Understanding Personality Theories and Types Quiz

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What do nurture advocates believe contributes to the totality of a person's personality and accomplishments?

  • Genetically based traits
  • Experiences and environmental factors (correct)
  • Natural endowments
  • Biological inheritance

According to the nature-nurture perspective, what is attributed to mainly biological, inborn tendencies and genetically based traits?

  • Emotional intelligence
  • Personality (correct)
  • Intelligence
  • Physical traits

Which perspective views the human person as a blank slate at birth?

  • Evolutionary theory
  • Nature-nurture
  • Nature advocates
  • Nurture advocates (correct)

What is responsible for the total personality of humans according to the text?

<p>Interaction between nature and nurture (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are physical characteristics such as height influenced according to the text?

<p>By both nature and nurture perspectives (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of personality development, what do nurture advocates believe about a person's achievements?

<p>Achievements are a result of interactions between genetics and environment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theory of personality focuses on the interaction between individual traits and situational influences?

<p>Trait Personality Theory (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theory of personality emphasizes the importance of self-actualization and personal growth?

<p>Humanistic Personality Theory (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Five-Factor Model, which of the following is NOT one of the five major dimensions of personality?

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

Defense mechanisms, such as repression and projection, are concepts primarily associated with which theory of personality?

<p>Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theory of personality focuses on how our environment and behavior interact to influence our personalities?

<p>Social Cognitive Theory of Personality (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe all the behaviors, interests, beliefs, thoughts, experiences, and traits that set an individual apart from everyone else?

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

Which type of personality is characterized by competitiveness, time urgency, and hostility?

<p>Type A personality (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which psychoanalytic theorist is known for his Theory of the mind, the structure of personality, and defense mechanisms?

<p>Sigmund Freud (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which factor model of personality includes openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism?

<p>The five-factor models of personality (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to how genes and the environment influence individual differences in behavior and traits?

<p>Nature vs. Nurture Debate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the individual's emotional and physical responses to situations?

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

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