Personality Quiz 1

1. 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 consistent.

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

Cattell’s research and use of factor analysis essentially scaled down many different ways of describing aspects of personality into __________ source traits.

• 12

• 5

• 16

• 24

In the Big Five theory of personality, “E” stands for _______

• Empathy

• External

• Energy

• Extraversion

The _________ is based on the five-factor model, while ____________ is based on the work of Raymond Cattell.

• NEO-PI-3; 16PF

• MBTI; NEO-PI-3

• MMPI-2-RF; MBTI

• 16PF; MMPI-2-RF

To explain an individual’s personality, trait theorists would look to ________.

• Early childhood emotional traumas.

• The kind of love, warmth, and affection given to the person by his or her parents.

• The early experiences of rewards and punishments for certain behavior.

• The constellation of personality characteristics possessed by the person.

How many dimensions to personality did Eysenck identify?

• 1

• 6

• 2

• 3

Prone to stress and increased risk of cardiovascular disease are characteristics of what persoanlity type?

• Type B

• Extrovert.

• Type A

• Unstable.

__________ refers to the pattern of enduring characteristics that produce consistency and individuality in a given person.

• Cognition

• Maturation

• Personality

• Development

The modern view of temperament asserts that it __________.

• is biologically based
• is a mixture of the four humors
• first emerges during adolescence
• changes radically at adolescence

Which of the following statements describes the relationship between temperament and personality?

• Temperament and personality are the exact same thing.
• Temperament, which we are born with, is the basis upon which one’s personality is built.
• Temperament refers to the changing parts of our “self,” while personality refers to the   static parts of our “self.”
• Temperament refers to negative personal characteristics, while personality refers to positive personal characteristics.