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Multiple Choice Single Select
M/C Question 1
Which of the following best reflects the focus of the Neo-analytic approach to personality development?
a) Cognitive processes
b) Biological predispositions and limitations
c) Unconscious drives
d) Interaction between internal factors (e.g., emotions and drives) and external influences (e.g.,
culture and social context)
ANS: d)
Skill = Remember
Learning Objective = 1.2 Present the eight different perspectives into which personality theories are
classified
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Preview of the Perspectives
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,M/C Question 2
Which of these approaches to developing personality theories rely on a bottom-up process of reasoning?
a) Analogy
b) Induction
c) Deduction
d) Guesswork without empirical support
ANS: b)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.1 Discuss how scientific methods have provided insights into personality.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Personality and Science
M/C Question 3
Which of the following examples demonstrates an inductive approach to the study of personality?
a) A researcher learns that several independent children were raised in permissive households and
posits that their family environment has impacted their sense of autonomy.
b) A psychologist reads The Interpretation of Dreams by Freud and uses his theory of dream
symbolism to understand a client’s personality by analyzing the dreams they describe.
c) A theorist draws on how a computer processes input to produce output when developing a
personality theory, considering how the human mind might similarly process experiences to
shape personality.
d) A student assumes people with certain birth months have similar personalities, without collecting
any supporting evidence.
ANS: a)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.1 Discuss how scientific methods have provided insights into personality.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Personality and Science
M/C Question 4
Which of the following statements about the eight major perspectives on personality development is NOT
true?
a) Each perspective contributes to our understanding of personality.
b) Each perspective reflects a particular view of human nature.
c) It is important to not rely too heavily on one approach while ignoring the others.
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, d) Most of these perspectives are regarded as useless in the field of psychology today.
e) Understanding the strengths and limitations of all perspectives is beneficial.
ANS: d)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.2 Present the eight different perspectives into which personality theories are
classified.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Preview of the Perspectives
M/C Question 5
Which theoretical approach most clearly shows the influence of religion on personality theories?
a) Cognitive
b) Trait
c) Humanistic
d) Psychoanalytic
ANS: c)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 6
Early psychological testing was primarily conducted in military, clinical, and education settings.
True
False
ANS: True
Skill = Remember
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 7
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,In the 19th century, an important individual in the origin of personality psychology was ________, who is
most associated with the theory of evolution.
a) William Shakespeare
b) Baruch Spinoza
c) Charles Darwin
d) René Descartes
e) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
ANS: c)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 8
Which of the following psychologists took a comprehensive approach to the study of personality, including
the use of longitudinal research to study the same people’s behavior over time?
a) Sigmund Freud
b) Gordon Allport
c) Kurt Lewin
d) Henry Murray
e) Wolfgang Kohler
ANS: d)
Skill = Remember
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 9
Gestalt psychology emphasizes the idea that ________.
a) “you can run, but you can’t hide.”
b) “two heads are better than one.”
c) “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
d) “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”
e) “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are merely players.”
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,ANS: c)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 10
Advances in the field of biological science have ________.
a) demonstrated that there really is no such thing as personality.
b) drawn attention away from the field of psychology.
c) enabled modern researchers to disprove all of Freud’s theories.
d) localized personality to a single specific brain region.
e) helped researchers to think more clearly about what personality is.
ANS: e)
Skill = Analyze
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Moderate
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 11
While intelligence and personality are separate psychological constructs, they can influence each other.
True
False
ANS: True
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 12
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,The Barnum effect refers to the tendency to ________.
a) flaunt one’s positive qualities.
b) be conditioned through rewards and punishments.
c) exploit the positive qualities of others.
d) consistently display the same personality traits across all situations.
e) accept vague generalities about one’s own personality.
ANS: e)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.4 Express the meanings of some basic terms and concepts in personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Personality in Context
M/C Question 13
What does a nomothetic approach to studying personality focus on?
a) Emphasizing unique individual experiences over general traits.
b) Exploring unconscious motives and childhood influences.
c) Seeking to formulate laws that are generalizable.
d) Analyzing personality through the lens of cultural and social contexts.
e) The ways in which people are similar to animals.
ANS: c)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.4 Express the meanings of some basic terms and concepts in personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = The Unconscious, the Self, Uniqueness, Situations, and Culture
M/C Question 14
You read your horoscope in the morning newspaper and feel strongly that it is a personal message about
how to conduct your day. Which of the following phenomena or processes are you experiencing?
a) Critical thinking
b) Barnum effect
c) Anchoring bias
d) Halo effect
e) Backfire effect
ANS: b)
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,Skill = Application
Learning Objective = 1.4 Express the meanings of some basic terms and concepts in personality psychology.
