Allport's common traits are traits
A) uncovered by factor analytic techniques.
B) which are least theoretically interesting.
C) that many in a population share.
D) that are found in lower-class populations.
E) that are boring.
Question 2Mischel did not intend for cognitive-social learning person variables to take the place of traits.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 3What are the implications of mapping the human genome for dealing with disease?
What will be an ideal response?
Question 4The idiographic view emphasizes that
a. most people have many things in common.
b. when two people both possess a trait, that tends to mean the same thing.
c. a trait may be possessed by only one person.
d. a trait is possessed by many people.
Question 5Smoking and drinking have been linked to which of the following personality characteristics?
A) Alienation
B) Impulsivity
C) Rebelliousness
D) Aggressiveness
E) All of these
Question 6In his book Totem and Taboo, Freud traced the origin of civilization to the time when
A) the penis became a symbol of uncivilized behavior.
B) faces were carved into religious poles (phallic-like).
C) brothers came together and murdered the primal father of the tribe.
D) infantile amnesia characterized adults.
E) the first ape became lustful of his mother.
Question 7The behaviorist work of Skinner particularly bothered
A) Jung.
B) Allport.
C) Spearman.
D) Cattell.
E) Brown.
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