CHAPTER 13 Personality

CHAPTER 13 Personality

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Your textbook’s definition of personality states that the uniqueness of an individual is characterized by:
2. a) feelings and actions
3. b) ego and superego.
4. c) psychological characteristics and behavior patterns.
5. d) temperament and environment.
6. e) culture and intelligence.

ANS: c                         TOP:  MOD: 13.1               REF: Intro            MSC: factual       

OBJ: 1-Define the concept of personality.                          KEY: Define/Describe

2. Your text describes the uniqueness of personality with respect to the ways in which a person:
3. a) thinks about the world around him/her.
4. b) expresses him/herself.
5. c) adjusts to stressful situations.
6. d) has been parented.
7. e) relates to the world and adapts to environmental demands

ANS: e                         TOP:  MOD: 13.1               REF: Intro            MSC: factual       

OBJ: 1-Define the concept of personality.                          KEY: Define/Describe

3. According to the text, personality:
4. a) is always growing and developing.
5. b) only changes when one must adapt to one’s environment.
6. c) is stable across the lifespan.
7. d) is relatively stable.
8. e) undergoes changes at each developmental stage.

ANS: d                        TOP:  MOD: 13.1               REF: Intro            MSC: factual       

OBJ: 1-Define the concept of personality.                          KEY: Define/Describe

4. Which of the following represents the BEST definition of personality?
5. a) The relatively stable set of psychological characteristics and behavior patterns that make individuals unique and account for the consistency of their behavior over time
6. b) The combination of temperament and adaptations one makes to the environment that accounts for the uniqueness of an individual
7. c) The constellation of behavioral, temperament, emotional and mental attributes that one has acquired in life
8. d) The roles one adopts in relating to others that makes a person or thing distinct from another
9. e) Enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself

ANS: a                        TOP:  MOD: Intro              REF: Intro            MSC: conceptual

OBJ: 1-Define the concept of personality.                          KEY: Define/Describe        NOT: WWW

5. Freud developed the ___________ theory of personality.
6. a) psychoanalytic
7. b) trait
8. c) social-cognitive
9. d) humanistic
10. e) levels of consciousness

ANS: a                        TOP:  MOD: 13.1               REF: The Psychodynamic Perspective           MSC: factual

KEY: Identify