Essay questions: PSYC 3106

PSYC 3106 Topics in Personality and Intelligence

You can choose two of the following questions, if you take PSYC 3106 this term.

Exam questions from 2006:

1. Outline and critique Freudian concepts of the origin, structure and
measurement of personality.

2. Describe various types of test validity and why they are important for
personality research.

3. Write notes on each of the following theories of personality
a) Eysenck's
b) Cattelrs
c) Gray's

4. 'The Five Factor Model of personality is now dominant in the research
literature'. Evaluate the validity of this statement.

5. Write a critical essay on the concept of Trait Emotional Intelligence.

6. How do trait-based psychological processes influence health and illness?

7. Do personality traits predict an individual's creativity?

8. 'Criminologists woefully underestimate the role of personality traits in the
causes and cures of criminality'. Discuss.

9. What is the evidence for race differences in IQ?

exam questions from 2005:

1. How did the person-situation debate of the 1970s and 1980s affect personality
research?

2. Evaluate Freudian and post-Freudian contributions to personality research.

3. Elaborate on the psychometric concepts of reliability and validity and discuss
their inter-relationship.

4. Compare and contrast H.J. Eysenck's and J.A.Gray's theories of personality.

5. Evaluate the Five Factor Model of personality and discuss its relationship
to R.B. Cattell's theory of personality.

6. What is the impact of personality factors on health and illness?

7. 'The idea that personality traits are systematically linked to criminal behaviour
remains unproven.' Discuss

8. Evaluate the construct of Emotional Intelligence (EI) with special reference to
the distinction between trait EI and ability EI.

9. 'There are established race and sex differences in intelligence.' Discuss