1. Psychologist John Holland was BEST known for
A. a research program that led to the development of
the Big 5.
B. a controversy regarding the primacy of states
versus traits.
C. a theory that occupational choice de
...
1. Psychologist John Holland was BEST known for
A. a research program that led to the development of
the Big 5.
B. a controversy regarding the primacy of states
versus traits.
C. a theory that occupational choice depends on
personality.
D. a tunnel linking New York and New Jersey, named in his
honor.
2. Relatively few personality tests seek to distinguish traits from states. One test that
does make this distinction is
A. the MMPI-2-
RF.
B. the
STAI.
C. the Self-Directed
Search.
D.the
CPI.
3. Takumi completes a self-report inventory of personality. Generalizing from what you
read in Chapter 12, the best person to ask to complete that same inventory to learn
about Takumi would be
A. a close family member of
Takumi.
B. a classmate or fellow employee of
Takumi.
C. someone who was just introduced to
Takumi.
D. None of
these
4. In the OSS blown bridge evaluation, assistants of the candidate being evaluated
A. were responsible for getting the necessary
parts.
B. were responsible for all of the "heavy
lifting."
C. might take command of the task at
any time.
D. did more to frustrate efforts than
help.
5. Pre-production legal work on the film The Three Faces of Eve entailed getting Eve
White, Eve Black, and Jane to sign contracts with the producer. The patient was asked
to elicit these three different personalities and then sign a contract. The signatures
on the three contracts were determined to be
A. completely different as a function of the
personality.
B. all pretty much the same according to a
graphologist.
C. all consistent with a fourth personality elicited by
the patient.
D. valid but only because the patient signed each contract
with an "X."
6. A key definitional difference between the terms personality trait and personality state
has to do with
A. the extent to which personality is viewed as a physical
attribute.
B. how stable over time the characteristic is
exhibited.
C. whether or not the characteristic is subject to a
halo effect.
D.the motivation of the person or persons doing
the rating.
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