PSY 255 QUIZ Quiz 1 Chapters 1-6 complete questions and
answers 2020
1. Which of the following assumptions underlies the trait approach to
personality?
a. Each person belongs in one and only one personality category.
b. Personality characteristics can be represented along a
continuum.
c. People in one personality category are distinctly different from people in other
categories.
d. Personality can change as a function of the situation the person is in.
2. If we say Ted is high on the personality trait of assertiveness, we would
expect that he will act assertively
a. all of the time.
b. more often than someone low in assertiveness.
c. in some situations that call for assertiveness, but not in others.
d. because he puts himself in situations that call for assertion.
3. A psychologist collects data from a large number of people. She places each
person on a continuum ranging from high to low
conscientiousness and makes predictions about how people in the high range will
act compared to those in the low range. This psychologist is using the ________
approach to understand personality.
a. type
b. nomothetic
c. idiographic
d. common trait
4. Allport called the 5–10 traits that best describe an individual’s personality
_________ traits.
a. central
, b. common
c. defining
d. secondary
5. One of Henry Murray’s chief contributions to the field of personality
psychology was the development of the ________.
a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
b. Thematic Apperception Test
c. 16-PF (16 personality factors)
d. Rorschach Inkblot Test
6. In his quest to understand the basic structure of personality, Cattell relied
heavily on
a. the idiographic approach.
b. factor analysis.
c. the examination of central traits.
d. case studies.
7. Karen always approaches tasks in an organized, faithful manner. She persists
at a difficult job longer than most people and generally accomplishes more.
Karen is probably high in which of the Big Five traits?
a. Agreeableness
b. Openness
c. Conscientiousness
d. Extraversion
8. Alicia has an active imagination and a strong intellectual curiosity. She likes
new ideas and unconventional ways of looking at problems. Alicia is probably
high in the Big Five trait called
a. agreeableness.
b. neuroticism.
c. conscientiousness.
answers 2020
1. Which of the following assumptions underlies the trait approach to
personality?
a. Each person belongs in one and only one personality category.
b. Personality characteristics can be represented along a
continuum.
c. People in one personality category are distinctly different from people in other
categories.
d. Personality can change as a function of the situation the person is in.
2. If we say Ted is high on the personality trait of assertiveness, we would
expect that he will act assertively
a. all of the time.
b. more often than someone low in assertiveness.
c. in some situations that call for assertiveness, but not in others.
d. because he puts himself in situations that call for assertion.
3. A psychologist collects data from a large number of people. She places each
person on a continuum ranging from high to low
conscientiousness and makes predictions about how people in the high range will
act compared to those in the low range. This psychologist is using the ________
approach to understand personality.
a. type
b. nomothetic
c. idiographic
d. common trait
4. Allport called the 5–10 traits that best describe an individual’s personality
_________ traits.
a. central
, b. common
c. defining
d. secondary
5. One of Henry Murray’s chief contributions to the field of personality
psychology was the development of the ________.
a. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
b. Thematic Apperception Test
c. 16-PF (16 personality factors)
d. Rorschach Inkblot Test
6. In his quest to understand the basic structure of personality, Cattell relied
heavily on
a. the idiographic approach.
b. factor analysis.
c. the examination of central traits.
d. case studies.
7. Karen always approaches tasks in an organized, faithful manner. She persists
at a difficult job longer than most people and generally accomplishes more.
Karen is probably high in which of the Big Five traits?
a. Agreeableness
b. Openness
c. Conscientiousness
d. Extraversion
8. Alicia has an active imagination and a strong intellectual curiosity. She likes
new ideas and unconventional ways of looking at problems. Alicia is probably
high in the Big Five trait called
a. agreeableness.
b. neuroticism.
c. conscientiousness.
