SOLUTIONS
International research on personality supports the general belief that:
a. the Big Four personality traits remain quite stable in late adulthood.
b. characteristics can be clustered into the Big Five personality traits.
c. 16 personality traits have been confirmed.
d. once adulthood is reached, personality often changes. - ✔✔b
A characteristic of adult friendships is that:
a. friendships become more problematic with age
b. friendships in older age become more ambivalent than they were at a
younger age.
c. friendships improve with age.
d. relationships with spouses become more problematic than do friendships
as one ages. - ✔✔c.
Which individual BEST represents the need of esteem identified in
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
a. an older man fully realizing his potential
, b. a young woman receiving a promotion and accolades at her job for her
hard work
c. a young boy and his mother finding shelter for the night
d. a young boy whose older brother intervened to stop a bully fighting him -
✔✔b.
Which family member is MOST likely the designated family kinkeeper?
a. Tom, age 65, who is a busy executive in another state but visits the
family twice a year
b. Henry, age 43, who is married, has three children, is a Little League
coach, and is actively involved with his children
c. Marielena, age 51, who cares for her ailing mother
d. Gloria, age 38, who is married, has two children, and frequently calls her
siblings and regularly plans holiday family events - ✔✔d.
Individuals with higher degrees of this personality trait are more likely to
successfully complete college.
a. extroversion
b. openness
c. conscientiousness
d. neuroticism - ✔✔c.