Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)
1. Which of the following does not describe a trait?
a. A person is given a numeric score to indicate how much of a trait the person possesses.
b. There are many traits to describe everyone.
c. Trait scores are discontinuous variables.
d. A person can be described on every trait.
2. Personality refers to motivation.
a. description
b. development
c. dynamics
d. measurement
3. All of the following are dynamic issues addressed by personality theories except:
a. adaptation and adjustment
b. cognitive processes
c. individual differences
d. culture
4. A is a conceptual tool for understanding certain specified phenomena.
a. theory
b. theoretical construct
c. psychological test
d. variable
5. A hypothesis is tested by:
a. logical reasoning
b. reviewing the published literature
c. conducting empirical research
d. examining the results of several related studies
6. Implicit theories of personality could be described by all but which of the following?
a. They are generally held by ordinary people.
b. They are unscientific.
c. They are not necessarily incorrect.
d. Their accuracy is guaranteed.
7. In using the known groups method to determine whether a test is valid a researcher needs to test:
a. groups of people whom he or she knows personally
b. subjects who agree to have their names known
c. groups with published norms on a variety of personality tests
d. groups which can be presumed to differ on the construct being measured
8. Personality researchers use:
a. self-report measures
b. projective tests
c. behavioral measures
d. All of the above.
9. In the analysis of Adolf Hitler to what did the analysts attribute Hitlers tyrannical rage?
a. His underdeveloped id.
b. His overactive superego.
c. His failure as an artist.
d. His weak/non-existent ego.
10. The term psychic determinism refers to:
a. the scientific method
b. the influence of the unconscious
c. extra-sensory perception
d. will power
11. Hypnosis is best described as a(n):
a. separate state of consciousness
b. fraudulent claim
c. state of great suggestibility
d. epileptic-like seizure
12. The unconscious is least likely to be revealed through:
a. the interpretation of dreams
b. humor
c. objective tests
d. free association
13. The aim of instincts is:
a. mental health
b. sublimation
c. tension reduction
d. unknown
14. Which structure of personality corresponds to the voice of conscience warning us to avoid evil?
a. ego
b. id
c. superego
d. hallucination
15. Which of the defense mechanisms listed below is the most primitive?
a. projection
b. denial
c. identification
d. rationalization
16. According to the text Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in symbolic terms of the future potentials of the world because he was:
a. a minister
b. an intuitive type
c. black
d. an extravert
17. According to Jung the relationship between the conscious and unconscious aspects of personality is best understood as:
a. inflation
b. conflict
c. repression
d. compensation
18. Jung described the ego as the:
a. gatekeeper to consciousness
b. center of will
c. most conscious aspect of personality
d. All of the above.
19. Mens inner woman is described by Jungs concept of the:
a. anima
b. animus
c. shadow
d. Great Mother
20. The archetypes that are closest to consciousness are the:
a. Great Mother and the Spiritual Father
b. Hero and the Trickster
c. Mandala and the Self
d. Shadow and the Anima (or Animus)
21. According to Bettelheims research when children are exposed to fairy stories with all the monsters and witches removed they:
a. become less aggressive
b. become more trusting of the world
c. become more disruptive
d. lose interest in the stories
22. Adlers theory is called:
a. psychoanalysis
b. social analysis
c. individual psychology
d. learning theory
23. According to Adler people are motivated to move from to .
a. a felt minus; a plus
b. Europe; America
c. rural areas; cities
d. physical needs; psychological needs
24. Organ inferiority the aggressive drive masculine protest superiority striving and perfection striving are:
a. stages that occur one after the other in the development of normal personality
b. stages that occur one after the other in the development of unhealthy personality
c. processes in the development of Adlers thinking about personality
d. various diagnostic categories
25. Which of these questions would Adler ask in order to understand a person?
a. At what age were you toilet trained?
b. Do you dream in color or in black and white?
c. What is your earliest memory?
d. What does this inkblot look like?
