B. How are traits organized within individuals?
C. What are the origins of traits?
D. How are all persons similar?
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12. Psychological mechanisms differ from traits in that mechanisms
A. are less stable.
B. refer more to processes.
C. do not have decision rules.
D. are biologically "hard wired."
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13. Which of the following is NOT part of most personality mechanisms?
A. Access codes
B. Decision rules
C. Inputs
D. Outputs
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14. The trait of courageousness is an especially good example of
A. an adaptive trait.
B. how traits are consistent.
C. how traits are activated only under certain conditions.
D. how traits change over time.
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15. Personality is
A. outside the person.
B. inside the person.
C. both outside and inside the person.
D. inside or outside, depending on the person.
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16. To say that someone has the trait of happiness, you need to know that the person
A. is happy at a given moment.
B. is frequently happy.
C. remembers being happy.
D. makes others happy.
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17. Which of the following is NOT defined as part of the person-environment interaction?
A. Serializations
B. Perceptions
C. Manipulations
D. Selections
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18. Responses to an inkblot test can demonstrate which part of the person-environment interaction?
A. Perceptions
B. Manipulations
C. Evocations
D. Selections
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19. Mo looks at the inkblot and sees two birds nesting. Heidi looks at the inkblot and sees a tranquil forest. Joe looks at the inkblot and sees something sexual. These three responses are illustrating that ______ are important components of the person-environment interaction.
A. prostheses
B. provocations
C. perceptions
D. projections
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20. Evocations are demonstrated when
A. different people see the same situation differently.
B. our characteristics unintentionally cause other people to act a certain way.
C. we intentionally attempt to make other people act in a certain way.
D. individuals select environments to match their traits.
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21. Every time Neil walks into the room everyone laughs. This demonstrates the person-environment interaction of
A. evocation.
B. elocution.
C. exultation.
D. emaciation.
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22. Lena always picks out restaurants that have a very quiet, subdued atmosphere. She always tries to avoid loud restaurants. _____ is the person-environment fit mechanism that may account for this behaviour.