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6. Individuals who have lower levels of ____ tend to be more stable & emotionally resilient

  • Openness
  • Agreeableness
  • Neuroticism
  • Extroversion

7. Research found that there was NO correlation between psychoticism and ____:

  • Conscientiousness
  • Openness
  • Agreeableness
  • Neuroticism

8. Hassin & Trope (2000) found that university undergraduates believe personality can be judged from _____:

  • Eye colour
  • Facial appearance
  • Hair colour
  • Age

9. A stressful event occurs at the local school. According to Bolger & Zuckerman (1995), which employees would have the strongest negative reaction?

  • Employees with high levels of neuroticism
  • Employees with low levels of agreeableness
  • Employees with high levels of conscientiousness
  • Employees with low levels of conscientiousness

10. Who created the "OCEAN" model?

  • Skinner
  • Costa & McCrae
  • Allport
  • Eysenck

11. Amelie loves to plan ahead, think about how her behaviour affects others & is mindful of deadlines. What personality dimension would she score highly in?

  • Conscientiousness
  • Agreeableness
  • Openness
  • Neuroticism

12. Who proposed the HEXACO model?

  • Ashton & Lee
  • Schmidt & Hunter
  • Paunonen & Jackson
  • McCrae & Costa

13. Which personality dimension is the strongest correlate of exam performance?

  • Openness
  • Neuroticism
  • Conscientiousness
  • Extroversion

14. Ashton & Lee (2005) suggested “____” factor should be added

  • Manipulativeness
  • Honesty - humility
  • Seductiveness
  • Somber - humorous

15. The _____ is a concise measure of the five major domains of personality, as well as the six traits/facets that define each domain.

  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
  • Keirsey Temperament Sorter
  • NEO-PI-R
  • Thematic Apperception Test

16. Amber loves being social and is known to be very emotionally expressive & assertive. According to the "Big 5" what trait would she be?

  • Conscientiousness
  • Extraversion
  • Neuroticism
  • Openness
  • Agreeableness

17. Joe dislikes structure & tends to procrastinate on important tasks. According to the "Big 5" he has low levels of:

  • Conscientiousness
  • Neuroticism
  • Agreeableness
  • Openness

18. Nurses, mental health workers & primary school teachers are most likely to have levels of:

  • Agreeableness
  • Neuroticism
  • Conscientiousness
  • Extraversion

19. Which factor in the "Big 5" has the least consensus about it's meaning?

  • Agreeableness
  • Neuroticism
  • Openness to experience
  • Extroversion

20. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  • People with high levels of openness are more likely to play a musical instrument
  • People with high levels of openness are more likely to excessively exercise
  • People with high levels of openness are more likely to take drugs
  • People with high levels of openness are more likely to believe in UFOs