality because

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A)  psychologists are not smart enough to determine the boundaries of human personality.
B)  personality has a common sense 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.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

In modern personality psychology, the grand theories

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A)  guide all modern personality research.
B)  are still argued about in the literature.
C)  are seen as having primarily historical interest.
D)  are used only in clinical applications of personality theory.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

The individual uniqueness level of personality analysis addresses how every human is

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A)  like all others.
B)  like some others.
C)  like no others.
D)  somewhat like other mammalsE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Which domain of knowledge places the most emphasis on the external (to the person)  dimensions of personality?

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A)  dispositional
B)  social and cultural
C)  biological
D)  intrapsychicE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Exam 1: Introduction to Personality Psychology

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To say that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to say that the person has a(n)

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