Psychology 2T

Personality part 2

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  1. The field of ______ studies the role of inherited traits in personality.
  1. behavioral genetics
  1. Twin studies have found that identical twins are more similar than fraternal twins or unrelated people in certain aspects of personality such as what?
  1. intelligence, leadership, tendency to follow rules, assertiveness, and aggressiveness.
  1. Adoption studies have supported some of these findings and have suggested a biological basis for what two?
  1. shyness and aggressiveness.
  1. In an attempt to describe “national personalities,” Who conducted a cross-cultural study for IBM which resulted in a description of each country along four basic dimensions?
  1. Geert Hofstede
  1. The dimensions Hofstede observed were what?
  1. individualism/collectivism, power distance, masculinity/femininity, and uncertainty avoidance.
  1. Methods for assessing personality have been developed based on specific theories of personality as well as the various goals of what?
  1. classification, self-insight, and the diagnosis of psychological disorders.
  1. An _____ is a method of personality assessment in which the professional asks questions of the client and allows the client to answer in either a structured or unstructured manner.

  1. Interview.
  1. Interviews are limited by the fact that clients can lie, intentionally or unintentionally, and the interviewers can bring their own biases into their interpretations including the _____, which is the tendency of a person’s first impression to influence later assessments.
  1. halo effect
  1. Psychoanalysts have developed ______ in an attempt to assess a person’s unconscious conflicts or desires by having them _____ onto an ambiguous visual stimulus.
  1. projective tests and projected
  1. Two of the most commonly used projective tests are the _________ and the _________ or ____.
  1. Rorschach inkblot test and Thematic Apperception Test or TAT.
  1. Projective tests are highly ______ and have been found to have very low reliability and validity.
  1. Subjective
  1. A behaviorist would be more likely to measure personality by what?
  1. individual’s actions.
  1. In _______, the psychologist would observe an individual in a specific setting and record his or her behaviors through the use of a _____ or a ______.
  1. direct observation, rating scale frequency count.
  1. Critics of this approach have pointed out the possibility for both the ________ and ______.
  1. effect and observer bias.
  1. Trait theorists would be most likely to use a _____, which consists of a questionnaire that has a standard list of questions that require specific answers such as “yes” or “no.”
  1. personality inventory