Personality Psychology (Exam 3) Questions and
Answers
Generally speaking, when comparing self-ratings of the Big Five with observer ratings,
one finds that: - Answers-they converge
.Critics of the five-factor model's extreme ignorance of the effect of social factors in
shaping traits cite evidence indicating that ____. - Answers-sociocultural changes
across time are associated with personality changes
.According to five-factor theory, factors have their basis in _____. - Answers-biology
only
.Longitudinal research on the Big Five indicate that, in general, the factors are
________. - Answers-stable
.Helson and colleagues' research indicated that women's personality change across
adulthood could be linked to _____. - Answers-the women's movement
.According to five-factor theorists, many kinds of abnormal behavior are exaggerated
versions of normal personality traits. For example, the compulsive personality might be
seen as someone extremely high on both conscientiousness and neuroticism, and the
antisocial personality as someone extremely low on both agreeableness and _____. -
Answers-conscientiousness
.Phineas Gage's story suggests that there are links between _______ functioning and
personality functioning. - Answers-biological - brain
.Temperament refers to individual differences in mood or quality of response,
differences that are ______. - Answers-inherited
.Contrary to the prediction of evolutionary psychology, DeSteno and colleagues'
research indicated that _______. - Answers-both men and women were more
distressed by a partner's sexual infidelity than by their emotional infidelity
.By and large, molecular genetic paradigms indicate that personality is explained by
________. - Answers-gene-environment interactions
.According to Clark and Watson's (2008) model, individual differences in temperament
can be summarized in terms of three big super-factors: NE (Negative Emotionality), PE
(Positive Emotionality), and DvC (Disinhibition versus Constraint). Research indicates
that PE is associated with the neurotransmitter ______ and DvC (and possibly PE) is
assocaited with the neurotransmitter ______. - Answers-dopamine; serotonin
Answers
Generally speaking, when comparing self-ratings of the Big Five with observer ratings,
one finds that: - Answers-they converge
.Critics of the five-factor model's extreme ignorance of the effect of social factors in
shaping traits cite evidence indicating that ____. - Answers-sociocultural changes
across time are associated with personality changes
.According to five-factor theory, factors have their basis in _____. - Answers-biology
only
.Longitudinal research on the Big Five indicate that, in general, the factors are
________. - Answers-stable
.Helson and colleagues' research indicated that women's personality change across
adulthood could be linked to _____. - Answers-the women's movement
.According to five-factor theorists, many kinds of abnormal behavior are exaggerated
versions of normal personality traits. For example, the compulsive personality might be
seen as someone extremely high on both conscientiousness and neuroticism, and the
antisocial personality as someone extremely low on both agreeableness and _____. -
Answers-conscientiousness
.Phineas Gage's story suggests that there are links between _______ functioning and
personality functioning. - Answers-biological - brain
.Temperament refers to individual differences in mood or quality of response,
differences that are ______. - Answers-inherited
.Contrary to the prediction of evolutionary psychology, DeSteno and colleagues'
research indicated that _______. - Answers-both men and women were more
distressed by a partner's sexual infidelity than by their emotional infidelity
.By and large, molecular genetic paradigms indicate that personality is explained by
________. - Answers-gene-environment interactions
.According to Clark and Watson's (2008) model, individual differences in temperament
can be summarized in terms of three big super-factors: NE (Negative Emotionality), PE
(Positive Emotionality), and DvC (Disinhibition versus Constraint). Research indicates
that PE is associated with the neurotransmitter ______ and DvC (and possibly PE) is
assocaited with the neurotransmitter ______. - Answers-dopamine; serotonin
