7.9 AP Psychology: Trait Theories of Personality Quiz

What are personality traits?

• Behaviors that vary significantly depending on the situation

• Individual's characteristics, behaviors, and conscious motives that remain stable over time

• Rare and dominant traits that define a person's actions in every situation

• Only the negative aspects of an individual's behavior

Who was more interested in describing personality in terms of behavioral patterns rather than individual traits?

• Robert McCrae

• Paul Costa

• Gordon Allport

• Hans Eysenck

What are cardinal traits?

• Traits that everyone possesses to some degree

• Less influential, situation-specific characteristics

• Strong traits that are not the only defining features of an individual

• Traits that define an individual's personality in every situation

According to Hans Eysenck, personality can be analyzed through which two dimensions?

• Central Traits and Secondary Traits

• Extroversion versus Introversion and Emotional Stability versus Instability

• Conscientiousness and Agreeableness

• Openness and Neuroticism

What does the Five Factor Personality Model include?

• Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness, and Extroversion

• Cardinal Traits, Central Traits, Secondary Traits, Extroversion, and Introversion

• Behavioral Patterns, Individual Traits, Emotional Stability, and Instability

• Biological Predispositions, Learned Behaviors, Conscious Motives, and Unconscious Motives