Exam 14: Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory

A) quiet.
B) passive.
C) optimistic.
D) sober.
E) thoughtful.

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A) their resistance to change.
B) their separateness.
C) their flexibility.
D) their inflexibility.

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A) self-concept
B) external influences
C) characteristic adaptations
D) basic tendencies

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A) It must possess social relevance.
B) There must be psychometric evidence for its existence.
C) It must be identified through the inductive method.
D) It must relate to some reasonable theory of personality.
E) The factor must possess heritability.

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A) Cortical arousal and sensory stimulation levels match certain personality traits.
B) Identical twins are much more likely to have the same basic trait orientations.
C) Extraverts tend to think faster than introverts.
D) Introverts were found to outperform extraverts on tasks involving motoric response rates.

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Factor analysis is a mathematical techni...

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A) normal personalities only.
B) abnormal personalities only.
C) normal and abnormal personalities.
D) neither normal nor abnormal personalities.

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A) individuality
B) plasticity
C) structure
D) origin
E) development

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A) extraversion
B) neuroticism
C) psychoticism
D) superego

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A) the re-emergence in the 1970s of traits as the most viable explanation for personality.
B) the mentoring of Walter Mischel for both researchers.
C) serendipity and good fortune.
D) the large, well-established datasets of adults at the NIH in Baltimore,
E) Maryland.

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A) bipolar factors.
B) unique surface traits.
C) pathological factors.
D) surface traits.

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A) People in different parts of the world have different types of personality.
B) People tend to change their personality patterns as they age.
C) Identical twins have more similar personalities than fraternal twins reared together.
D) Identical twins and fraternal twins reared together are equally similar in their personalities.

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A) people with a helpless, hopeless attitude tended to die more from cancer than from heart disease.
B) people who reacted to frustration with anger and emotional arousal tended to die more from cancer than from heart disease.
C) people who regarded their own autonomy as important had high death rates from both cancer and heart disease.
D) no relationship existed between personality factors and disease.

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A) unipolar
B) dichotomous
C) unpredictable
D) bipolar

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A) Cyril Burt and Charles Spearman.
B) R.B.Cattell and B.F.Skinner.
C) Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler.
D) E.L.Thorndike and Julian Rotter.

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A) extraversion is related to more negative moods in the face of stressors.
B) neuroticism is related to more positive, but also more unstable, moods.
C) people's actions can subvert their predispositions to certain behaviors.
D) acting extraverted does not raise positive moods in the less extraverted.

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A) is found in their ability to organize knowledge.
B) lies in the high level of internal consistency between the two main theories.
C) lies in the parsimony of the theory, or the fewest number of explanatory factors possible.
D) is found in all of these.

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A) psychoticism and neuroticism.
B) psychoticism and superego.
C) proactivity and passivity.
D) punctuality and procrastination.

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