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Example Question #461 : Ap Psychology
Which of the following is not one of the Big 5 Personality Factors?
Warmth
Neuroticism
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Warmth
The Big 5 personality factors are conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, and extraversion. To remember the Big 5, you can use the acronym CANOE!
Example Question #462 : Ap Psychology
People who are high in Extraversion on the Big Five personality traits tend to have a high need for __________.
attention and social interaction
new experiences
familiar experiences
isolation and alone time
attention and social interaction
People who score high on Extraversion in the Big Five personality traits tend to have a need for social interaction and attention. This is the counterpart to introversion, which correlates with a high need for alone time. While an extremely extraverted person may be more likely to have a high need for new experiences, this is not as directly relevant to the main aspects of extraversion, which have to do with the personal need for social interaction.
The other four of the Big Five personality traits are Openness, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.
Example Question #463 : Ap Psychology
People who score high on Conscientiousness on the Big Five tend to have a strong need for __________.
social interaction and attention
alone time
following rules and completing tasks
creative stimulation
following rules and completing tasks
People who score high on Conscientiousness on the Big Five personality traits tend to have a strong need for completing tasks and following rules. These people tend to get along well in large groups as they have also tend to have a high regard for social norms.
Example Question #61 : Personality
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is a standardized test commonly used to assess personality and which of the following?
Cognitive maturity
Professional aptitude
General intelligence
Psychopathology
Psychopathology
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a psychometric test that is often used to detect personality traits and psychopathological tendencies. It consists of a long series of statements such as "I never seem to get enough sleep" that the subject endorses by marking "True" or does not endorse by marking "False." It was created by administering a large list of these "I..." statements to individuals who were known to have mental illnesses before they took the test; analysts then ran statistical tests to find the test items that were often endorsed by individuals with a certain illness. The modern test uses the test-taker's answering patterns to detect personality traits that may be associated with a mental illness. Answering patterns are also analyzed for possible intentional deceit (i.e. answering two similar questions oppositely) or hypochondriasis.
Example Question #12 : Assessing And Classifying Personality
Which of the following classifies personality based on Carl Jung's personality types?
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
Astrology
Conners 3
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. By using Jung's research on personality types, the MBTI is able to classify people into 16 different personality categories.
Example Question #62 : Personality
What is an instance of reaction formation?
Forming an improper reaction due to displacement of certain emotions onto a different object
When someone consistently displays affection towards another, but unconsciously dislikes them
When someone reacts in a regressive or infantile way to a situation
When someone forms a rationalization of an unpleasant event in order to reduce its stressful impact
When someone consistently displays affection towards another, but unconsciously dislikes them
Reaction formation is one of the more subtle defense mechanisms and can be a bit difficult to define. Essentially, one may feel an emotion unconsciously, and then express behaviors that reflect its opposite. For instance, one may continually express altruistic beliefs, but in actuality be motivated by selfishness. One may feel animosity towards another, but express affection and love towards them.
Example Question #62 : Motivation, Emotion, And Personality
Which term describes the interacting influences between personality and environmental factors?
Refraction
Repression
Cycle of evocation
Regression
Reciprocal determinism
Reciprocal determinism
Reciprocal determinism depicts the interacting influences between personality and environmental factors. Thus, we choose to place ourselves in certain environments based on our personality, and those environments influence our behavior and the way we think.
Example Question #61 : Personality
Which of the following is NOT an example of a projective test?
Draw-A-Person test
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Picture arrangement test
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Word association test
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Projective tests, such as the TAT, Word association, Rorschach inkblot, and Draw-A-Person, are used to examine hidden emotions and internal conflicts. These methods are rooted in psychoanalytic theories of personality. The MMPI is a widely-used psychometric personality test used for diagnoses, job screenings, or legal reasons.
Example Question #64 : Personality
Which of the following is not part of Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory of personality?
Reaction Formation
The Superego
Ectomorphs
Oral Fixation
Penis Envy
Ectomorphs
All of these are part of Freud's theory except for ectomorphs. Ectomorphs are a part of William Sheldon's (largely discredited) Somatotype theory of personality in which there are three body types, each being associated with certain personality traits.
Example Question #2 : Personality Changes And Growth
Sally blames her failing test grade on bad luck. Sally has a(n) __________.
reciprocal locus of control
external locus of control
internal locus of control
self-actualized personality
determined locus of control
external locus of control
When people have an external locus of control, it means that they are likely to believe that luck and outside forces determine what happens. This is the opposite of an internal locus of control, which means that one feels that he/she is responsible for that which happens to him/her. The other answer choices are not terms referring to loci of control.