Personality Quiz

#1. The 5-factor model of personality __.

Is considered to be a dependable means of quantifying the essence of personality.

Claims to measure five independent personality traits.

Allows for numerous different personality types to exist.

All of these.

#2. Personality traits generally refer to the __ in the way individuals behave, feel, and think.

General patterns.

Inconsistent manner.

Consistent patterns.

Conflicting manner.

#3. believed that traits are the core personality traits.

Eysenck, cardinal.

Cattell, central.

Allport, secondary.

Allport, central.

#4. One of the main differences between the personality theories of Allport and Eysenck is that __.

Eysenck did not believe in traits.

Allport narrowed the core of personality down to three traits.

Eysenck was a behaviourist who believed in the inheritance of personality traits.

2 and 3.

#5. Hans Eysenck believed that __.

Four different traits account for the many different types of personalities.

Three different traits account for the many different types of personalities.

A person is either an introvert or an extrovert.

Personality can be summarised by 16 factors (traits).

#6. The theories of Hans Eysenck and Raymond Cattell are similar in that __.

They both agree that personality traits exist on a continuum.

They both agree that personality traits can be measured.

They both agree that people possess cardinal traits, central traits and secondary dispositions.

1 and 2.

#7. Behaviourist approaches to personality __.

Believe that people behave in the same manner at all times.

Assume that life experiences shape us.

Place a lot of emphasis on internal thought.

Believe that human behaviour is not quantifiable.

#8. Classical conditioning is a type of which is associated with .

personality, Ivan Pavlov.

learning, Burrus Skinner.

personality, Burrus Skinner.

learning, Ivan Pavlov.

#9. According to Burrhus Skinner __.

Personality is viewed as a behaviour.

Freud’s theory of personality is inaccurate.

Behaviour is shaped on the basis of its consequences.

All of these.

#10. George Kelly’s theory of personality believed that .

Psychoanalytic, personality is influenced by unconscious processes.

Behaviourist, personality is affected by conditioning.

Cognitive, people interpret their own experiences in their own way.

Trait, traits explain why people respond differently to each situation.

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