PSY 380 Personality Theories

1)  Writersandphilosopherstellusabouthumannature.Whydowealsoneed psychology?

A)Writersandphilosophersignoremaladjustedpersonalities.

B)  Psychologyallowsasystematicunderstandingofhumannature. C)Writersandphilosophersignorehumanmotivation.

D)Psychologyisconcernedwithvalues,whichwritersandphilosophersignore.

2)  Whichofthefollowingkindsofquestionsarenotaddressedbypersonality theory?

A)questionsaboutpersonalitydynamics B)  questionsaboutpersonalitydescriptionC)  questionsaboutpersonalitydevelopment D)  questionsaboutpersonalitydiffusion

3)  Whenweask,“Howdopeopleadjust totheirlifesituations?”and“Howdoes theirthoughtaffectwhattheydo,”weareaskingquestionsaboutthe

               ofpersonality.

A)destiny

B)  dynamics

C)development

D)description

4)  Adiagnosis,madebyaclinician,describesapersonusing

A)atype.

B)  non-scientificmeasurement. C)atrait.

D)afactor.

5)  Ahypothesisis

A)aproposaltochangethewaypersonalityisdeveloped,basedontheoretical considerations.

B)  astatementsayinghowatheoreticalconstructcanbemeasured. C)apredictionaboutobservationsinresearch.

D)anabstractstatementtellinghowtwotheoreticalconstructsarerelated.

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6)  Whichstatementbestdescribestherelationshipbetweentheoryandresearch?

A)Whenresearchhasbecomesophisticated,withgood measuringinstruments, theoryisnolongernecessary.

B)  Theoryinfluencesresearchbysuggestingresearchideas,butresearchhasno impactontheory.

C)Theoryandresearchmutuallyinfluenceoneanother.

D)Theoryandresearchareseparatedisciplineswithinpersonalitypsychology.

7)  Aresearcherisinterestedintesting thepropositionthatwatchingalotof televisioncausesincreasedaggressivenessamongchildrenatschool.Thiscan betestedbyconductinganexperimentinwhichtheindependentvariableis

A)watchingalotoftelevision. B)  aggressiveness.

C)beinginschool. D)age.

8)  A              isaconceptualtoolforunderstandingcertainspecifiedphenom- ena.

A)theory

B)  psychologicaltest

C)variable

D)theoreticalconstruct

9)  Tests,suchasinkblottests,whichaskpeopletorespondtoambiguousstimu- li,arecalled

A)self-reportmeasures. B)  projectivetests.

C)behavioralmeasures. D)responsemeasures.

10)Materialthatisnotinawarenessataparticulartime,butthatcanreadilybe recalledifwetry,is

A)   postconscious. B)   preconscious. C)       conscious.

D)   unconscious.

 

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