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Worksheetsquiz 1 personality
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Of the systems surrounding personality that may reflect it (and influence its expression), a person’s genes
would be considered a(n) _____________ system, while their social group memberships would be
considered a(n) _____________ system
external; internal
intermediate; external
molar; molecular
molecular; molar
Which of the following is the best justification for collecting personal-report data about personality?
The desire to portray oneself in a positive light is highly prevalent
Individuals have access to a wealth of information about themselves that is inaccessible to
anyone else
There is a negligible amount of bias in personal-report data
External data from physiological and/or environment-based sources is unreliable
If a personality measure is administered to a single person four times and each time the measure yields
the same score, we can say it is:
valid
repetitive
statistically significant
reliable
A systems approach to personality is best described as the study of:
a person’s system of neural and genetic predispositions
systematic group differences, since many personalities are alike
the integration, organization, and development of personality’s various operating systems
individual consistency across the body’s various systems, like respiration and the immune
system
Which of the following pairs of personality-relevant variables is most likely to produce a negative
correlation coefficient?
A person’s level of trait extraversion and the number of contacts in their cell phone
A person’s level of trait anxiety and their heart rate during an important exam
A person’s general level of self-control and the number of brownies they eat at a dessert
buffet
A person’s need for dominance and their competitiveness during a player-to-player video game
Your sister is interested to learn that you are taking a course in personality. At her request, you look for a
high-quality personality assessment to administer to her, but find that the sheer number of “personality
tests” out there is overwhelming. What would be the best indicator that an assessment you are
considering is a good one?
It provides user data for how many people have completed it and how many organizations use it.
It provides links to its reliability and validity data, confirmed by numerous independent
samples
It charges a fee, as do all of the best personality tests
It passes the “eye test”—that is, it looks like it probably does measure personality
Which of the following is NOT one of the “big questions of personality” to be explored in this class?
“How do people differ?
"who am i "
“What is my future?” (i.e., “How can I live my life well?”)
When is it best to develop a personality?
In factor analysis, a factor with no high loadings, or loadings that clearly don’t make sense, is often called
a
confound
garbage factor
unipolar factor
bipolar factor
Sharie is completing a self-report measure of hostility. Normally she is a very easy-going and agreeable
person, but this morning she had a huge fight with her girlfriend and is in a very bad mood, which is
causing her to score higher on the scale than she normally would. According to classical test theory,
Sharie’s current hostility level would represent _______________, while her bad mood would represent
_______________
her "true" score; error
her observed score; error
error ; her observed score
error ; her "true" error
Why are “true” experimental designs only rarely used in the study of personality psychology?
social desirability biases usually ruin personality lab experiments
true experiments require manipulation of independent variables, and personality processes
are extremely difficult to manipulate
Experimental manipulation of variables usually damages the internal validity of the study
Personality therapists believe that it is never ethical to perform an experiment on people
