ity status is FALSE? Answer Selected Answer: d. The rate of identify achievement differs across domains of identity. Correct Answer: c. By age 20, most individuals have reached complete identity achievement status. Question 2 4 out of 4 points Correct Rave is a blast at parties. She seems to love the spotlight and craves excitement. A psychometric theorist would MOST LIKELY describe Rave as being Answer Selected Answer: b. extraverted Correct Answer: b. extraverted Question 3 4 out of 4 points Correct Five-month-old Ruby is beginning to recognize that her mother, Opal, does not tend to come to feed her when she is hungry. According to Erikson, Ruby is currently involved in a psychosocial crisis of Answer Selected Answer: d. trust versus mistrust Correct Answer: d. trust versus mistrust Question 4 0 out of 4 points Incorrect Self-esteem rating tends to be highest in people in their Answer Selected Answer: c. thirties Correct Answer: a. sixties Question 5 4 out of 4 points Correct Research has indicated that as individuals move from adolescence to middle-age they would be most likely to experience a modest increase in Answer Selected Answer: d. conscientiousness Correct Answer: d. conscientiousness Question 6 4 out of 4 points Correct Children who are behaviorally inhibited are Answer Selected Answer: c. high in neuroticism and low in extraversion Correct Answer: c. high in neuroticism and low in extraversion Question 7 4 out of 4 points Correct Which statement concerning career issues is FALSE? Answer Selected Answer: d. Gender-role expectations have little impact on one's career. Correct Answer: d. Gender-role expectations have little impact on one's career. Question 8 4 out of 4 points Correct In comparing the views of Freud and Erikson with regard to personality development, it is MOST ACCURATE to say that Erikson placed MORE emphasis on ____ than did Freud. Answer Selected Answer: b. social influences on the development of the rational ego Correct Answer: b. social influences on the development of the rational ego Question 9 4 out of 4 points Correct People living in individualistic cultures tend to define themselves as Answer Selected Answer: d. individuals, and put their own good ahead of that of society Correct Answer: d. individuals, and put their own good ahead of that of society Question 10 4 out of 4 points Correct A significant change in self-description that appears at about age eight is a shift from descriptions focusing on Answer Selected Answer: b. physical characteristics to descriptions focusing on social qualities Correct Answer: b. physical characteristics to descriptions focusing on social qualities Question 11 0 out of 4 points Incorrect With regard to personality development, what belief is shared by Albert Bandura and Erik Erikson? Answer Selected Answer: b. There are universal, age-related changes in personality development. Correct Answer: c. Personality has the potential to change during adulthood. Question 12 4 out of 4 points Correct Negative stereotypes concerning aging Answer Selected Answer: a. do more harm than good Correct Answer: a. do more harm than good Question 13 4 out of 4 points Correct ____ is defined as an organized combination of an individual's unique attributes, motives, and behaviors. Answer Selected Answer: b. Personality Correct Answer: b. Personality Question 14 4 out of 4 points Correct Vicki was reserved as a baby, shy as a child, and shy as an adult. Social learning theorists would say that Vicki Answer Selected Answer: b. is a product of environments that consistently fostered the same personality trait Correct Answer: b. is a product of environments that consistently fostered the same personality trait Question 15 4 out of 4 points Correct Which is likely to contribute MOST to change in personality across the life-span? Answer Selected Answer: a. poor person-environment fit Correct Answer: a. poor person-environment fit Question 16 4 out of 4 points Correct Rose is 16 years old and her sister Blossom is 9 years old. In terms of their self-perceptions, research would suggest that Answer Selected Answer: a. Rose would be more self-aware than Blossom. Correct Answer: a. Rose would be more self-aware than Blossom. Question 17 4 out of 4 points Correct The personality principle of ____ concerns situation-specific ways in which people adapt to their environment. Answer Selected Answer: c. dispositional traits Correct Answer: c. dispositional traits Question 18 4 out of 4 points Correct Harter's self-perception research with children indicated that self-esteem Answer Selected Answer: b. is multidimensional, consisting of several distinct components Correct Answer: b. is multidimensional, consisting of several distinct components Question 19 4 out of 4 points Correct Which statement BEST exemplifies the concept of self-esteem? Answer Selected Answer: b. "All-in-all, I am a worthless individual." Correct Answer: b. "All-in-all, I am a worthless individual." Question 20 4 out of 4 points Correct Which is TRUE regarding personality during adulthood? Answer Selected Answer: d. Broad personality dimensions, such as extroversion and neuroticism, are fairly stable across adulthood. Correct Answer: d. Broad personality dimensions, such as extroversion and neuroticism, are fairly stable across adulthood. Question 21 4 out of 4 points Correct While normally calm, 10-year-old Gretta becomes very shy and highly distressed when she is in an unfamiliar setting with people she does not know. Gretta would BEST be categorized as Answer Selected Answer: b. behaviorally inhibited Correct Answer: b. behaviorally inhibited Question 22 0 out of 4 points Incorrect When Carmello is playing basketball he is very aggressive. When he is playing at his house with his young daughter he is very passive. These situations BEST exemplify the concept of Answer Selected Answer: d. different context, same personality Correct Answer: a. different context, different personality Question 23 4 out of 4 points Correct Both Freud and Erikson believed that Answer Selected Answer: c. people in every culture progress through the same stages of personality development Correct Answer: c. people in every culture progress through the same stages of personality development Question 24 4 out of 4 points Correct A person high in negative affectivity would MOST LIKELY be described as Answer Selected Answer: a. irritable Correct Answer: a. irritable Question 25 4 out of 4 points Correct One-year-old Markus loves interacting with his peers. A developmental theorist would MOST LIKELY describe Markus as being high on the ____ dimension of temperament. Answer Selected Answer: a. surgency Correct Answer: a. surgency