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1
Personality psychologists are more likely to attribute behavior to _________.
A)day to minute situation
B)enduring traits
C)cognitive displacement
D)overt emotionalism
2
A trait is best described as
A)a cluster of surface factors.
B)a temporary attitude toward a person or event.
C)a relatively permanent disposition of a person.
D)an environmentally determined hypothetical construct that shapes an individual's behavior and thought.
3
Mathematically, the technique of reducing a number of variables to a smaller number is called
A)induction.
B)the experimental method.
C)variance.
D)factor analysis.
4
Today most researchers who study personality traits agree that __, and only __, and no fewer than __ dominant traits continue to emerge from factor analytic techniques.
A)3
B)5
C)7
D)16
5
Which of the following statements is true?
A)Traits are of two kinds—dispositional and hypothetical.
B)Traits are more permanent than states.
C)Traits represent a broader concept than factors.
D)Traits cannot be extracted through the use of factor analysis.
6
Hans J. Eysenck insisted that only __ major factors can be discerned by a factor analytic approach.
A)3
B)5
C)16
D)18,000
7
Cattell and McCrae and Costa both used an (a) _________ of gathering data.
A)deductive method
B)comparison method
C)intuition method
D)inductive method
8
Cattell’s famous personality scale is called the _______.
A)NEO-Personality Inventory
B)FIRO-B
C)MBTI
D)16 PF Scale
9
The advocates of the Five-Factor Theory favor the _______ rotation of factor analysis.
A)orthogonal
B)triangulated
C)oblique
D)hexagonal
10
McCrae and Costa’s Five-Factor Model (FFM) can both ______ and _____ behavior.
A)forecast, foretell
B)predict, explain
C)identify, analyze
D)measure, hypothesize





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