Deck 6: Personality and Intelligence

Question 1

In the normal distribution curve of intelligence test scores, the mean IQ score is set at

A)110
B)100
C)90
D)what most people score

Answer 1

100

Question 2

In relation to the development of intelligence, the results of twin studies indicate that

A)genetic factors are more important than environmental factors
B)environmental factors are more important than genetic factors
C)neither genetic nor environmental factors are important
D)both genetic and environmental factors are important

Answer 2

both genetic and environmental factors are important

Question 3

If it is demonstrated that an intelligence test discriminates against certain ethnic groups, then it can be said that the test

A)is reliable
B)has used standardisation sample
C)is valid
D)has culture bias

Answer 3

has culture bias

Question 4

If an intelligence test measures consistently what it is supposed to be measuring each time it is used, then it is said that the test is

A)based on normal distribution
B)standardised
C)valid
D)reliable

Question 5

Weschler's intelligence tests were designed to test

A)verbal intelligence
B)non-verbal intelligence
C)crystallized and fluid intelligence
D)verbal and non-verbal intelligence

Question 6

Which of the following is not of Gardner's multiple intelligences?

A)spatial
B)linguistic
C)musical
D)creative

Question 7

According to Spearman, what does 'g' stand for?

A)general knowledge
B)group intelligence
C)green\s intelligence criteria
D)general intelligence

Question 8

Which are the main components of Speaman's two factor theory of intelligence?

A)visual ability
B)spatial ability
C)specific intelligence and general intelligence
D)emotional abilities and cognitive abilities

Question 9

Approximately how many trait words for personality are there in the English language?

A)18000
B)1000
C)10000
D)500

Question 10

When analyzing a past president to describe his personality by coding letters or speeches he has written, you are using a process called

A)big five
B)content analysis
C)personality assumptions
D)cognitive approach

Question 11

Ancient Greeks hypothesized that there were four different personality characteristic. they are

A)irritability, optimism, pessimism, calmness
B)calmness, depression, pessimism, irritability
C)depression, irritability, pessimism, optimism
D)irritability, depression, optimism, calmness

Question 12

In the Big Five personality dimensions, behaviours such as speaking fluently, displaying ambition, and exhibiting a high degree of intelligence is

A)agreeableness
B)openness
C)extraversion
D)conscientiousness

Question 13

Psychologists seek to understand Rob's personality through his thoughts, beliefs and their impact on his behaviour in certain situations. This is known as

A)trait approach
B)humanistic approach
C)cognitive approach
D)psychoanalytic approach

Question 14

Personality trait model that researches three factors: extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism, is called

A)eyesenck\s trait model
B)myers-briggs type indication
C)cattell\s 16 pf
D)big five

Question 15

What is the trait approach to personality?

A)assumes that people are motivated by unconscious emotional conflicts
B)assumes that each individual has stable personality characteristics
C)assumes that people\s thoughts and beliefs are central to personality
D)assumes that people are motivated by conflicts originating in childhood

Question 16

According to William Sheldon's theory of Personality, which one best describes a person who is sensitive and intellectual?

A)conservative
B)endomorph
C)mesomorph
D)ectomorph

Question 17

Eyesenck originally developed ___, a highly researched factor theory of personality.

A)interpersonal trait model
B)sixteen factor model
C)three factor model
D)big five

Question 18

The id, ego and superego can be best characterized as

A)part of neocortex
B)located in the occipital lobe
C)systems that make up personality
D)none of the above

Question 19

The attribution of one's own unacceptable urges or qualities to others

A)regression
B)repression
C)projection
D)denial

Question 20

People who rate high on the personality trait of ____ tend to be upbeat, optimistic and sociable.

A)introversion
B)neuroticism
C)extraversion
D)agreeableness

Question 21

A trait of personality that identifies extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness,conscientiousness and openness to experience as the fundamental building blocks ofpersonailty is

A)five factor model
B)16 personality factors
C)surface trait model
D)source trait model

Question 22

Proponents of trait theory include

A)karen horney, albert bandura
B)raymond cattell, hans eyesenck
C)alfred adler, raymond cattell
D)hans eyesenck, albert bandura