Theories of Personality Understanding Persons 6th Edition By Susan – Test Bank

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Theories of Personality Understanding Persons 6th Edition By Susan C. Cloninger – Test Bank

Theories of Personality, 6e (Cloninger)

Chapter 7

Multiple Choice

1) Mother Teresa’s sense of charity for others is an example of what type of trait?

A) cardinal

B) central

C) secondary

D) elusive

Answer: A

Difficulty: 1, p. 127

Question Type: Conceptual

2) Allport’s theory emphasized the development of the unified person and therefore his theory is called

A) analytical.

B) unconscious-oriented.

C) personological.

D) client-centered.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 128

Question Type: Factual

3) Allport grew up in

A) Vienna.

B) the American Midwest.

C) India.

D) an orphanage.

Answer: B

Difficulty: 3, p. 129

Question Type: Factual

4) When Allport met Freud, what happened?

A) Freud analyzed Allport’s dreams.

B) Freud experienced a powerful countertransference.

C) Allport thought that Freud misunderstood him.

D) Allport proposed that he develop a test to measure Freudian defense mechanisms.

Answer: C

Difficulty: 2, p. 129

Question Type: Factual

5) Which of the following is not a major theme in Allport’s work?

A) psychosis

B) consistency of personality

C) social influence

D) the self

Answer: A

Difficulty: 2, p. 130

Question Type: Factual

6) Allport’s theory of personality emphasizes

A) consistency.

B) the self.

C) social influence.

D) all of the above

Answer: D

Difficulty: 2, p. 130

Question Type: Conceptual

7) Allport’s saying, “The same heat that melts the butter hardens the egg” illustrates

A) the danger of drugs.

B) the interaction of personality and situations.

C) genetic influence.

D) determinism.

Answer: B

Difficulty: 2, p. 130

Question Type: Conceptual

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