26. According to Adler a persons style of life is determined by:
a. parents
b. the persons own goals
c. fate
d. biological factors
27. Oldest children are by the arrival of later children according to Adler.
a. rewarded
b. made higher in status
c. deprived of their pacemaker
d. dethroned
28. The effects of birth order are:
a. consistently found by research to confirm Adlers predictions
b. universal across cultures and socioeconomic levels
c. significant for achievement supporting Adlers theory but not for other aspects of personality
d. often significant in research but with varying effects in different studies
29. People who score high in social interest are
a. mentally healthy
b. satisfied with their work
c. healthier than those who score low
d. All of the above.
30. In contrast to Freuds emphasis on sexuality Erikson emphasized the aspects of personality.
a. work-oriented
b. anal
c. oral
d. social
31. In his epigenetic principle Erikson compared development with:
a. the motion of objects as described in physics
b. the biological development of a fetus
c. the spiritual development of a soul
d. an actor or actress learning a script
32. The task of infancy in Eriksons terminology is to develop a sense of:
a. autonomy
b. the body
c. trust
d. attachment to the mother
33. According to Eriksons theory a sense of inferiority is particularly likely to develop during the
stage of development.
a. second
b. third
c. fourth
d. fifth
34. The crisis of versus isolation occurs in early adulthood.
a. generativity
b. togetherness
c. intimacy
d. assertiveness
35. Religion according to Erikson is most relevant to:
a. initiative
b. will
c. hope
d. fidelity
36. Eriksons theory implies that problems with technology are relevant to which stage of development?
a. second
b. fourth
c. sixth
d. seventh
37. What social change had a major impact on Horneys life?
a. the rise of Nazi forces
b. increasing religious conflict
c. increasing opportunities for women
d. the decline of agriculture
38. A person who adopts the self-effacing solution is:
a. mentally healthy
b. moving toward type person
c. moving away type person
d. moving against type person
39. A person who adopts the resignation solution is a(n):
a. moving toward type person
b. moving against type person
c. moving away type person
d. emotionally well balanced person
40. The appeal of love is related to:
a. the self-effacing solution
b. the expansive solution
c. resignation (solution)
d. None of the above.
41. The growth potential within a person belongs to the self (in Horneys theory).
a. actual
b. idealized
c. social
d. real
42. According to Horney the four major adjustment strategies:
a. eliminate neurosis
b. are signs of psychosis
c. create the appearance of harmony without solving the neurotic problem
d. are more commonly used by women than by men
43. Jerry thinks of himself as cheerful but typically responds to How are you? with some gloomy answer. He is using the secondary adjustment technique called:
a. elusiveness
b. blind spots
c. compartmentalizing
d. arbitrary rightness
44. When Allport met Freud what happened?
a. Freud analyzed Allports dreams.
b. Freud experienced a powerful countertransference.
c. Allport thought that Freud misunderstood him.
d. Allport proposed that he develop a test to measure Freudian defense mechanisms.
45. According to Allport heredity influences aspects of personality.
a. no
b. a few
c. many
d. all
46. Allport and Odbert identified 17953 trait names by studying:
a. college freshmen
b. biographies of famous people
c. letters from Jenny
d. the dictionary
47. Nearly everyone who knows Harry agrees that he is friendly. Friendly is probably a
trait for Harry.
a. cardinal
b. secondary
c. central
d. primary
48. Which of the following is not listed by Allport as characteristic of a normal mature adult?
a. warm human interactions
b. emotional security
c. realistic perceptions
d. financial success
49. In adulthood a person is in the stage of development that Allport called:
a. ego-enhancement
b. ego-extension
c. the knower
d. self-identity
50. Which of the following is not a description of Sonya Sotomayor by individuals that demonstrate the personality factors of Extraversion and Agreeableness?
a. warm
b. generous
c. a team player
d. ambitious
51. Cattell defined personality as that which permits:
a. prediction of what a person will do in a given situation
b. evaluation of the level of adjustment of a person
c. selection of an appropriate questionnaire
d. optimal assignment of individuals to jobs
52. Cattell classified projective tests such as the Rorschach inkblot test as:
a. D-data
b. L-data
c. Q-data
d. T-data
53. The set of a persons scores on all 16 factors of the 16PF:
a. is called the profile
b. must total 100
c. is a measure of adjustment
d. is a measure of intelligence
54. Neurotics typically have low scores on:
a. intelligence
b. ego strength
c. introversion
d. All of the above.
