Personality Traits

What are the three criteria that characterize personality traits?

According to the lexical hypothesis, where should one look to find all important personality characteristics?

In the Five-Factor Model's acronym OCEAN, what does the 'A' stand for?

Gordon Allport and Henry Odbert began their lexical approach by finding all the personality descriptors they could in the dictionary. Approximately how many words did they start with?

Which personality trait from the Five-Factor Model plays an important role in college success because individuals with this trait tend to study hard and get their work done on time?

How is a person who scores low on the Extraversion trait most likely described?

What are the characteristic behaviors of a person who scores high on the Openness trait?

Which psychologist published the book 'Personality and Assessment' in the late 1960s, which argued that people's behavior is not as consistent across situations as trait theorists suggested?

What is the term for the more specific, lower-level units of personality that are more detailed than the Big Five traits?

The HEXACO model is an alternative to the Big Five that includes a sixth dimension. What is this sixth trait?

In one of the first comprehensive models of personality, which two major traits did Hans Eysenck propose as being most important?

How does the distribution of scores for a trait like Extraversion typically appear when surveyed across thousands of people?

What does the 'stability' criterion of a personality trait imply about an individual's behavior?

Which personality trait, named after a famous political philosopher, describes individuals who manipulate the behavior of others, often through duplicity, and are interested in money and power?

To best capture broad personality traits and demonstrate that general tendencies emerge, what did the chapter state that psychologists must assess?

What is the name of the statistical technique that helped researchers determine whether a small number of dimensions could explain the diversity of personality-describing words?

According to the example behaviors in Figure 3, which of the following is characteristic of someone who scores low on Conscientiousness?

Based on the examples in Figure 3, what behavior is typical for a high scorer on the Agreeableness trait?

How would a person scoring low on the Neuroticism trait typically behave, according to the examples in Figure 3?

What does the statement 'Scores on the Big Five traits are mostly independent' imply?

If a person loves parties but is terrified of public speaking, they might score high on the 'gregariousness' and 'warmth' facets of extraversion, while scoring lower on which other facet?

According to Jeffrey Gray's theory described in the chapter, what might be the primary motivation for people who score high in neuroticism?

What is the fundamental assumption of the lexical hypothesis?

Which trait, listed in Figure 5, describes individuals who have a high need to achieve, set high standards of excellence, and work persistently toward distant goals?

What was the 'moderate middle ground' that was reached in the field of personality psychology following the person-situation debate?

Why can using facet scores provide a more useful personality description than using only the broad Big Five trait scores?

According to the example behaviors in Figure 3, which of the following is characteristic of someone who scores high on Neuroticism?

How is a person who scores low on the Agreeableness trait described in the chapter?

What biological explanation did Hans Eysenck propose for the behavior of introverts?

Which trait, listed in Figure 5, characterizes individuals who are totally obedient to strict social hierarchies and are very uncomfortable with uncertainty?

What does the 'consistency' criterion for a personality trait signify?

Why are activities like 'using speech' or 'walking on two feet' not considered personality traits?

According to the examples in Figure 3, what is a characteristic behavior of someone who scores low on the Openness trait?

In the HEXACO model, what are the characteristics of individuals who score low on the Honesty-Humility trait?

Following his critique of the trait perspective, what did Walter Mischel suggest psychologists should focus on instead of broad, context-free descriptions?

What is the fundamental idea upon which trait psychology rests?

According to Figure 5, what trait describes people who find it rewarding to think and are willing to use considerable cognitive effort to understand new things?

According to the list provided in Figure 4, which of the following is considered a facet of Extraversion?

Which of the following is listed as a facet of Neuroticism in Figure 4?

Based on the list in Figure 4, which of the following is NOT a facet of Agreeableness?

According to Figure 4, which facet is associated with the trait of Openness?

Which of the following is listed in Figure 4 as a facet of Conscientiousness?

Which trait from Figure 5 is defined by having a self-love so strong that it results in vanity, conceit, selfishness, and problems feeling empathetic toward others?

How is the trait of Self-esteem defined in Figure 5?

According to the description in Figure 5, what is a likely consequence for people who are high in the trait of Optimism?

What is the key characteristic of the trait Alexithymia, as described in Figure 5?

How many major traits are included in the Five-Factor Model?

The Five-Factor Model of personality, also known as 'The Big Five,' emerged from which research approach?

In addition to predicting college success, what other life outcome is mentioned as being related to the trait of conscientiousness?

What is the primary argument that critics of the personality-trait concept make?