Entrance exam Flashcards
The factors…
a) represent correlation patterns?
b) Are dimensions that describe the close relationships of some measured variables.
c) All three is true.
d) Represent shared variations of several measures.
c) all three is true.
The research tradition followed by the dispositional approach to personality is?
a) Experimental.
b) Case studies.
c) Correlational.
d) idiosyncratic.
c) Correlational.
Aggregation?
a) Means measuring the same kind of behaviour more than once.
b) All these are true.
c) Leads to a higher correlation between a behaviour indicator of a trait and the trait rating.
d) Means collecting behavioural data from a longer time period.
b) all these are true.
The ARAS?
a) Makes differences between extraverts and introverts.
b) All these are true.
c) Activates the cerebral cortex.
d) Determines the level of consciousness.
b) All of these are true.
According to Eyesenck, phlegmatic persons are?
a) emotionally unstable and extraverted.
b) emotionally stable and extraverted.
c) emotionally stable and introverted.
d) Emotionally unstable and introverted.
c) Emotionally stable and introverted.
A second-order factor analysis:
a) reveals whether the factors themselves are correlated to each other.
b) refers to the new generation of multidimensional analysis like the confirmatory analysis.
c) refers to the new generation of multidimensional analysis like the confirmatory analysis.
d) reveals at least two factors.
a) reveals whether the factors themselves are correlated to each other.
Implicit theories of personality are?
a) Tested by the scientific community.
b) Describe the experience of people.
c) Difficult to communicste.
d) Characterized by systematic observations.
b) Describe the experience of people.
Those who have lower arousal?
a) Avoid noisy environments.
b) Are better conditioned.
c) prefer noisy environments.
d) Are better in boring tasks.
c) Prefer noisy environments.
Somatotypes?
a) Reflect stereotypes.
b) Are based on evolutionary processes.
c) Are parts of personality
d) And temperaments go together.
d) and temperaments go together.
Twin studies suggest heritability of?
a) Conscientiousness.
b) Openness to experience.
c) Extraversion.
d) All of them
d) All of them.
The different approach to/perspectives of personality?
a) reflect different assumptions about the nature of personality.
b) Apply different research strategies.
c) Are empirical.
d) All of them are true.
d) All of them are true.
Activity is a part of?
a) none of them
b) Buss and Plomin’s temperament theory.
c) Zuckerman’s alternative big 5.
d) Both of them.
b) Buss and Plomin’s temperament theory.
In Murray’s theory of motivation:
a) Press refer to the degree of a given action can satisfy a need.
b) motives refer to external influences.
c) Press refer to external influences.
d) Press refer to internal influences.
c) Press refer to external influences.
According to the modern conceptions, types are?
a) Distinct categories.
b) Discontinous dimensions.
c) Discontinous categories.
d) continous categories
d) continous categories.
Factor analytical investigations are eventually?
Correlation studies
Factor analysis?
a) Is an attempt to find patterns of associations in a set of variables.
b) is an attempt to find regularities in a set of variables.
c) All three are true.
d) Is essentially a more complex version of correlation analysis.
c) all three are true.
The extraverts?
a) Are easily aroused.
b) Have higher arousal levels.
c) Have higher ARAS activity.
d) Have lower arousal levels.
d) have lower arousal levels.
The lexical criterion of importance states that?
a) personality types are reflected in words.
b) The variable selection is the most important step of factor analysis.
c) the more words that apply to a trait the more it matters.
d) Any trait that matters is reflected in words of the lexicon.
c) the more words that apply to a trait the more it matters.
Factor loadings?
a) give the basis of personality.
b) Show the interaction of the factor and each item.
c) Give the basis of variable selection.
d) Give the basis of factor interpretation.
b) show the interaction of the factor and each item.
According to Carver-Scheier, one of the fundamental issues in personality psychology is?
a) Interpersonal functioning.
b) The basic dispositions of behaviour.
c) Intrapersonal functioning.
d) The phenomenology of behaviour.
c) intrapersonal functioning.
BIS express the level of?
a) Anxiety.
b) Introversion.
c) Reward-seeking.
d) Extraversion.
a) anxiety
The purpose of personality is?
a) prediction.
b) explain.
c) None.
d) Both of them.
d) Both of them.
The following terms are the same level of personality descriptions?
a) Factors.
b) Behaviour.
c) Traits.
d) all of them
d) All of them.
the term introvert was first introduced by?
a) Jung.
b) Eysenck.
c) Hippocrates.
d) Allport
a) Jung.
