PSY 370 Craig Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers

PSY 370 Craig Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers

In |personality |psychology, |we |focus |on |everything |____ |the |skin. |It |is |all |on |the |
____ |level |and |reveals |the |traits |of |a |human |being |that |are |relatively |enduring.
|- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Inside; |individual




Personality |affects |your |____ |and |is |measured |across |____ |and |____. |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Outcomes; |time; |situations



Traits |vs. |States |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Traits |are |different |from |states |
because |they |are |long-lasting. |Traits |persist, |states |come |& |go. |Ex. |A |state |of |
panic |doesn't |mean |you're |always |panicked.



Traits |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Adjectives. |Ex. |shy |(dimensions |from |low |to |
high |with |variations). |There |is |the |assumption |that |each |trait |is |present |in |all |
people, |just |at |different |levels.



Behavioral |tendencies |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Actions |or |observable |habits, |
sometimes |performed |automatically, |that |reduce |information |load |and |are |
highly |predictable. |Basically, |how |people |tend |to |behave. |Ex. |is |this |person |
talkative |or |outgoing? |Compared |to |others, |that's |just |how |they |averagely |are.
|They |have |these |outgoing |tendencies |more |than |the |average |person.




Mechanisms |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Differences |in |how |people |perceive |or |
react |to |opportunities |or |threats. |What |you |perceive |affects |behavioral |
outcomes |and |traits. |We |control |which |environments |we |select |ourselves |into, |
where |we |can |even |modify |ourselves |or |adapt |to |them.

,Personality |influences |on |our |interactions |with |our |environments: |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-1. |Perceptions

2. |Selection

3. |Evocations

4. |Manipulations



1. |Perceptions |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Two |people |see |different |things... |ex. |
someone |smiling |can |be |seen |as |warm |OR |creepy.



2. |Selection |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Places |we |chose |to |go, |the |people |we |
see, |and |the |jobs |we |take. |These |choices |are |influenced |by |personality.



3. |Evocations |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Reactions |we |evoke |in |others. |Our |
behavior |illicits |different |reactions |which |allows |our |personality |to |construct |
our |own |environment. |Ex. |a |crazy |child |might |evoke |surrounding |adults |to |
calm |the |child. |Ex. |2: |People |who |go |into |a |situation |thinking |it |will |be |hostile |
invokes |hostility |itself, |even |if |it's |not |deliberate.



4) |Manipulations |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Deliberately |evoking |ex. |sweet |talk



Debate |of |number |of |personality |traits |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Are |there |100s
|or |just |a |few?




How |are |traits |organized? |What |are |their |origins? |What |are |the |correlations |
and |consequences |of |traits? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Some |say |traits |are |
related, |some |say |they're |independent. |Nature |v |nature |debate |- |debate |on |
how |we |inherit |traits. |Some |question |if |consciousness |affects |job |performance |
and |if |thrill-seekers |and |junkies |experience |the |consequences |on |their |traits.



Description |vs. |Prediction |vs. |Explanation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Description
|- |describe |what |happened

, Prediction |- |predict |things |that |haven't |happened |yet |(ex. |thrill |seeker |
tendencies |to |skydive)



Explanation |- |the |goal |of |science |"why |does |trait |A |predict |trait |B" |all |are |
cause |and |effect |variables



All |3 |levels |of |personality |analysis |have |been |labeled |the |"_____ |__ |_______" |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Study |of |personality



1. |Human |Nature |(all) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Studies |how |people |are |ALL |the
|same. |ex. |Sigmund |freud |- |laws




2. |Individual |and |group |differences |- |MODERN |(some) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Gender, |SES... |the |general |variation |in |human |characteristics |based |on |
personality



3. |individual |uniqueness |(none) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-everyone |is |different



All |3 |levels |of |personality |analysis |are |types |of |______ |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Questions



Nomothetic |research |vs. |Idiographic |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Nomothetic |
(Traits)

a. |more |talked |about

b. |uses |statistics

c. |assumes |everyone |has |some |level |of |a |trait |but |it |varies |generally



Idiographic