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Husbands who score low on _____ have been found to be more likely to have extramarital affairs.


A) neuroticism
B) impulse control
C) dominance
D) extraversion

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Traits from the five-factor model have been found to


A) be only slightly stable in adulthood.
B) be moderately stable in adulthood.
C) lack stability in early adulthood.
D) have population stability in adulthood.

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American women's scores for _____ rose from 1931 to 1945 and also from 1968 to 1993.


A) domesticity
B) level of education
C) assertiveness
D) sensation seeking

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Individuals with a high level of _____ tend to cope better with the loss of a spouse.


A) dominance
B) impulse control
C) neuroticism
D) independence

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Men classified as being "explosive" children in a 40-year longitudinal study presented by Caspi and his colleagues in 1987 differed from the "nonexplosive" group by


A) earning more promotions for valor.
B) achieving lower military ranks.
C) earning more medals for bravery.
D) benefiting from military discipline.

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If you measure self-esteem every day for two weeks, you are probably most interested in


A) self-esteem level.
B) self-esteem variability.
C) possible selves.
D) feared selves.

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_____ are defined as the social times in which people live.


A) "Cohort effects"
B) "Generational effects"
C) "Historical byproducts"
D) "Longitudinal effects"

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Self-esteem variability is most correlated with


A) self-esteem level.
B) childhood temper tantrums.
C) depression.
D) activity level.

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A person who feels very good after receiving a compliment, but very bad after being insulted, would sore high on measures of


A) self-esteem.
B) self-esteem variability.
C) activity level.
D) both a and b.

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Trait neuroticism and negative affect scores tend to _____ from the freshman to senior years in college.


A) increase strongly
B) decrease strongly
C) remain stable
D) fluctuate wildly

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When Maria was a child she was always did her homework on time and was an excellent student.As an adult Maria is a highly organized business woman with a reputation for meeting deadlines.Maria's behavior throughout her life demonstrates


A) personality coherence.
B) mean level reliability.
C) rank order stability.
D) mean level stability.

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_____ been associated with greater stability of personality over time.


A) Marrying someone with a similar personality has
B) Marrying someone with a very different personality has
C) High levels of neuroticism have
D) Low levels of neuroticism have

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Correlations between the same measure taken at different points in time are called


A) validity coefficients.
B) stability coefficients.
C) mean level stability.
D) rank order stability.

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During adolescence, the self-esteem of _____ increases and the self-esteem of _____ decreases.


A) males; females
B) females; males
C) irritable persons; calm persons
D) calm persons; irritable persons

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When the average level of a trait remains constant over time, we observe


A) mean level change.
B) mean level stability.
C) rank order stability.
D) rank order instability.

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The trait of competence tends to _____ women.


A) decrease with age among
B) increase with age among
C) remain unchanged with age among
D) increase among married, but decrease among unmarried

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Which of the following aspects of temperament is probably most stable?


A) Activity level
B) Fear
C) Duration of orienting
D) Soothability

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"Personality coherence" refers to the predictable changes in


A) the outcomes of personality factors over time.
B) the mean level stability of personality traits
C) how much "common sense" a personality score makes.
D) the effects of rank-order stability over time.

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If we measured height from the age of 12 to 18, we would likely see high degrees of


A) mean level stability.
B) rank order stability.
C) rank order instability.
D) both A and B

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Which of the following has been associated with the later development of emotional disturbances in men?


A) High levels of neuroticism
B) Low levels of neuroticism
C) Low levels of impulse control
D) High levels of impulse control

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