Test Bank for The Personality Puzzle 8th Edition, by David C. Funder

CHAPTER 1 The Study of the Person LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1.1.Summarize the main objectives of personality psychology. 1.2.Understand the concept of a basic approach (or paradigm). 1.3.Define and distinguish between the major basic approaches to personality. 1.4.Explain Funder’s first law—that great strengths are usually great weaknesses and vice versa. 1.5.Evaluate the concept of the One Big Theory (OBT) and explain why separate approaches to personality are needed.MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is NOT part of the psychological triad? a. behavior c. psychological health b. thoughts d. feelings ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: The Study of the Person OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering 2. Personality psychology and clinical psychology overlap most often when approaching which topic? a. personality processes c. personality development b. personality disorders d. None of the answer options is correct. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: The Study of the Person OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering 3. Personality psychology shares with clinical psychology a. an emphasis on mental disorders and the treatment of psychological problems. b. a common obligation to try to understand the whole person. c. a requirement that psychologists be licensed. d. the fact that both personality psychologists and clinical psychologists are usually in private practice rather than employed by universities. ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: The Study of the Person OBJ: 1.1 MSC: Remembering