Personality Research Approaches Quiz

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Which approach to studying personality focuses on describing the personality variables within an individual?

  • Variable approach
  • Theorist approach
  • Idiographic (correct)
  • Nomothetic

According to the text, which approach assumes the existence of a finite set of variables that can be used to describe human personality?

  • Collective
  • Idiographic
  • Nomothetic (correct)
  • Individualistic

Which approach sees each person as having a unique personality structure?

  • Idiographic (correct)
  • Individualistic
  • Collective
  • Nomothetic

According to the text, which approach focuses on establishing group averages and norms for variables?

<p>Nomothetic (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In personality research, which approach assumes that differences between individuals are greater than the similarities?

<p>Idiographic (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which approach aims to identify personality variables/traits that occur consistently across groups of people?

<p>Nomothetic (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of personality research, who would be interested in only one individual at a time?

<p>Theorists using idiographic approach (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good personality theory?

<p>Complexity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characteristic of a good theory refers to its ability to generate predictions that can be empirically tested?

<p>Empirical validity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which characteristic of a good theory emphasizes the need for it to be economical in the number of explanatory concepts included?

<p>Parsimony (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a good personality theory provide understanding of?

<p>The 'why' of behavior (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which characteristic of a good theory focuses on its practical usefulness and benefit in solving problems?

<p>Applied value (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a good personality theory help to simplify, identify, and clarify?

<p>'What' of behavior (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which characteristic of a good theory focuses on its ability to stimulate interest and research in an area?

<p>Heuristic value (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a good personality theory enable to be reliably measured?

<p>'How' of behavior (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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