Women Psychology Questions
1. People who are easily upset or have a quick temper are high in
a.
b.
c.
d.
connectivity.
emotional affectivity.
neuroticism.
emotionality
2. According to temperament researchers, which statement is correct about inhibited children?
a.
b.
c.
d.
They will grow up to be shy adults.
They are born with a predisposed tendency for anxiety to novelty.
At least half of all American children can be identified as “inhibited.”
They cannot be identified until about the age of five.
3. Some researchers identify what they call an “inhibited” style in very young children. This research can be used to argue
that
a.
b.
c.
d.
a child’s personality resembles a “blank slate.”
all children are born shy, but many learn to overcome it.
temperament is at least partly inherited.
there are important evolutionary reasons for shyness.
4. Research suggests that inhibited children are especially anxious about
a.
b.
c.
d.
people.
loud noise.
novelty.
strangers.
5. Researchers measured children’s fear of unfamiliar situations at 21 months and again at four years of age. When the
children were brought back to the laboratory at five and a half years, the researchers found
a. that children who were inhibited earlier displayed more risky behavior when playing a
ball-tossing game.
b. that children who were inhibited earlier displayed more risky behavior when playing on a
mattress in a falling game.
c. that children who were inhibited at 21 months and four years again clung to their mother or
father as before.
d. that children who were uninhibited at 21 months and four years began to cling to their
mother or father at five and a half years.
6. Research indicates that a child’s temperament is related to how well he or she performs in school. Researchers explain
this finding with each of the following reasons except one. Which one?
a. Temperament is related to intelligence.
b. Teachers may be more willing to work with students of certain temperament.
c. Some temperaments are more compatible with the requirements of the typical classroom
than others.
d. Teachers sometimes misinterpret temperamental differences in their students.
7. Alison becomes very anxious when she has to give a speech in front of an audience. Advocates of evolutionary
personality theory might call Alison’s problem an example of anxiety caused by
a. conditioning.
b. an inherited temperament.
c. a fear of social exclusion.
d. a fear of novel situations.
8. According to the "goodness of fit" model, educators should ask which question?
a.
b.
c.
d.
What temperament characteristics contribute to better school performance?
How can we change temperament in problem children?
How can we control problem behaviors in children with certain temperaments?
What kind of environment and procedures are most conducive to learning for this student,
given his or her temperament?
9. Research on extraversion-introversion has found
a. consistent evidence for a genetic component to extraversion-introversion.
b. some evidence for a genetic component to extraversion-introversion, but a significant
amount of research that disputes this.
c. almost no evidence for a genetic component to extraversion-introversion.
d. consistent evidence arguing against a genetic component to extraversion-introversion.
10. Research on the genetic heritability of extraversion-introversion has made use of
a.
b.
c.
d.
brain electrical activity measures.
the twin-study method.
differences in sensitivity to stimulation.
only twins that have been reared together (in the same environment).
11. Research finds that, compared to introverts, extraverts tend to
a.
b.
c.
d.
be happier, but only on weekends.
be less happy.
have higher levels of subjective well-being and happiness.
be just about as happy, but they enjoy different things.
12. For extraverts, friends often serve as an important buffer against stress. This finding supports the idea that extraverts
a.
b.
c.
d.
are generally more anxious than introverts.
often find interacting with friends an unpleasant experience.
are less sensitive to information about rewards than introverts.
have higher positive affect due to greater social activity.
13. Research has found that extraverts are not always happier than introverts. Why not?
a. Extraverts are more likely to be impulsive.
b. Extraverts are more likely to be socially active.
c. Introverts do not involve themselves in activities that increase feelings of competence and
worth.
d. Extraverts are more sensitive to positive feedback.
14. Which of the following research findings do advocates of evolutionary personality theory point to as strong evidence for
their interpretation of mate selection?
a. Most people eventually get married and have children.
b. College students today tend to get married for the same reasons college students got married
a generation ago.
c. Men and women say they look for just about the same qualities in their spouses.
d. The qualities people say they look for in their spouses are the same reported by men and
women from many different cultures.
15. One limitation of evolutionary personality theory with regard to mate selection is that
a.
b.
c.
d.
it assumes mate selection is a direct result of environmental influences.
the methods do not give researchers the ability to make strong predictions.
researchers cannot manipulate the variables they study.
our instincts inherited from ancestors may overshadow the characteristics men and women
look for in some cultures.
Short Answer questions 3 points each Please type your answers
1. Define temperaments. Identify and describe the three temperament dimensions that are most widely
accepted
2. Explain what is meant by the goodness of fit model and provide a strategy for improving teaching based on
it.
3. Describe how two children, one inhibited and the other uninhibited, would respond to their first day of
kindergarten. Specify a likely example of anxiety to novelty. In your example discuss Thomas and Chess’s
nine temperament dimensions.
4. State the ways in which extraverts and introverts differ and the ways they are similar.
5. State who is happier among extraverts and introverts. Discuss several reasons for this difference.
6. Discuss what men look for in women and describe the research that supports the evolutionary basis of mate
selection in men. Discuss what women look for in men and describe the research that supports the
evolutionary basis of mate selection in women.