Psychology Quiz

Which of the following statements by one of Ms. Fox’s students best demonstrates a high level of conscientiousness?

• I am typically nervous in situations where I am meeting new people.

• I am always happy to work with a diverse group of people.

• I enjoy eating new foods or going to places I have never been before.

• I like to keep my study notes organized.

Kamryn believes that her efforts in her studies will lead to success and that she is in control of her academic outcomes. She has a high level of which of the following?

• self-efficacy

• prosocial behavior

• reciprocal determinism

• self-esteem

A statistical technique that would allow a researcher to cluster such traits as being talkative, social, and adventurous with extroversion is called

• Factor Analysis

• Regression Analysis

• Correlation

• ANOVA

Which of the following individuals has high self-efficacy according to the social-cognitive theory of personality?

• Aleigha observes her brother get in trouble for lying to their parents and decides never to lie so she will not get in trouble too.

• Marcus has all of his safety, security, and love needs met, so now he can focus on his achievement goals.

• Gabbie is sociable, lively, active, assertive, and sensation seeking in social situations.

• Brooke knows that if she puts extra effort into completing all of her homework assignments in math this year, her efforts will pay off with better grades.

Marcus and Brooke are discussing different psychological theories in their psychology class. Marcus mentions the Big Five personality factors. Brooke asks, "Which psychological perspective are these factors based on?"

• Behaviorism

• Cognitive psychology

• Neuropsychology

• Trait psychology

Lennox and Ava are studying the Big Five personality traits for their psychology class. They discover that:

• most of the traits show little validity across cultures

• people show fairly high levels of stability in the traits from year to year

• measurement of the traits is highly reliable when psychologists use projective tests

• scores on all five traits are highly intercorrelated

Gabbie is softhearted, good-natured, trusting, helpful, forgiving, gullible, and straightforward. Based on these characteristics, she is most likely to score high on which of the Big Five trait measures?

• Extraversion

• Openness to experience

• Agreeableness

• Conscientiousness

Brooke tends to view personality as fairly stable and therefore her personality is more stable, whereas Aiden tends to view personality as fairly changeable and therefore his personality is more changeable. These differences in attitudes and personality are most consistent with which of the following theories?

• Psychodynamic view of personality

• Humanistic view of personality

• Social cognitive view of personality

• Behaviorist view of personality

While Chris is interviewing for a job, he takes a personality test measuring the Big Five personality model. This test is designed to be consistent with a

• behaviorist theory of personality

• trait theory of personality

• psychoanalytic theory of personality

• social cognitive theory of personality

Gage is completing a lengthy test in which he must indicate whether various written statements are true or false about himself. He is most likely taking which of the following?

• A personality inventory

• A projective test

• An achievement test

• A neuropsychological test