55. Researchers have found what kind of evidence against the inherited innate ability interpretation of the Culture Fair Intelligence Test?
a. education does influence fluid intelligence scores
b. zero correlations between parents and children on this measure
c. failure of the measure to predict school performance
d. high correlations between this test and measures of extraversion
56. Imitating others is made possible biologically by:
a. mirror neurons
b. memory strategies
c. evolved psychological mechanisms
d. temperament
57. Evolved psychological mechanisms include all of the following except:
a. imitation
b. sexual jealousy
c. temperament
d. sexual attraction based on physical appearance
58. Studies of rats deprived of maternal contact showed that the rats developed permanent deficits in the hippocampus. Such deficits (in rats or humans) could make them more vulnerable to:
a. aggression
b. depression
c. introversion
d. sexual promiscuity
59. According to the text the communication of make social living possible.
a. social norms
b. emotions
c. altruism
d. empathy
60. Children who cried and clung to their mothers in Kagans studies were called:
a. inhibited
b. neurotic
c. difficulty children
d. uninhibited
61. In Kagans model children are more likely to develop an aggressive antisocial personality if they have an:
a. inhibited temperament and receive overprotection
b. inhibited temperament and are encouraged to explore the environment
c. uninhibited temperament and receive strict discipline
d. uninhibited temperament and receive lax discipline
62. Freuds concept of libido corresponds to Dollard and Millers concept of:
a. anxiety
b. behavior gradients
c. cue
d. drive
63. Undesirable responses can be eliminated by:
a. extinction or punishment
b. punishment or reward
c. extinction or spontaneous recovery
d. generalization or discrimination
64. In addition to Freuds first three psychosexual stages Dollard and Miller described a fourth stage concerned with conflict over:
a. anger
b. sex roles
c. siblings
d. playmates
65. Charlie Brown wants to talk to the little red-headed girl but he is afraid she will reject him. What type of conflict is this?
a. approach-approach conflict
b. avoidance-avoidance conflict
c. approach-avoidance conflict
d. double approach-avoidance conflict
66. Dollard and Miller explained aggression with their hypothesis.
a. aggression formation
b. anger-anxiety
c. frustration-aggression
d. libido
67. Psychotherapy as we know it today involves:
a. learning new labels for experience
b. learning to express unwanted thoughts
c. expressing feared material without reprimand
d. All of the above.
68. Because they both thought in terms of privacy and power Nixon and Kissinger could relate well to one another according to Kellys Corollary.
a. Choice
b. Commonality
c. Modulation
d. Sociality
69. Kelly called his philosophical assumption .
a. logical positivism
b. constructive alternativism
c. physiological determinism
d. humanistic science
70. In Kellys theory people are more likely to experiment with new constructs when they are:
a. threatened
b. in love
c. not threatened
d. angry
71. According to Kelly all constructs have pole(s).
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. many
72. Slot-movement refers to:
a. radical changes such as from atheist to born-again Christian
b. role changes such as moving from being a student to being an employee
c. gambling
d. a method for scoring personality tests
73. Kelly understood differences between individuals as due to:
a. different early experience
b. different personal constructs
c. heredity
d. misunderstandings by researchers
74. The term consistency paradox refers to:
a. the challenge of understanding how people can develop across a lifetime yet still remain consistent
b. the discrepancy between research which shows that people act differently in different situations and common sense which says they are consistent
c. peoples efforts to seem consistent to other people
d. the paradox that most personality theories seem to be saying the same thing only in different words
75. In Mischels terminology the of an extraverted person might include knowing how to begin a conversation with a stranger and thinking of things to say in a conversation.
