Question 1

The Culture Fair Intelligence Test is designed to measure

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A)   the impact of culture on intelligence.
B)   crystallized intelligence.
C)   race differences in intelligence.
D)   fluid intelligence.

Question 2

Distinguish between surface traits and source traits. Give an example of each.

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Surface traits and source traits are two...

Question 3

Cattell derived data from

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A)   questionnaires.
B)   objective tests.
C)   life history records.
D)   all of the above

Question 4

Cattell defined personality as that which permits

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A)   prediction of what a person will do in a given situation.
B)   evaluation of the level of adjustment of a person.
C)   selection of an appropriate questionnaire.
D)   optimal assignment of individuals to jobs.

Question 5

Constitutional traits are largely determined by experience.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The primary function of Cattell's Institute for Personality and Ability Testing (IPAT)  was to

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A)   recommend students for remedial and accelerated programs.
B)   distribute psychological tests.
C)   lobby Congress for more funding for psychological testing.
D)   provide an alternative program for graduate study.

Question 7

The Big Five factors provide a model of

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A)   the major forms of mental disorders.
B)   the major factors of personality.
C)   the history of personality theory.
D)   the major criteria for evaluating personality theories.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is the best example of subsidiation?

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A)   Intelligence increases with age, up to a certain point.
B)   Males and females have different typical personality profiles.
C)   We must work in order to eat.
D)   Americans tend to be more relaxed than Europeans.

Question 9

The dynamic lattice shows

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A)   the impact of heredity.
B)   the subsidiary relationships among ergs and metaergs.
C)   intrapsychic conflict.
D)   personality profiles.

Question 10

Connie is imaginative and artistic, and more liberal and broadminded than most people. The factor that best describes her is

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A)   agreeableness
B)   extraversion
C)   openness
D)   neuroticism

Question 11

Currently, a popular alternative to Cattell's model proposes that there are __________ basic factors of personality.

Accepted Answer

A)   2
B)   3
C)   5
D)   8

Question 12

Sonya Sotomayor was diagnosed with Type I diabetes as a child. Her ability to keep the disease well controlled is probably the result of which personality factor?

Accepted Answer

A)   Neuroticism
B)   Agreeability
C)   Conscientiousness
D)   Extraversion

Question 13

The Culture Fair Intelligence Test is designed to measure crystallized intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Sonya Sotomayor's effort and sacrifice to excel as a student, a lawyer, and a judge is evidence of the
trait dimension of Agreeableness?

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Warmth, gregariousness, assertiveness, activity, excitement-seeking, and positive emotions are __________ of extraversion.

Accepted Answer

A)   invalidation
B)   facets
C)   opposites
D)   operational definitions

Question 16

Cattell thought that Q-data and L-data were separate factors of personality, uncorrelated with one
another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Two second-order factors on the 16PF are

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A)   Invia and Premsia.
B)   Intelligence and Superego Strength.
C)   Extraversion and Stability.
D)   Psychoticism and Neuroticism.

Question 18

Cattell defined personality as that which permits

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A)   adaptation to the social world.
B)   becoming all that we have the potential to become.
C)   the prediction of behavior.
D)   self-esteem and the respect of others.

Question 19

Cattell devised the MAVA in order to

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A)   investigate the contribution of heredity and the environment to personality.
B)   give clinicians a better diagnostic instrument.
C)   show that he could make clinical diagnoses based on an interview.
D)   have an alternative to self-report personality tests.

Question 20

Cattell's theory suggests that Einstein's intelligence can be attributed primarily to good early
education.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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