Mid-Term: Quiz 5 Flashcards
High self-monitors are likely to be described as
skilled in social techniques
What method of research examines which traits are the most important?
essential-trait approach
Beyond simply pigeonholing individuals into convenient categories, measuring personality traits can be thought of as having two larger purposes. One is to predict behavior. Another is to
Understand Behavior
Young men who were depressed at age 18 were more likely to have been labeled at age 7 or age 3 with all the following characteristics EXCEPT?
Socially Awkward
What method of research focuses on the patterns of traits that characterize whole persons, rather than focusing on the traits directly?
Typological Approach
The __________ is the idea that the important aspects of human life will be labeled with words, and that if something is truly important and universal, many words for it will exist in all languages.
Lexical Hypothesis
What is the most important advantage of the Q-sorting method?
It forces a judge to compare all of the test items directly against each other within one individual
Using the typological approach, research has focused on which three personality types?
well-adjusted, overcontrolling, and undercontrolling
The concept of self-monitoring states that some individuals have very different “inner” and “outer” selves. __________ are individuals who really do vary in their inner and outer selves and who modulate their personalities greatly depending on their setting; __________ are largely the same outside as they are inside and do not vary much from one setting to another.
High self-monitors; low self-monitors
What method of research examines the behavior patterns of certain types of individuals?
Single-trait approach
Which of the Big Five personality traits is associated with a tendency to be cooperative?
Agreeableness
Research on narcissism has discovered a long list of negative behaviors associated with people who score high on narcissism. Which of the following is NOT one of those behaviors?
Maintaining long-term relationships
People who score high on the openness to experience/intellect trait are
Likely to play a musical instrument
Which trait refers to excess self-love?
Narcissism
Which of the Big Five Personality traits relate to being popular, sensitive to rewards, and happy?
Extraversion
According to Jack and Jeanne Block’s theory of personality as based on ego resilience and ego control, overcontrolled people tend to __________, while undercontrolled individuals are more prone to__________.
inhibit impulses; act on them immediately
According to psychologist Jonathan Haidt, conservatives are likely to strongly value
In-group Loyalty
What are the Big Five personality traits?
extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness
In a previous study, the use of certainty words (such as “exactly” or “absolutely”) was NOT found to be associated with which of the following characteristics?
Emotional Instability
What method of research seeks to explain the pattern of correlation between certain traits and specific behaviors?
Many-trait Approach
