Question 1

What procedure do researchers use to identify the potential hundreds of acts that belong to a trait category?

Accepted Answer

A)  Act nominations
B)  Act effectiveness
C)  Act performance
D)  Act likelihoodE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

In Wiggins' circumplex, the traits of dominance and warmth-agreeableness are

Accepted Answer

A)  adjacent.
B)  bipolar.
C)  orthogonal.
D)  polar opposites.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

Psychologists Simpson and Gangestad developed the concept of sociosexuality based on evolutionary theory.Then they developed the sociosexual orientation inventory.They employed the _____ approach to developing a model of personality.

Accepted Answer

A)  lexical
B)  theoretical
C)  statistical
D)  act frequencyE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

A Freudian scholar develops personality measures to assess oral, anal, and phallic fixations.The scholar is using the _____ approach to identifying important individual differences.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalytic
B)  theoretical
C)  regressive
D)  clinicalE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

If the trait of stinginess is viewed as a purely descriptive summary of behavior, it can be represented best by

Accepted Answer

A)  Mary's constant thoughts about spending too much money.
B)  Andrew always leaving a very small tip at restaurants.
C)  Beth living with several roommates.
D)  George not contributing for a gift for a stranger.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 6

Cattell's taxonomy included _____ traits.

Accepted Answer

A)  two
B)  three
C)  five
D)  16E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Proponents of the five factor model have not included more traits

Accepted Answer

A)  as they are unwilling to go beyond five traits.
B)  as additional traits lack a theoretical basis.
C)  as they see the newly proposed traits as already included in the "big five."
D)  as no one has suggested additional traits.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Which taxonomy includes a four-level hierarchy of specific acts, habitual acts, traits, and super traits?

Accepted Answer

A)  The PEN model
B)  Cattell's taxonomy of 16 traits
C)  The Leary circumplex
D)  The five-factor modelE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Cattell's taxonomy included _____ traits.

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Psychologists Simpson and Gangestad developed the concept of sociosexuality based on evolutionary theory.Then they developed the sociosexual orientation inventory.They employed the _____ approach to developing a model of personality.

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In Wiggins' circumplex, the traits of dominance and warmth-agreeableness are

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Proponents of the five factor model have not included more traits

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What procedure do researchers use to identify the potential hundreds of acts that belong to a trait category?

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Which taxonomy includes a four-level hierarchy of specific acts, habitual acts, traits, and super traits?

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A Freudian scholar develops personality measures to assess oral, anal, and phallic fixations.The scholar is using the _____ approach to identifying important individual differences.

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If the trait of stinginess is viewed as a purely descriptive summary of behavior, it can be represented best by

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Psychologists Simpson and Gangestad developed the concept of sociosexuality based on evolutionary theory.Then they developed the sociosexual orientation inventory.They employed the _____ approach to developing a model of personality.

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In Wiggins' circumplex, the traits of dominance and warmth-agreeableness are

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Proponents of the five factor model have not included more traits

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What procedure do researchers use to identify the potential hundreds of acts that belong to a trait category?

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Which taxonomy includes a four-level hierarchy of specific acts, habitual acts, traits, and super traits?

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A Freudian scholar develops personality measures to assess oral, anal, and phallic fixations.The scholar is using the _____ approach to identifying important individual differences.

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