Q 1)(part a) Describe the two empirical findings that served as the basis for the 1968 Challenge? (1 point each)

(part b) Name and describe two ways in which theorists responded to the challenge. (2 points each) Q2) (part a) Based on the Realistic Accuracy Model (RAM), describe the four steps that need to occur to make an accurate judgment of another person's personality. (1/2 point for each)

(part b) Based on the RAM, simply name four factors that affect accuracy. (1/2 point for each)

(part c) Pick two (of the four) factors named in part b. For each, describe one empirical result that speaks to how the factor increases or decreases accuracy.

Q3) Consider the following abstract adapted from Anderson, John, Keltner, & Kring (2001):

One of the most important goals and outcomes of social life is to attain status in the groups to which we belong. Such face-to-face status is defined by the amount of respect, influence, and prominence each member enjoys in the eyes of the others. Three studies investigated personological determinants of status in social groups (i.e., fraternity, sorority, and dormitory), relating the Big Five personality traits and physical attractiveness to peer ratings of status. High Extraversion substantially predicted elevated status for both sexes. High Neuroticism predicted lower status in men. None of the other Big Five traits predicted status. These effects were independent of attractiveness, which predicted higher status only in men.

a) What is the research question? (1 point) b) What are the key constructs? (1 point) c) What are the operational variables? (1 point) d) What type of research design used? (1 point) e) What can the researchers conclude? (1 point) f) What, if any, are the limitations of the conclusions that can be drawn? (1 point)

Q4) Personality psychologists have come up with five traits that identify basic ways that people's personalities differ from one another.

a) Briefly describe how researchers identified these five traits. e.g., What assumptions and methods did researchers use to derive these five traits? (2 points)

b) Name the five traits that comprise the Big-Five? Why is it called the "Big" Five? Provide a description of each trait? (3 points)

c) Many people who have NOT formally taken a course on Personality Psychology are familiar with personality concepts. For example, many people could provide a layperson's description of the term "extraversion" even without having taken a Personality course. But you have now learned about the scientific study of personality, including how traits are defined and measured and what they predict. Describe a piece of information about a trait that you learned in the course that the average person may not know. (1 point)