Franu PSYC3335 Personality Midterm Exam Question # 00602631 Subject: Education Due on: 07/01/2019 Posted On: 07/01/2019 04:13 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.7/5

Personality (Online) PSYC 3335 Summer 2019 – Michael
Dreznick – Midterm Exam

Name ________________________________

Answer ALL FOUR questions.

Each question is worth a total of 25 points. You should use your textbook and any other
sources you wish (class discussion questions, video lectures/power points,
journal articles, & personal experiences, etc.) to adequately answer the
questions below, provided you work alone.
YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES in appropriate APA format. Make sure you clearly and thoroughly answer
ALL PARTS of each question. Use complete
sentences in your answers.

This exam is due on June 30th at 11:55pm. If you have any questions before then, please
email me.

Save your exam in a Word document (.docx) and upload the
file attachment on Moodle. Include a
copy of the questions (including the point values), and, of course, your
answers.

Please list separately and number each subquestion (1a, 1b,
etc.) as you see below, and post each answer beneath, instead of one long essay
per exam question.

1. Little Johnny
is a very difficult 11-year old child.
He constantly torments his little sister, he cannot sit still for very
long, and he is frequently disobedient.
He is very intelligent, but that often means that he finds very
innovative ways of getting himself into trouble. Choose FIVE of the following personality
perspectives and, in a few sentences for each, explain how each perspective
could possibly explain Johnny’s personality (25 points).

a. The Trait
Perspective.

b. The Motive
Perspective.

c. The
Inheritance and Evolutionary Perspective.

d. The Biological
Process Perspective.

e. The
Psychodynamic Perspective.

f. The Psychosocial Perspective.

g. The Learning Perspective.

h. The
Self-Actualization and Self-Determination perspective.

i. The Cognitive
Perspective.

j. The
Self-Regulation Perspective.

2. In order to
study personality, we must be able to assess personality using reliable and
valid measurements.

a. Compare and
contrast observer ratings and self-reports in personality assessment. Describe some of the advantages and
disadvantages of each, and describe when you think it might be more appropriate
to use one than the other. (7 points).

b. In one of
your assignments, you were asked to identify a personality characteristic that
you have that you believe is an important aspect of who you are.

i. Describe how you might use observer
ratings to assess this personality characteristic. (4 points).

ii. Describe how you might use self-reports
to assess this personality characteristic. (4 points).

c. Discuss the difference between reliability and
validity and explain why they are so important to the scientific study of personality
(4 points).

i. Describe how you could assess the reliability
of observer ratings. (3 points).

ii. Describe how you could assess the
reliability of self-reports. (3 points).

3. The Five
Factor Theory.

a. Think about a person you have a close relationship
with. Based on what you know about this
person, describe how each of the “Big 5” personality traits is manifested in
that person’s personality and behavior, giving specific examples. In which of the “Big Five” traits are you
most similar with this person? In which
of the “Big Five” traits are you most different? (10 points).

b. Briefly explain what factor analysis is and how it
relates to the development of the “Big 5” factors (5 points).

c. How does the nomothetic approach to personality differ
from the idiographic approach? (4
points).

d. Which approach – nomothetic or idiographic – do you
believe should be more important to the scientific study of personality? Explain why. (6 points).

4. The textbook
describes two systems that involve approach and avoidance.

a. Define and describe the functions of the Behavioral
Approach System (BAS) and the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) (4 points).

b. What biological factors are believed to be associated
with each of these systems? (4 points)

c. Describe two specific situations in which you believe
that YOU have been influenced by your BAS (6 points).

d. Describe two specific situations in which you believe
that YOU have been influenced by your BIS. (6 points).

e. In your opinion, how would you describe the BAS and the
BIS of a person who is high in sensation-seeking? Explain your answer. (5 points).