Question 1

Psychologists assess a wide range of emotional and behavioral traits by means of

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A)   unconditional positive regard.
B)   free association.
C)   personality inventories.
D)   the spotlight effect.

Question 2

According to social-cognitive psychologists, one of the best ways to predict a person's future behavior is to

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A)   identify that person's most central traits by having him or her take a personality inventory.
B)   observe that person's behavior in various relevant situations.
C)   assess that person's general level of self-esteem.
D)   uncover that person's hidden motives, as revealed by projective tests.

Question 3

Shortly after exercising ________, people become less restrained in their aggressive responses to provocation.

Accepted Answer

A)   self-control
B)   factor analysis
C)   erogenous zones
D)   self-serving bias

Question 4

In the short run, after exercising self-control, people are ________ able to maintain self-control. In the long run, their self-control is ________.

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A)   more; strengthened
B)   less; weakened
C)   more; weakened
D)   less; strengthened

Question 5

Our personalities influence the extent to which we expose ourselves to specific environmental influences. This best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)   the spotlight effect.
B)   reaction formation.
C)   self-serving bias.
D)   reciprocal determinism.

Question 6

Research on self-perception indicates that most people

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A)   are more critical of themselves than they are of other people.
B)   are unrealistically pessimistic about their personal future.
C)   more quickly believe flattering descriptions of themselves than unflattering feedback.
D)   feel more personally responsible for their failures than for their successes.

Question 7

Which of the following is a basic personality factor assessed by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire?

Accepted Answer

A)   thinking-feeling
B)   real self-ideal self
C)   extraversion-introversion
D)   external locus of control-internal locus of control

Question 8

People who score high on the Big Five trait dimension of ________ tend to use more adjectives in their e-mail communications.

Accepted Answer

A)   neuroticism
B)   conscientiousness
C)   agreeableness
D)   extraversion

Question 9

Exaggerated feelings of self-importance are most closely linked with

Accepted Answer

A)   narcissism.
B)   extraversion.
C)   the spotlight effect.
D)   an external locus of control.

Question 10

Students who perceive that their low test scores are due to their own lack of ability best illustrate

Accepted Answer

A)   self-serving bias.
B)   the false consensus effect.
C)   the spotlight effect.
D)   a pessimistic attributional style.

Question 11

An interest in describing and classifying the many ways in which individuals may differ from one another is most characteristic of ________ theories.

Accepted Answer

A)   social-cognitive
B)   trait
C)   humanistic
D)   psychoanalytic

Question 12

Martin is optimistic, impulsive, excitable, and restless. In terms of the Eysencks' basic personality dimensions, he would be classified as

Accepted Answer

A)   external-dependent.
B)   manic-depressive.
C)   unstable-extraverted.
D)   passive-aggressive.

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