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1
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What is personality?

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A person’s unique long-term pattern of thinking and behavior.

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What does stability in personality mean?

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Consistency in how people respond over time and across situations.

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What are personality traits?

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Internal, psychological predispositions to behave in a certain way.

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What did Gordon Allport do to study personality traits?

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Looked for words in the English language that could describe people.

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What are individual traits according to Allport?

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traits unique to a person.

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Which type of trait is described as pervasive and influential in almost every aspect of a person’s life?

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Cardinal traits.

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who is an example of a person with cardinal traits?

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Mother Teresa.

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How did Raymond Cattell reduce the list of traits created by Allport?

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Reduced it to 16 factors.

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What did Cattell propose about the 16 factors?

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They vary from low to high.

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Why did Cattell use factor analysis?

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to identify the essential mental elements (traits) of personality.

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What is factor analysis?

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assessing the relationship between measurements taken from a group to determine common factors.

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If two subscales of a personality test show a high correlation, what does it mean?

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They are similar or related aspects of personality.

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What is the relationship between personality traits and stability?

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Traits can and do change over time, but within limits.

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When a person’s behavior is determined primarily by one trait, it is called:

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A cardinal trait.

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Which dimension represents being outgoing and social?

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Social assertiveness.

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Which dimension describes being open-minded and experimental?

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Openmindedness.

17
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Which dimension represents being disorganized and casual?

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Perfectionism.

18
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Which dimension relates to being stable and calm?

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Emotional stability.

19
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What are common traits according to Allport?

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Traits shared by many people.

20
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Give an example of a common trait:

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A student’s nervousness before a speech.

21
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Which psychologist proposed two broad types of traits: individual traits and common traits?

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Gordon Allport.

22
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What are the three types of traits identified by Gordon Allport?

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Cardinal traits, central traits, and secondary traits.

23
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Which type of trait is the least important and is displayed inconsistently?

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Secondary traits.

24
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Which dimension describes being reserved and detached?

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Warmth.

25
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Which dimension represents being adventurous and spontaneous?

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Liveliness.

26
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Which dimension relates to being conscientious and organized?

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Dutifulness.

27
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What dimension represents being trusting and non-suspicious?

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Paranoia.

28
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What is the name of the personality assessment developed by Raymond Cattell based on the 16 factors?

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16PF (16 Personality Factors).

29
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Which factor dimension describes being confident and self-assured?

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Independence.

30
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Which dimension reflects being close-minded and traditional?

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Openmindedness.

31
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What is the primary purpose of factor analysis in the study of personality?

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To identify common factors or dimensions underlying personality traits.

32
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In factor analysis, what does a high correlation between two subscales of a test indicate?

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They are measuring related aspects of personality.

33
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True or False: According to the provided information, personality traits are completely rigid and unchanging throughout one’s life

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False. (Personality traits can and do change over time, but within limits.)

34
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Which type of trait dominates a person’s behavior to the extent that it touches almost every aspect of their life?

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Cardinal traits.

35
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Which theoretical approach emphasizes the role of internal, stable traits in defining personality?

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Trait theory.

36
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In trait theory, what are personality traits seen as?

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Internal, psychological predispositions to behave in a particular way.

37
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How did Gordon Allport identify words to describe people for his trait theory?

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He looked for words in the English language, primarily from dictionaries.

38
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Which psychologist reduced Gordon Allport’s list of traits to about 171 and organized them into 16 factors?

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Raymond Cattell.

39
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True or False: Raymond Cattell’s 16 factors of personality traits vary from low to high on each dimension.

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True. (Cattell proposed that these traits vary in a continuum from low to high.)

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