Talkative vs. silent; frank, open vs. secretive; adventurous vs. cautious; sociable vs. reclusive. These traits describe which dimension of personality?
a) Agreeableness
b) Conscientiousness
c) Extraversion
d) Culture
From the Big Five personality dimensions, behaviors such as speaking fluently, displaying ambition, and exhibiting a high degree of intelligence is
a) Agreeableness
b) Openness
c) Extraversion
d) Conscientiousness
What type of personality focuses on how people adapt to everyday life and intervenes to improve the lives of individuals through therapy?
a) Academic psychology
b) Clinical Psychology
c) Practical Psychology
d) Applied Psychology
Which of the following would be a phenomenological approach to the study of personality?
a) emphasize subjects feelings
b) emphasize subjects thoughts
c) emphasize the meaning that people ascribe to events, not simply the objective events themselves
d) attempt to understand an individual in his or her fullness, rather than only selected aspects of the person relevant to a small number of traits or other dimensions
e) All of the above
What is the trait approach to personality?
a) Assumes that people are motivated by unconscious emotional conflicts
b) Assumes that each individual has stable personality characteristics
c) Assumes that peoples thoughts and beliefs are central to personality
d) Assumes that people have an innate tendency to become self-actualized
Eysenck originally developed ………., a highly researched factor theory of personality.
a) an interpersonal trait model
b) a sixteen factor model
c) a three factor model
d) the Big Five
