PSYC 341 Week 6 Quiz | Complete Solution

PSYC 341 Week 6 Quiz

1.       Core components of the Five-Factor Theory include the _____, which are acquired personality structures that develop as people adapt to their environment.

2.       According to Robert R. McCrae and Paul T. Costa, which of the following statements is true of basic tendencies?

3.       The major strength of trait and factor theories lies in

4.       Which of Cattell’s media of observation cannot be used with animals such as dogs or cats?

5.       Individuals who score high on _____ tend to be anxious, temperamental, emotional, and vulnerable to stress-related problems.

6.       According to the Five-Factor Model (FFM), which of the following personality traits describes people who are hardworking, self-disciplined, ambitious, and organized?

7.       Presently, most researchers who study personality traits agree that _____ dominant traits emerge from factor analytic techniques.

8.       Cattell attempted to measure human personality from three angles using L data, Q data, and T data. Which of the following is an example of T data?

9.       According to the Five-Factor Model, which of the following statements best reflects our understanding of the stability of personality traits?

10.   The five factors of the Five-Factor Model have been found across cultures and show some permanence with

11.   The essence of basic tendencies is their basis in biology and their _____ over time and situation.

12.   Which of the following statements is true of the individuality postulate of basic tendencies?

13.   The advocates of the Five-Factor Theory favor the _____ rotation method of factor analysis.

14.   McCrae and Costa (1996) objected to earlier personality theories as relying too heavily on

15.   Which of the following is not one of the postulates of basic tendencies?

16.   In the NEOPI (1992), Costa and McCrae revealed two additional trait dimensions. They were

17.   Hans J. Eysenck insisted that only _____ major factors can be discerned by a factor analytic approach.

18.   The Five-Factor Model (FFM) includes _____ as a trait that reflects an affectionate, active, fun-loving, and passionate person.

19.   Research on traits and emotion tends to support the hypothesis that

20.   Cattell extracted more traits from his data than did Eysenck. This is partially explained by the

21.   People who score in the direction of agreeableness tend to be

22.   Which of the following statements is true of the postulates for characteristic adaptations?

23.   McCrae and Costa’s Five-Factor Model (FFM) can both _____ and _____ behavior.

24.   Most of Costa and McCrae’s early research was focused on three main personality traits that included neuroticism, extraversion, and

25.   Cattell’s famous personality scale is called the

26.   A major thrust of Eysenck's theory is that personality results from the basic genetic and neurophysiological makeup of humans. Which biological research findings support this assertion?

27.   According to Eysenck's findings, cold, nonconforming, and aggressive personalities tend to score high on

28.   In the context of Eysenck’s biologically based factor theory, the key for Eysenck was that the individual differences in people's personalities were due to

29.   Eysenck's three general types or superfactors are

30.   According to Grossarth-Maticek, who had very low deaths from either cancer or cardiovascular disease?

31.   Hans J. Eysenck described a trait as

32.   According to Hans J. Eysenck, introverts can be described as being

33.   Which is not one of the four levels of behavior organization recognized by Eysenck?

34.   In Hans J. Eysenck's theory of personality, individuals who score low on psychoticism tend to be

35.   The people who most influenced Eysenck were

36.   Which of the following is not listed by Eysenck as a criterion for identifying a factor?

37.   In Eysenck's theory of personality, the three basic factors of P, E, and N are

38.   According to the four-level hierarchy of behavior organization proposed by Hans J. Eysenck, _____ are at the highest level of behavior organization.

39.   Eysenck's encounter with the fascist right and his later battles with the radical left suggested to him that the trait of _____ was equally prevalent in both extremes of the political spectrum.

40.   Some people are vulnerable to psychiatric illness because they have a genetic or acquired weakness that predisposes them to the illness. This explanation for an illness is what Eysenck called the

41.   Eysenck claimed that introverted neurotics are characterized by all of the following except

42.   What evidence did Eysenck present on the biological bases of personality?

43.   According to Hans J. Eysenck, extraverts can be described as being

44.   Eysenck believed that the primary difference between extraverts and introverts is one of

45.   Eysenck argued that many experimental studies on the same topic yield inconclusive or inconsistent results because the experimenters failed to

46.   Eysenck and Grossarth-Maticek found that

47.   According to Eysenck, an individual characterized by hysteria, suggestibility, and somatic symptoms would score high on the _____ scale.

48.   Which of the following is not one of Eysenck's criteria for identifying factors?

49.   According to the four-level hierarchy of behavior organization proposed by Hans J. Eysenck, _____ are at the lowest level of behavior organization.

50.   Which trait theorist was a native of Germany but lived and worked for much of his professional life in England and at the University of London?