Chapter 1

Question 1

Comes from the term persona, which means to mask

Answer 1

Personality

Question 2

Defining personality as a mask views personality as

Answer 2

One’s public self

Question 3

Personality is also defined as the aspect

Answer 3

Of ourselves we select to display to the world

Question 4

The definition of personality implies that

Answer 4

Important aspects of a person remain concealed for some reason

Question 5

A person may be viewed as having a wonderful personality, a terrible personality, or no personality at all, allows a person to define personality on the range of

Answer 5

Socially effective

Question 6

What are the Three Concerns of Personality Theory

Answer 6

Every human being is

1. like every other human being
2. like some other human beings
3. like no other human beings

Question 7

Name the Proposed Determinants of Personality

Answer 7

1. Genetics
2. Traits
3. Sociocultural Determinants
4. Leaning
5. Existential-Humanistic Considerations
6. Unconscious Mechanisms
7. Cognitive Process
8. Personality as a composite of factors

Question 8

The nativism-emipricism controversy is also called

Answer 8

nature-nurture controversy

Question 9

What controversy supports that an important attribute such as intelligence is largely genetically determined and what type of individual would say that the maximum level of intelligence that people can attain is determined at conception and life circumstances, at best, can help people to realize this genetically determined intellectual potential,

Answer 9

The nativism-empiricism controversy. The nativist would make such a claim