PSY 255 Quiz 4 with Answers

PSY 255 Quiz 4 with Answers 1. In Eysenck’s model of personality, which of the following is correct about extraversion-introversion? A. It is an example of a habitual response. B. It is the opposite of neuroticism. C. It is one of three basic personality dimensions. D. It is one of five basic personality dimensions. 2. Bill Board tends to react very strongly to emotional events. He becomes overly excited and panics when facing even mild stress. Eysenck might say that this man is high on the personality dimension of: A. Extraversion. B. Neuroticism. C. Psychoticism. D. Emotionality. 3. According to Eysenck, the major source of individual differences in personality is: A. Early childhood experiences. B. Genetic factors. C. Social learning theory. D. Parents’ child-rearing practices. 4. According to Chess and Thomas’s research on temperaments, A. Although all children are alike at birth, differences in temperament will emerge after a few years. B. Although there is evidence for temperamental differences early in life, adult differences in temperament are partly determined by genetics. C. Evidence of differences in temperament can be seen in newborns. D. Temperament differences are seen in children, but largely disappear by adulthood. 5. Rose Busch becomes very anxious when she has to give a speech in front of an audience. Advocates of evolutionary personality theory might call this an example of anxiety caused by: A. Conditioning. B. An inherited temperament. C. A fear of social exclusion. D. A fear of novel situations. 6. Some psychologists argue that we should use different learning procedures to meet the needs of each student’s temperament. This approach is based on which model? A. Eysenck’s model of personality B. EAS temperament model C. The “Goodness of Fit” model D. Evolutionary personality model 7. The twin-study method is used by researchers to get around which methodological problem? A. Biased samples B. A confound between genetic and environmental differences C. Questions about generalizability D. Validity of measures