Exam Questions
Sample Exam 3
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. According to the five-factor model of personality, people who score high in ____ are characterized as outgoing, sociable, upbeat, friendly, and assertive.
a.
neuroticism
b.
extraversion
c.
conscientiousness
d.
openness to experience
____ 2. People high in _________ tend to have a more positive outlook on life while people high in _________ tend to be more impulsive.
a.
neuroticism; psychoticism
b.
extraversion; neuroticism
c.
conscientiousness; extraversion
d.
openness to experience; extraversion
____ 3. According to the five-factor model of personality, people who score high in ____ tend to be diligent, disciplined, well organized, and punctual.
a.
neuroticism
b.
extraversion
c.
conscientiousness
d.
agreeableness
____ 4. When people give a false but plausible excuse to justify their unacceptable behavior, they are using
a.
reaction formation.
b.
displacement.
c.
rationalization.
d.
projection.
____ 5. Under stress, a college student cries and throws things. The behavior of the student is an example of
a.
regression.
b.
reaction formation.
c.
displacement.
d.
immaturity.
____ 6. Freud used the term "sexual" in his psychosexual stages of development to mean
a.
genital sexual impulses.
b.
any pleasure-giving urge.
c.
general sexual feelings.
d.
none of these things
____ 7. Graham is a 25-year-old male who is extremely anxious about any type of sexual activity. According to Freud's view of personality development, this anxiety may have arisen from
a.
fixation at the genital stage of psychosexual development.
b.
excessive punishment during his toilet training as a toddler.
c.
improper weaning from the bottle when he was an infant.
d.
an unresolved crisis during the latency stage of psychosexual development.
____ 8. Rosalind is an impulsive child who seldom
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. According to the five-factor model of personality, people who score high in ____ are characterized as outgoing, sociable, upbeat, friendly, and assertive.
a.
neuroticism
b.
extraversion
c.
conscientiousness
d.
openness to experience
____ 2. People high in _________ tend to have a more positive outlook on life while people high in _________ tend to be more impulsive.
a.
neuroticism; psychoticism
b.
extraversion; neuroticism
c.
conscientiousness; extraversion
d.
openness to experience; extraversion
____ 3. According to the five-factor model of personality, people who score high in ____ tend to be diligent, disciplined, well organized, and punctual.
a.
neuroticism
b.
extraversion
c.
conscientiousness
d.
agreeableness
____ 4. When people give a false but plausible excuse to justify their unacceptable behavior, they are using
a.
reaction formation.
b.
displacement.
c.
rationalization.
d.
projection.
____ 5. Under stress, a college student cries and throws things. The behavior of the student is an example of
a.
regression.
b.
reaction formation.
c.
displacement.
d.
immaturity.
____ 6. Freud used the term "sexual" in his psychosexual stages of development to mean
a.
genital sexual impulses.
b.
any pleasure-giving urge.
c.
general sexual feelings.
d.
none of these things
____ 7. Graham is a 25-year-old male who is extremely anxious about any type of sexual activity. According to Freud's view of personality development, this anxiety may have arisen from
a.
fixation at the genital stage of psychosexual development.
b.
excessive punishment during his toilet training as a toddler.
c.
improper weaning from the bottle when he was an infant.
d.
an unresolved crisis during the latency stage of psychosexual development.
____ 8. Rosalind is an impulsive child who seldom