What is Gordon Allport best known for?
a) taking a humanistic approach to psychology
b) Developing the Trait Theory
c) teaching a personality psychology class at Yale
d) focused on extroverted and introverted personalities
Who among the firsts to come up with a personality trait theory?
a) George Kelley
b) Gordon Allport
c) Hans Eysenck
d) Raymond Cattle
How many trait categories did Gordon Allport group his list of traits into?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 2
d) 3
What is a Central Trait?
a) traits that are present under only certain circumstances. (such as getting nervous before a presentation)
b) common traits that form your personality. Examples of these traits are Kindness and Honesty
c) these are traits that dominate your personality. This means you have only one trait not multiple
d) all of these
Allport and Odbent (1936) identified how many words to describe personality trait?
a) 1800
b) 4500
c) 3100
d) 5000
One trait that dominates a personality so much that it influences nearly everything a person does is a…………
a) Global Trait
b) Cardinal Trait
c) Specific trait
d) Central Trait
