Question 1

Objective tests of personality are frequently used to help

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A)   place the right person in the right community setting
B)   in the diagnosis of psychological disorders
C)   attorneys determine the validity of eyewitness testimony
D)   bankers make decisions about granting loans to applicants

Question 2

Changes in gender roles with age do not seem to be related to

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A)   culture
B)   parenthood
C)   cohort
D)   gender

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the dimensions in the five-factor theory?

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A)   neuroticism
B)   agreeableness
C)   conscientiousness
D)   rigidity

Question 4

Why might the stability of traits result in difficulties in adjusting to old age? Which traits are positively or negatively related to a fear of aging?

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Question 5

Erikson's major disagreement with Freud was that

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A)   Freud relied too much on sex
B)   Freud didn't rely enough on sex
C)   Erikson didn't believe in ego
D)   Erikson believed that personality developed throughout life

Question 6

Bert smokes and has been told by his parents that it is dangerous for your health. Bert says his parents are wrong and that there is no evidence to show that smoking is bad for you. Bert's strategy is considered a form of

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A)   assimilation
B)   accommodation
C)   immunization
D)   recconstruction

Question 7

When personality trait differences have been found for different aged adults they usually turn out to be

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A)   gender differences
B)   cohort differences
C)   due to measurement error
D)   true age differences

Question 8

Do traits change with age?

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A)   no
B)   yes, traits change a little
C)   yes some traits do but others do not
D)   all traits change a lot

Question 9

A person who is very practical, traditional, and set in their ways would probably score low on measures of which trait?

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

Question 10

Describe Erikson's three stages of adult personality development. Describe some research that has tested Erikson's predictions.

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Question 11

In this chapter's Senior View, Tolly Kleckley told us that personality

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A)   mostly stays the same as you age
B)   changes quite a lot as you age
C)   changes more for men than for women
D)   doesn't change at all no matter how long you live

Question 12

Some research has found a positive relationship between oral self-care and

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A)   extraversion
B)   neuroticism
C)   openness
D)   all of the above

Question 13

For older adults but not younger adults, control in the form of ____ is positively related to well-being.

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A)   reappraising the situation
B)   primary control
C)   emotion management
D)   lowering aspirations

Question 14

Erikson suggested that people who do not achieve generativity, experience

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A)   isolation
B)   stagnation
C)   role confusion
D)   despair

Question 15

Which trait has been found to show some increase with age?

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A)   extraversion
B)   openness
C)   agreeableness
D)   all of the above

Question 16

Research on generativity generally shows that

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A)   old adults are very generative
B)   young and old adults are about equal in generativity
C)   middle-aged adults are very generative
D)   middle-aged and old adults are about equal in generativity

Question 17

One of the stronger predictors of mortality is

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A)   a high level of neuroticism
B)   an increase in neuroticism
C)   a decrease in neuroticism
D)   an up and down pattern of neuroticism

Question 18

An important factor in determining whether or not a person constructs a life story is that person's

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A)   age
B)   perceived control
C)   type of identity
D)   sense of responsibility

Question 19

One's awareness of self-identity seems to

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A)   diminish as one grows older
B)   increase as one grows older
C)   be unrelated to one's age
D)   be a function of one's life story

Question 20

Researchers have found that control in the form of ______ is negatively related to well-being for adults of all ages.

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A)   reappraising the situation
B)   primary control
C)   emotion management
D)   lowering aspirations

Exam 9: Personality

Describe Erikson's three stages of adult personality development. Describe some research that has tested Erikson's predictions.

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