Personality ATAR Year 12

Which of the following best applies to the definition personality?

• It exists only if everyone acted and thought alike

• It is mostly unstable.

• It is relatively stable over time.

• It is not enduring, or it changes over time.

The factor of __________ is NOT one of the "Big Five" dimensions underlying personality.

• politeness
• extraversion
• conscientiousness
• openness to experience

One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much __________.

• control
• research
• description
• explanation

People who score high in ____ tend to be sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, and modest.

• neuroticism
• extraversion
• conscientiousness
• agreeableness

Alice who shows __________ has been described by friends as being creative, imaginative, curious, artistic, and nonconforming.

• openness
• extraversion
• agreeableness
• conscientiousness

Ted is friendly and is perceived by others as warm and considerate. He loves to tell jokes at parties. Ted probably obtains high scores on __________ and __________ of the Big Five traits?

• agreeableness; extraversion
• extraversion; conscientiousness
• conscientiousness; neuroticism 
• neuroticism; openness to experience

Julian is extremely dependable and productive, and his friends think he is great at organising events. Based on the five-factor model of personality, Julian would probably score _____.

• high in agreeableness

• high in neuroticism

• high in conscientiousness

• high in openness

A serious criticism of trait theories is that the theories __________.

• believe personality is fixed and static
• ignore inherited aspects of personality
• do not allow for predictions of behavior
• are too complex to explain simple behaviors

Personality is best defined as an individual's

• characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

• most noticeable characteristics.

• biologically inherited temperament.

• hidden thoughts and emotions.

Trait theorists have been most criticized for

• underestimating the potential influence of biological factors on personality development.

• underestimating the extent to by which people differ from one another.

• overestimating the consistency of behavior from one situation to another.

• overestimating the importance of childhood experiences on adult personality traits.