PSYC 341 Quiz 6 2020

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

According to Robert R. McCrae and Paul T. Costa, _____ is defined as everything a person does, thinks, or feels across his or her whole lifespan.

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

People who score low on openness to experience tend to

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

In Cattell’s inductive method of research,

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

In the context of the Five-Factor Model (FFM), which of the following is one of the strongest and most ubiquitous personality traits?

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

According to Robert R. McCrae and Paul T. Costa, _____ are defined as the universal raw material of personality capacities and dispositions that are generally inferred rather than observed.

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

Cattell and McCrae and Costa both used a(n) _____ of gathering data.

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

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

Selected Answer:            

5

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

The major strength of trait and factor theories lies in

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

According to Costa and McCrae, maladjustment occurs when

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

Which of the following techniques is used by most researchers to identify personality traits?

Question 16

1 out of 1 points

The principal difference between basic tendencies and characteristic adaptations is their

Question 17

1 out of 1 points

Which of the following was an ideal factor that allowed Costa and McCrae to investigate the question of how personality is structured?

Question 18

1 out of 1 points

Research on traits and emotion tends to support the hypothesis that

Question 19

1 out of 1 points

People who consistently seek out different and varied experiences score high on

Question 20

1 out of 1 points

Traits generated through factor analysis may be either _____ or _____.

Question 21

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 22

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 23

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 24

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 25

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 26

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 27

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 28

1 out of 1 points

The people who most influenced Eysenck were

Question 29

0 out of 1 points

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

Question 30

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 31

1 out of 1 points

According to Hans J. Eysenck, which of the following statements is true about people who score high on neuroticism?

Question 32

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 33

1 out of 1 points

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?

Question 34

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 35

1 out of 1 points

Eysenck's P type is a bipolar factor consisting of

Question 36

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 37

1 out of 1 points

According to Eysenck, high P scorers are

Question 38

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 39

1 out of 1 points

Which of the following was proposed by Hans J. Eysenck?

Question 40

1 out of 1 points

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.

Question 41

1 out of 1 points

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?

Question 42

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 43

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 44

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 45

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 46

1 out of 1 points

Eysenck and Grossarth-Maticek found that

Question 47

1 out of 1 points

Which of the following is not one of the personality assessments created and developed by Eysenck?

Question 48

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 49

1 out of 1 points

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

Question 50

1 out of 1 points

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