Pp exam 2 & 8
1. Today the factors of the five-factor model are measured using the revised version of the
NEO Personality Inventory.
2. Research suggests that several widely used personality tests seem to contain __________ factors.
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3. In debating the five-factor model, Eysenck suggested that __________ is more of a cognitive factor
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and should not be considered a dimension of personality
Openness
A statistical procedure used to look at personality effects by combining the data from many different
studies is known as __________-analysis. Project Milestone 1 and 2
Meta
According to Musek the General Personality Factor includes two factors, the Alpha (the emotional
stability to get along with others) and the Beta (__________)
the flexibility to deal with change, etc.
Peak consistency for personality is around age
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There is evidence of individual differences in how people perceive and process information about the
social world. Some psychologists refer to this as __________ intelligence.
Emotional
_________ describe(s) a person’s typical style of thinking, feeling, and acting in different kinds of
situations and at different times
Traits
Complete the following quote from Kurt Lewin: “There is nothing so practical as a good __________
Theory
All of the following are findings from research attempting to identify
universals in personality EXCEPT:
openness does not vary significantly from culture to culture
Ysenck suggests that Catell’s scales are:
missing key factors of personality.
When Schmitt and Buss factor-analyzed adjectives referring to sexuality they found several factors that
they referred to as the
Sexy seven
Each of the __________ factors describes personality at a high level of abstraction summarizing a
large number of more distinct lower level traits
Big five
All of the following are one of the Big Five EXCEPT
Psychotiscm
Which of the following statements is true with regard to consistency of personality traits across the lifespan?
Adults are more consistent than children.
In a study using meta-analysis on 117 previous studies to look at the correlation between personality
traits and success among police officers, managers and professionals, only __________ was related
to high performance ratings, productivity, low job turnover, and higher salaries.
High conscientiousness
Exam 8
1. Researchers today define __________ as the prevalence of erotic arousals, feelings, fantasies,
and behaviors one has for males, females, or both.
sexual orientation
2. The textbook defines __________ as the capacity for humans to become aroused to sexual
stimuli.
Arousability
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A 2002 study reported in the textbook suggests that approximately what percentage of men aged
15 to 44 reported their sexual orientation as gay?
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Gay men are less likely to be firstborns than heterosexual mean and to have more older brothers.
These findings suggest that same-sex sexuality, in males, is genetic and transmitted at least
partially through the
X chromosome
The observation that there is a tendency for gay men to have a larger number of older brothers
than non-gay men is known as the __________ effect
Fraternal birth order
The textbook defines __________ as the motivation to initiate sexual activity
Proceptivity
humans the hormone __________ facilitates both sexual behavior and pair bonding, particularly in
women
oxytocin
Research suggests that __________ of women define themselves as “heterosexual.
>95%
Researchers today define __________ as the prevalence of erotic arousals, feelings, fantasies,
and behaviors one has for males, females, or both.
Sexual orientation
the conclusion the textbook draws regarding the gender inversion hypothesis is that:
there is no evidence to support it
The third interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus (INAH-3) is of interest in the study of
sexual orientation as it is the center for a variety of sexual behaviors and experiences. LeVay’s
studies of the INAH-3 found all of the following EXCEPT it:
is indistinguishable from that of homosexual women in heterosexual men
A 2002 study reported in the textbook suggests that approximately what percentage of women
aged 15 to 44 reported having had any same-sex sexual contact ever in their lives?
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Early research on sexuality hypothesized that gays and lesbians had gender
Inversion
The textbook presents a number of false statements or myths about gays, lesbians, and bisexuals.
Each of the following is one of those myths EXCEPT:
gay men have a higher rate of HIV infection than heterosexual men
The maternal immune hypothesis suggests that a male child could be predisposed to
homosexuality when
his mother’s antibodies attack his H-Y antigens, preventing the fetal brain from developing maletypical brain structures
A recent study in Italy found that
female relatives of gay men had more children than the aunts and uncles of heterosexual men.
With regard to the concept of a “gay gene,” the textbook concludes that:
any gene that is associated with sexual orientation will only confer a predisposition rather than
definitively cause same-sex orientation.
While there have only been a few studies of the brain structures of same and different sexorientation, the most promising – and controversial – by LeVay have found differences in the
__________ that may be correlated with sexual orientation.
hypothalamus