Deck 2: Personality and Politics

Question 1

In-groups are

A)Groups one belongs to
B)Groups one does not belong to
C)Groups in power
D)The hippest groups

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a Big Five personality trait dimension?

A)Defense mechanisms
B)Neuroticism
C)Extraversion
D)Agreeableness

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Motives are those aspects of a personality concerned with

A)Hidden intentions
B)Unconcious desires
C)Prejudices
D)Goals and goal - directed actions

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Operational Code links:

A)Personality traits with each other
B)Enjoyment of leadership with personality traits
C)Motives with beliefs
D)Affect and personailty

Question 5

Denial as a cognitive defense mechanism involves:

A)Denying the id
B)Denying reality
C)Denying random events
D)Denying irrationality

Question 6

Factor analysis identifies:

A)Which traqits cluster together
B)Which traits were left out of the study
C)Which traits are significant
D)Randomness

Question 7

Using the Barber Typology, George W. Bush would be classified as:

A)Passive-negative
B)Active-positive
C)Active-negative
D)Passive-positive

Question 8

Which is the moral arm or conscience of the personality according to Freud:

A)The ego
B)The id
C)The superego
D)All of the answers are correct

Question 9

To assess presidential characters, the Barter Typology employs:

A)Psychobiographies
B)Psychoanalysis
C)Profiling
D)LEAD

Question 10

Task-interpersonal emphasis refers to:

A)How strict a leader is
B)Getting the task done vs. focusing on feelings and needs of others
C)The same thing as cognitive complexity
D)The leader's core values

Question 11

Prior policy experience impacts:

A)Presidential style
B)All of the answers are correct
C)The nature of advisory group interactions
D)How forcefully a leader asserts his/her positions on policy issues

Question 12

According to altemeyer, one source of Right-Wing Authoritarianism is:

A)Childhood abuse
B)Genetic predisposition
C)Culture
D)Social learning

Question 13

Cardinal Traits

A)Are evident in everyone
B)Change easily
C)Dominate a person's life
D)Are only occasionally important

Question 14

One of the trait dimensions in the MBTI test is

A)High IQ vs. Low IQ
B)Judging vs. Perceiving
C)Thinking vs. Extroversion
D)Sensing vs. Thinking

Question 15

What types of twins are used to determine the connection between behavioral traits and genetics?

A)monozygotic
B)dizygotic
C)bizygotic
D)lizygotic

Question 16

Psychobiographies:

A)Are always psychoanalytic
B)Examine the life history of an indiviudal
C)Only examine personality disorders
D)Generally ignore the subject's early childhood

Question 17

In psychology, and political psychology, the term ""personality"":

A)Has never been defined
B)Is not definable
C)Has many definitions
D)Has only one definition

Question 18

Image theory examines the

A)Prestige of certain political actors
B)Cognitive organization of the political environment
C)Reputation one wants to have in politics
D)Candidate attraction

Question 19

Personalities influence politics when

A)The environment admits of restructuring
B)A leader's personality is strong
C)All of the answers are correct
D)A leader's official position is powerful

Question 20

Psycoanalytic theories

A)highlight the role of the unconcious in human behavior
B)Maintain that the personality is completely observalbe
C)Have not changed since Sigmund Freud's day
D)Are the only approach to personality and politics

Question 21

Personality traits

A)Change randomly
B)Are stable over time and place
C)Are unstable over time and place
D)Have little effect on the behavioral predispositions

Question 22

Which motive refers to a desire for imact and prestige?

A)Affiliation motive
B)Achievement motive
C)Power motive
D)All of the above

Question 23

Research on the authoritarian personality:

A)Is no longer being conducted
B)Is strictly psychoanalytical
C)Was revitalized by Bob Altemeyers's right wing authoritarian studies
D)Is clearly unrelated to anti-Semitism

Question 24

Compared to leaders low in cognitive complexity, cognitive complex leaders are:

A)Less able to differentiate the environment
B)More prone to quick decision making
C)Less interested in receiving negative feedback
D)More attentive to incoming informaiton

Question 25

Integrative complexity:

A)Focuses on both differentiation and integration
B)Is the same as cognitive complexity
C)Requires only that one have many distinct ideas on a subject
D)Requires prior policy experience

Question 26

The Operational Code distinguishes

A)Instrumental from Philosophical beliefs
B)Liberal from Conservative beliefs
C)Intelligence levels of leaders
D)Among secred code breaking techniques

Question 27

Barber's study of presidential character assesses Presidents'

A)Physical fitness
B)Intelligence
C)Personal satisfaction with presidential duties
D)Cognitive complexity

Question 28

Which of the following personality trait(s) do right-wing authoritarians have?

A)Right wing political ideologoes
B)All of the answers are correct
C)Anti-intraception
D)Authoritiarian submission

Question 29

Which motive refers to a concern with excellence and peak accomplishment?

A)Power motive
B)Achievement motive
C)Affiliation motive
D)None of the above

Question 30

Which Freddian personality element is inherited and includes instincts?

A)The superego
B)The ego
C)The phobia
D)The id

Question 31

According to Carolyn Funk et. Al. how much of political ideology can be attributed to genes?

A)0.4
B)0.25
C)0.58
D)0.8