An Introduction to Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence
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Multiple choice quiz
Take the quiz test your understanding of the key concepts covered in the chapter. Try testing yourself before you read the chapter to see where your strengths and weaknesses are, then test yourself again once you’ve read the chapter to see how well you’ve understood.
1. Emotional intelligence is different from other intelligences in that …
- it is a set of skills
- it can be measured using tests easily
- the focus is on emotional reasoning, ability and knowledge
- it is a new type of intelligence
Answer:
c. the focus is on emotional reasoning, ability and knowledge
2. Emotional intelligence can be studied through …
- the abilities-focussed approach
- the integrative model approach
- the mixed model approach
- all of the above
Answer:
d. all of the above
3. Which of the following describes how Ability Emotional Intelligence and Trait Emotional Intelligence are different?
- The way they are measured
- The way they are conceptualized
- The way they correlate with other constructs
- All of the above
Answer:
d. all of the above
4. Incremental validity refers to …
- the additional contribution a new psychological idea makes to existing knowledge
- the additional evidence provided by new research
- the way research findings are reinterpreted
- the way statements are written in new tests
Answer:
a. the additional contribution a new psychological idea makes to existing knowledge
5. When predicting intellectual academic performance in medical students, EI showed …
- it is essentially social skills
- large incremental validity
- no incremental validity
- a deterioration in its display
Answer:
c. no incremental validity
6. Which of the following is the best predictor of academic performance?
- Trait EI
- IQ
- Personality
- None of these
Answer:
b. IQ
7. Mixed Emotional Intelligence models have …
- significant overlap with conscientiousness, extraversion, and self-efficacy
- no significant overlap with conscientiousness, extraversion, and self-efficacy
- non-significant overlap with conscientiousness, extraversion, and self-efficacy
- little overlap with conscientiousness, extraversion, and self-efficacy
Answer:
a. significant overlap with conscientiousness, extraversion, and self-efficacy
8. The higher the Trait EI …
- the higher the likelihood of personality disorder
- the lower the likelihood of personality disorder
- the higher the likelihood of self-harm
- the higher the likelihood of harm to others
Answer:
b. the lower the likelihood of personality disorder
9. EI is linked to romantic relationship satisfaction because EI may be linked to …
- having better understanding of the partner’s emotions
- giving the person higher self-esteem
- agreeing with the partner all the time
- getting what one wants out of the relationship
Answer:
a. having better understanding of the partner’s emotions
10. Lower EI is likely linked to more aggressive behaviour because …
- taking action is more important than expressing emotions
- people with lower EI often think of themselves as victims
- that is the only way the person know how to express their displeasure
- other’s emotions and behaviours are misinterpreted as hostile and an aggressive response is therefore exhibited
Answer:
d. other’s emotions and behaviours are misinterpreted as hostile and an aggressive response is therefore exhibited
11. Demonstrating incremental validity of which of the following is tricky?
- Intelligence
- Ability EI
- Trait EI
- All of the above
Answer:
c. Trait EI
12. Which of the following makes measuring EI challenging?
- Whether the scenarios presented should be authentic or hypothetical
- Whether conscious, effortful processing or spontaneous processing of emotional materials should be measured
- How happy the person is feeling
- a and b only
Answer:
d. a and b only
13. Ability EI tests are more objective than Trait EI tests because …
- they are easier to demonstrate one’s own strength
- participants tended rate their own Trait EI as higher than they actually are
- they are made up of multiple-choice questions
- they cost money
Answer:
b. participants tended rate their own Trait EI as higher than they actually are
14. Dunning-Kruger effect in EI states that …
- a person with low EI is unaware of his or her own low EI
- a person with high EI is aware that others have low EI
- a person is the best person to estimate his or her own EI
- a person’s EI is best evaluated by others
Answer:
a. a person with low EI is unaware of his or her own low EI
15. Having high EI may not always be adaptive. Why?
- Others will likely ignore them
- They will have high opinion of themselves
- These people are more sensitive to mood manipulation
- All of above
Answer:
c. These people are more sensitive to mood manipulation