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The textbook defines __________ as a set of behavioral and cognitive characteristics,traits,and predispositions that people use within different situations,contexts,and interactions,which contribute to differences among individuals.


A) Personality
B) Attitude
C) Beliefs
D) Religion

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Studies of indigenous personalities often use _______________________.


A) Nonstandardized methodologies
B) Measures that are equivalent between cultures
C) Valid and reliable measures
D) None of the above

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In contrast to the cultural and psychological anthropological approach,the cross-cultural approach tends to see personality as an _____ or _______ phenomenon that is equivalently relevant and meaningful in the cultures being compared.


A) Etic,universal
B) Emic,cultural
C) Emic,universal
D) Etic,cognitive

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Regarding indigenous personality descriptions from various cultures,which example is incorrectly matched?


A) Korea,cheong
B) India,hishkama karma
C) China,renqin
D) France,simpatia

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All Japanese relationships can be characterized by ____,which serves as a fundamental building block of Japanese culture and personality.


A) Cheong
B) Amae
C) Simpatia
D) Pakikisama

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The psychometric evidence typically used to demonstrate a measure's reliability and validity in a single culture involves ________,______,and ______,convergent and predictive validities,and reliability of the factor structures that comprise the various scales of the test.Which one of the following examples is not appropriate?


A) Examination of internal
B) Test-retest
C) Parallel forms reliabilities
D) All of the above

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Characteristic adaptations help to produce a ________,as well as ___________.For example,a person low in depression,with a facet of Neuroticism,may develop a low self-esteem,irrational perfectionistic beliefs,and pessimistic or cynical attitudes about the world.Fill in the blanks respectively


A) Basic Tendency,self-concept
B) Self-concept,specific behavior
C) Characteristic adaptation,basic tendency
D) Self-concept,adaptation basic tendency

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Which theory states that people from all cultures share basic psychological needs for autonomy,competence,and relatedness,but that the specific ways in which these needs are met and expressed differ according to context and culture.


A) Universal theory
B) Cultural construct theory
C) Social learning theory
D) Self-determination theory

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What is the term indicating a characteristic or quality that distinguishes a person?


A) Trait
B) Uniqueness
C) Tendency
D) Preference

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Personality is believed to be relatively stable across time and consistent across ______,______ and ______.Which one is not appropriate in the statement?


A) Contexts
B) Situations
C) Interactions
D) Conflicts

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What is the last level of a hierarchical model?


A) Evolved motive dispositions
B) Personal strivings
C) Concerns,projects,tasks
D) Specific action units

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According to Markus and Kitayama (1998),culture and personality are not separate entities,but part of a mutually constituted system in which each creates and maintains the other.

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The __________ view of personality attributes more importance to the learning of psychological mechanisms and personality through cultural practices,than to biological and evolutionary factors.


A) Evolutionary
B) Cultural specific
C) Anthropological
D) None of the above

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Traits such as conscientiousness,neuroticism,and the other components of the FFM are considered to reflect stable variations in systems that serve critical adaptive functions.Which of the following is related to conscientiousness?


A) Emotional stability
B) Affect intensity
C) Depression
D) Motivation

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Cross-cultural research on the validity of the Five Factor Model conducted in different countries and cultures has continued to _________ claims of universality.


A) Refute
B) Support

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Which one of the following statement is not true in terms of culture?


A) Culture can substantially influence the characteristic adaptations through the resources,social structures,and social systems available in a specific environment to help achieve goals
B) Culture can influence values on various personality traits
C) Culture defines context and provides differential meaning to the components of context,including who is involved
D) Culture is not related to adaptations

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Hofstede,Bond,and Luk (1993) analyzed data from 1,300 individuals in Denmark and the Netherlands,and found six personality dimensions.Five of these were related to the FFM; the sixth,however,was not.The researchers labeled this "___________."


A) Authoritarianism
B) Perfecticism
C) Narcissism
D) Passivism

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Which of these is not an approach to understanding personality?


A) Freud's psychoanalytic approach
B) Jung and Adler's neoanalytic approach
C) Skinner's behavioral approach
D) Malinowski's cultural approach

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Which one is not true in terms of the FFM?


A) The FFM may apply to nonhuman primates as well
B) The FFM can predict variations in behavior among individuals in longitudinal studies
C) The FFM suggests that personality traits that underlie basic tendencies are culturally based
D) The FFM suggests that the universal personality traits representing basic tendencies are expressed in characteristic ways

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