Chapter 3 Multiple Choice

The nature/nurture debate reflects which of the following statements?
1. the degree to which genetics and/or environment influence personality
2. the degree to which a good upbringing can overcome hereditary personality weaknesses
3. the degree to which genetic engineering can overcome environmental forces in personality development
4. the relative importance of family and/or education plays in personality development
According to Jung’s cognitive styles, Gary is a sensing-thinking individual. He is probably best suited to the occupation of:
1. psychologist
2. accountant
3. artist
4. corporate planner
According to Eysenck, an introverted person would be likely to be which of the following?
1. passive and careful
2. calm, reserved and moody
3. reserved and moody
4. quiet and retiring
According to the Jungian approach to personality, the basic preference that reflects what we pay attention to, or how we prefer to gather information, is:
1. extraversion/introversion
2. sensing/intuiting
3. attention/facts
4. judging/perceiving
Risner suggests that people at work can be categorized as being of one of four types, based on animal names. Which of the following is not one of the animal names used in Risner’s model?
1. donkey
2. monkey
3. elephant
4. dolphin
Idiographic approaches to personality are based on which of the following?
1. self awareness rather than psychometric measurement
2. self concept as measured by psychometric tests
3. self concept rather than psychometric measurement
4. self belief rather than psychometric measurement
Emotional intelligence, as an ability, does not contain one of the following branches. Which is it?
1. use emotions to facilitate thinking
2. manage emotions so as to achieve specific goals
3. perceive emotions accurately in self and others
4. understand emotional outburst in others and the signals conveyed by them
Which of the following is not one of the "Big Five" personality dimensions?
1. agreeableness
2. tolerance for ambiguity
3. openness to experience
4. emotional stability
Freud’s theory on personality has been questioned because of all but one of the following, which one?
1. lack of data and statistical analysis
2. it only reflects sexual dysfunction
3. the sample base on which it was developed was not representative of the general population
4. the terms used lack clear definition
Which of the following is NOT an example of the steps used in developing a psychometric test?
1. development of appropriate test items
2. subjecting the test to various reliability and validity assessments
3. development of administrative arrangements for the testing process
4. development of advertising literature aimed at recruitment managers