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1. Psychologist John Holland was BEST known for A. a research program that led to the development of the Big 5. B. a controversy regarding the primacy of states versus traits. C. a theory that oc... cupational choice depends on personality. D. a tunnel linking New York and New Jersey, named in his honor. 2. Relatively few personality tests seek to distinguish traits from states. One test that does make this distinction is A. the MMPI-2- RF. B. the STAI. C. the Self-Directed Search. D.the CPI. 3. Takumi completes a self-report inventory of personality. Generalizing from what you read in Chapter 12, the best person to ask to complete that same inventory to learn about Takumi would be A. a close family member of Takumi. B. a classmate or fellow employee of Takumi. C. someone who was just introduced to Takumi. D. None of these 4. In the OSS blown bridge evaluation, assistants of the candidate being evaluated A. were responsible for getting the necessary parts. B. were responsible for all of the "heavy lifting." C. might take command of the task at any time. D. did more to frustrate efforts than help. 5. Pre-production legal work on the film The Three Faces of Eve entailed getting Eve White, Eve Black, and Jane to sign contracts with the producer. The patient was asked to elicit these three different personalities and then sign a contract. The signatures on the three contracts were determined to be A. completely different as a function of the personality. B. all pretty much the same according to a graphologist. C. all consistent with a fourth personality elicited by the patient. D. valid but only because the patient signed each contract with an "X." 6. A key definitional difference between the terms personality trait and personality state has to do with A. the extent to which personality is viewed as a physical attribute. B. how stable over time the characteristic is exhibited. C. whether or not the characteristic is subject to a halo effect. D.the motivation of the person or persons doing the rating. [Show More]

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