Difficulty = Moderate
Topic = Personality in Context
M/C Question 15
How are nomothetic and idiographic approaches to the study of personality different from one another?
a) Nomothetic approaches rely on experimental methods, while idiographic rely on correlational
methods.
b) Nomothetic approaches rely on correlational methods, while idiographic rely on experimental
methods.
c) Nomothetic approaches are seldom used in research, while idiographic approaches are often used.
d) Nomothetic approaches tend to be more general, while idiographic focus on the unique aspects of
the individual.
e) Nomothetic approaches focus on unique aspects of the individual, while idiographic approaches
tend to be more general.
ANS: d)
Skill = Analyze
Learning Objective = 1.4 Express the meanings of some basic terms and concepts in personality psychology.
Difficulty = Moderate
Topic = The Unconscious, the Self, Uniqueness, Situations, and Culture
M/C Question 16
A lecturer asks the students in their class to each describe their personalities, and then use this data to
develop a theory about the personality of college students. Which of the following approaches did the
lecturer apply?
a) Reductio ad populum
b) Analogy
c) Conduction
d) Induction
e) Deduction
ANS: d)
Skill = Application
Learning Objective = 1.1 Discuss how scientific methods have provided insights into personality.
Difficulty = Moderate
Topic = Personality and Science
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, M/C Question 17
For a psychological theory to be deemed sound, it should be ________.
a) comprehensive, parsimonious, falsifiable, and productive
b) comprehensive, productive, falsifiable, and tautological
c) concise, parsimonious, falsifiable, and tautological
d) concise, parsimonious, infallible, and productive
ANS: a)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.1 Discuss how scientific methods have provided insights into personality.
Difficulty = Moderate
Topic = Personality and Science
M/C Question 18
Personality refers to an individual’s biologically based emotional nature and behavioral style.
True
False
ANS: False
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.4 Express the meanings of some basic terms and concepts in personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Preview of the Perspectives
M/C Question 19
An organizational psychologist asks employees to complete a personality assessment based on the Five-
Factor Model (FFM), which includes Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and
Neuroticism. Based on this, which personality theory or approach do you think the psychologist is using or
evaluating?
a) behaviorist
b) trait
c) interactionist
d) neoanalytic
ANS: b)
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Personality Classic Theories and Modern Research, 7th edition Friedman
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The file includes the complete test bank, organized chapter by chapter.
A sample of selected pages has been provided for preview.
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editions.
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Key: Answer, Page, Type, Learning Objective, Level
Type
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C=Conceptual
F=Factual
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(1)=Easy; (2)=Moderate; (3)=Difficult
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SG=Used in Study Guide
p=page
Friedman_Ch1_TB
Multiple Choice Single Select
M/C Question 1
Which of the following best reflects the focus of the Neo-analytic approach to personality development?
a) Cognitive processes
b) Biological predispositions and limitations
c) Unconscious drives
d) Interaction between internal factors (e.g., emotions and drives) and external influences (e.g.,
culture and social context)
ANS: d)
Skill = Remember
Learning Objective = 1.2 Present the eight different perspectives into which personality theories are
classified
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Preview of the Perspectives
Copyright © 2026 Pearson Education, Inc.
,M/C Question 2
Which of these approaches to developing personality theories rely on a bottom-up process of reasoning?
a) Analogy
b) Induction
c) Deduction
d) Guesswork without empirical support
ANS: b)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.1 Discuss how scientific methods have provided insights into personality.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Personality and Science
M/C Question 3
Which of the following examples demonstrates an inductive approach to the study of personality?
a) A researcher learns that several independent children were raised in permissive households and
posits that their family environment has impacted their sense of autonomy.
b) A psychologist reads The Interpretation of Dreams by Freud and uses his theory of dream
symbolism to understand a client’s personality by analyzing the dreams they describe.
c) A theorist draws on how a computer processes input to produce output when developing a
personality theory, considering how the human mind might similarly process experiences to
shape personality.
d) A student assumes people with certain birth months have similar personalities, without collecting
any supporting evidence.
ANS: a)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.1 Discuss how scientific methods have provided insights into personality.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Personality and Science
M/C Question 4
Which of the following statements about the eight major perspectives on personality development is NOT
true?
a) Each perspective contributes to our understanding of personality.
b) Each perspective reflects a particular view of human nature.
c) It is important to not rely too heavily on one approach while ignoring the others.
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, d) Most of these perspectives are regarded as useless in the field of psychology today.
e) Understanding the strengths and limitations of all perspectives is beneficial.
ANS: d)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.2 Present the eight different perspectives into which personality theories are
classified.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Preview of the Perspectives
M/C Question 5
Which theoretical approach most clearly shows the influence of religion on personality theories?
a) Cognitive
b) Trait
c) Humanistic
d) Psychoanalytic
ANS: c)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 6
Early psychological testing was primarily conducted in military, clinical, and education settings.
