Psychology Quiz 13

Question 1

What statistical method did Raymond Cattell use to reduce the long list of personality
traits put forth by Allport and Odbert? This statistical method looks at how certain
personality traits correlate with one another.
a. factor analysis
b. general linear modeling
c. multiple regression
d. chi-square analysis
e. MANOVA

Answer 1

a. factor analysis

Question 2

According to Karl Popper, which of the following is necessary for true science?
a. justification
b. organization
c. interpretation
d. falsifiability
e. understandability

Answer 2

d. falsifiability

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT part of the Big Five personality model?
a. openness to experience
b. extraversion
c. agreeableness
d. narcissism
e. conscientiousness

Answer 3

d. narcissism

Question 4

Ashton et al. (2004) suggested adding which of the following personality trait to the Big
Five personality model?
a. honesty-humility
b. friendliness
c. modesty
d. compulsive
e. assertive-submissive

Answer 4

a. honesty-humility

Question 5

A client in a therapist’s office is shown an ambitious but realistic drawing. The drawing
contains a person, and the client is asked to make up a story about what they see in the
drawing and what they think the person is doing or thinking. This is a description of the:
a. Rorschach ambiguity test (RAT)
b. thematic apperception test (TAT)
c. Stanford drawing personality test (SDPT)
d. functional interpretation personality test (FIPT)
e. model-identification personality assessment (MIPA)

Answer 5

b. thematic apperception test (TAT)

Question 6

Scoring high on which two personality traits correlate with high marital satisfaction and
quality?
a. extraversion and narcissism
b. extraversion and agreeableness
c. neuroticism and conscientiousness
d. neuroticism and narcissism
e. agreeableness and conscientiousness

Answer 6

e. agreeableness and conscientiousness

Question 7

Vukasovic and Bratko (2015) conducted a meta-analysis of 134 studies examining the
relationship between genetics and personality. They found that about ___________
percent of individual differences in personality were due to genetics.
a. 10
b. 40
c. 70
d. 90
e. 95

Answer 7

b. 40

Question 8

Freidman and Rosenman found that people with Type-A personalities were at greater
risk for:
a. forming an addiction to alcohol
b. developing cardiovascular diseases
c. forming an addiction to gambling
d. developing pancreatic cancer
e. getting divorced

Answer 8

d. developing pancreatic cancer

Question 9

Zimbardo and Boyd (2008) developed a measure of a person’s _____________________,
which is what people think about the past, present, and future. This measure is linked
to other measures of personality.
a. time estimate
b. time reflection
c. time personality
d. time perspective
e. time contemplation

Answer 9

d. time perspective

Question 10

The ___________ is our tendency to overestimate the likelihood that we will experience
positive events in the future and underestimate possible factors leading to negative
events or failure.
a. confirmation bias
b. optimism fallacy
c. self-deceptive fallacy
d. optimism bias
e. self-efficacy bias

Answer 10

d. optimism bias