a. competencies
b. expectancies
c. person variables
d. traits
76. Adam doesnt know whether he will be thanked or criticized if he helps cook dinner. He is uncertain about:
a. self-efficacy expectancies
b. competencies
c. encoding strategies
d. behavior-outcome expectancies
77. Mischel conducted research on the delay of gratification in:
a. rats
b. employees of large companies
c. children
d. twins
78. Delay of gratification is easier if the:
a. rewards are visible
b. child thinks about how good the reward is
c. child sees models who delay their own gratification
d. All of the above.
79. According to Mischel and his colleagues the effect of traits on behavior depends upon the:
a. person
b. time of day
c. situation
d. observer
80. If I ask Jane to go to the movies will she go or reject me? This is a question of:
a. reciprocal determinism
b. stimulus-outcome expectancies
c. behavior-outcome expectancies
d. self-efficacy expectancies
81. Bandura recommends that self-efficacy should be measured:
a. globally
b. separately for each area of behavior
c. by projective tests
d. by an interview
82. Research shows that we are more likely to strive toward goals if:
a. we concentrate on the distant goal not immediate short-term goals
b. no one else has succeeded
c. we are working alone
d. we expect to be able to reach them
83. Attentional processes refers to what we:
a. observe or pay attention to
b. remember
c. are motivated to do
d. are able to do
84. Bandura expanded learning theory by his work on the importance of:
a. extinction
b. generalization
c. modeling
d. punishment
85. Bandura and colleagues demonstrated that children can learn through modeling.
a. aggression
b. performance standards
c. arbitrary playful behaviors
d. All of the above.
86. According to Banduras research children who have observed aggressive models may not behave aggressively even if they have learned to do so if they lack:
a. incentives
b. courage
c. an audience
d. toys
87. Rogers regarded the fundamental motivation to be:
a. the actualizing tendency
b. the need for security
c. interpersonal needs
d. sexual needs
88. The best guide to healthy growth according to Rogers is:
a. a professional psychotherapist
b. a religious philosophy of life
c. the organismic valuing process
d. careful reasoning
89. Rogers recommended that psychologists should investigate subjective experience when it was
.
a. spiritual
b. value based
c. mystical
d. All of the above.
90. Me? Angry? Never! says Lou. This statement illustrates .
a. self-actualization
b. incongruence
c. the formative process
d. empathic understanding
91. Conditional positive regard causes a person to lose touch with the self.
a. ideal
b. real
c. social
d. All of the above.
92. Adolescents who are creative are likely to have had parents who:
a. encouraged their childrens curiosity in early life
b. encouraged their children to control their emotions
c. were critical of them
d. helped their children with their work
93. Maslows theory is sometimes called:
a. individual psychology
b. person-centered theory
c. third force psychology
d. behavioral psychology
94. In order of their emergence the needs in Maslows hierarchy are:
a. physiological safety esteem love self-actualization
b. physiological esteem safety love self-actualization
c. physiological safety love esteem self-actualization
d. safety physiological love esteem self-actualization
95. After safety and physiological needs are adequately met the next level to motivate people is:
a. sex
b. esteem
c. love and belongingness
d. self-actualization
96. Which of the following illustrates B-motivation?
a. jealousy
b. beauty truth and justice
c. focused attention
d. business
97. Which hypothesis is predicted by Maslows theory?
a. People would rather starve than eat food forbidden by their religion.
b. Great soldiers would rather die than act cowardly.
c. Starving artists and musicians produce the best works of art.
d. None of the above.
98. Which of the following is characteristic of self-actualized people according to Maslow?
a. firm belief in the values of their society
b. a sense that life is highly predictable
c. rejection of sexual needs
d. spontaneity
99. Which of the following is NOT one of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?
a. suffering
b. attachment
c. detachment
d. retachment
100. Buddhism traces its roots back about years.
a. 1000
b. 1500
c. 2500
d. 5000