L01 - What is personality?

Which of the following is true about personality?

• Personality is a characteristic exhibited by only a few people.

• Personality can limit or expand the choices one has in life.

• Personality is characterized by most psychologists as either terrific or terrible.

• Personality remains constant in all circumstances.

Around 1500, the Latin word persona was used to refer to:

• a person's mechanistic behavior.

• predictable and automatic responses.

• a mask used by actors in a play.

• a robe worn by noblemen.

The personality of an individual is a unique cluster of characteristics.

• True

• False

"Does the test measure what it is intended to measure?"

This question refers to the reliability of an assessment.

• True

• False

Behavioral assessment procedures is an approach to personality assessment involves asking people to give an

account of and answer questions about their behavior and feelings in various situations

• True

• False

Projective techniques is introduced by Sigmund Freud.

• True

• False

Online testing is less expensive and less time-consuming than conventional classroom tests.

• True

• False

Projective tests are highly accurate and objective in their ability to describe personality.

• True

• False

Assessing personality is important for clinical psychologists to distinguish between normal and ______ behaviour.

We need a good theory to explain and describe human's personality.

• True

• False