True
False
ANS: True
Skill = Remember
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 7
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,In the 19th century, an important individual in the origin of personality psychology was ________, who is
most associated with the theory of evolution.
a) William Shakespeare
b) Baruch Spinoza
c) Charles Darwin
d) René Descartes
e) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
ANS: c)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 8
Which of the following psychologists took a comprehensive approach to the study of personality, including
the use of longitudinal research to study the same people’s behavior over time?
a) Sigmund Freud
b) Gordon Allport
c) Kurt Lewin
d) Henry Murray
e) Wolfgang Kohler
ANS: d)
Skill = Remember
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 9
Gestalt psychology emphasizes the idea that ________.
a) “you can run, but you can’t hide.”
b) “two heads are better than one.”
c) “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
d) “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”
e) “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are merely players.”
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,ANS: c)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 10
Advances in the field of biological science have ________.
a) demonstrated that there really is no such thing as personality.
b) drawn attention away from the field of psychology.
c) enabled modern researchers to disprove all of Freud’s theories.
d) localized personality to a single specific brain region.
e) helped researchers to think more clearly about what personality is.
ANS: e)
Skill = Analyze
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Moderate
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 11
While intelligence and personality are separate psychological constructs, they can influence each other.
True
False
ANS: True
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.3 Recount the development of personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = A Brief History of Personality Psychology
M/C Question 12
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,The Barnum effect refers to the tendency to ________.
a) flaunt one’s positive qualities.
b) be conditioned through rewards and punishments.
c) exploit the positive qualities of others.
d) consistently display the same personality traits across all situations.
e) accept vague generalities about one’s own personality.
ANS: e)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.4 Express the meanings of some basic terms and concepts in personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Personality in Context
M/C Question 13
What does a nomothetic approach to studying personality focus on?
a) Emphasizing unique individual experiences over general traits.
b) Exploring unconscious motives and childhood influences.
c) Seeking to formulate laws that are generalizable.
d) Analyzing personality through the lens of cultural and social contexts.
e) The ways in which people are similar to animals.
ANS: c)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.4 Express the meanings of some basic terms and concepts in personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = The Unconscious, the Self, Uniqueness, Situations, and Culture
M/C Question 14
You read your horoscope in the morning newspaper and feel strongly that it is a personal message about
how to conduct your day. Which of the following phenomena or processes are you experiencing?
a) Critical thinking
b) Barnum effect
c) Anchoring bias
d) Halo effect
e) Backfire effect
ANS: b)
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,Skill = Application
Learning Objective = 1.4 Express the meanings of some basic terms and concepts in personality psychology.
Difficulty = Moderate
Topic = Personality in Context
M/C Question 15
How are nomothetic and idiographic approaches to the study of personality different from one another?
a) Nomothetic approaches rely on experimental methods, while idiographic rely on correlational
methods.
b) Nomothetic approaches rely on correlational methods, while idiographic rely on experimental
methods.
c) Nomothetic approaches are seldom used in research, while idiographic approaches are often used.
d) Nomothetic approaches tend to be more general, while idiographic focus on the unique aspects of
the individual.
e) Nomothetic approaches focus on unique aspects of the individual, while idiographic approaches
tend to be more general.
ANS: d)
Skill = Analyze
Learning Objective = 1.4 Express the meanings of some basic terms and concepts in personality psychology.
Difficulty = Moderate
Topic = The Unconscious, the Self, Uniqueness, Situations, and Culture
M/C Question 16
A lecturer asks the students in their class to each describe their personalities, and then use this data to
develop a theory about the personality of college students. Which of the following approaches did the
lecturer apply?
a) Reductio ad populum
b) Analogy
c) Conduction
d) Induction
e) Deduction
ANS: d)
Skill = Application
Learning Objective = 1.1 Discuss how scientific methods have provided insights into personality.
Difficulty = Moderate
Topic = Personality and Science
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, M/C Question 17
For a psychological theory to be deemed sound, it should be ________.
a) comprehensive, parsimonious, falsifiable, and productive
b) comprehensive, productive, falsifiable, and tautological
c) concise, parsimonious, falsifiable, and tautological
d) concise, parsimonious, infallible, and productive
ANS: a)
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.1 Discuss how scientific methods have provided insights into personality.
Difficulty = Moderate
Topic = Personality and Science
M/C Question 18
Personality refers to an individual’s biologically based emotional nature and behavioral style.
True
False
ANS: False
Skill = Understand
Learning Objective = 1.4 Express the meanings of some basic terms and concepts in personality psychology.
Difficulty = Easy
Topic = Preview of the Perspectives
M/C Question 19
An organizational psychologist asks employees to complete a personality assessment based on the Five-
Factor Model (FFM), which includes Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and
Neuroticism. Based on this, which personality theory or approach do you think the psychologist is using or
evaluating?
a) behaviorist
b) trait
c) interactionist
d) neoanalytic
ANS: b)
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