Psychology - Assessing Personality
self-report inventories
A category of personality tests in which individuals answer a series of questions about personal behavior.
projective tests
A category of personality tests in which individuals respond to images of vague stimuli designed to reveal information about personal needs, feelings, and personality characteristics.
personality assessment
A test instrument used to measure personality characteristics or to identify personality disorders.
Going through self-report inventories and inserting a lie scale is a way to help in preventing __________. A. deliberate deception B. social desirability C. response set D. social bias
A.
One conclusion made from various studies is that projective tests __________. A. should not be used to solely assess one's personality B. are considered a valid representation for a psychological test C. are highly reliable form of psychological assessment D. do not reveal any useful information about one's personality
A.
Projective tests are criticized for lacking scientific support due to all of the following except __________. A. social desirability bias B. inconsistent scoring C. inadequate test norms D. cultural bias
A.
__________ are designed so that the objective of the test is not apparent to the test taker. A. Projective tests B. Source errors C. MMPI tests D. 16PF tests
A.
A study conducted on __________ found issues such as consistent low reliability and poor validity. A. personality assessments B. projective tests C. self-inventory tests D. source errors
B.
Roger read the question on the assessment, and although he knew how he would really act in the given scenario, he purposely picked the answer that reflected the opposite of his true behavior. This type of source error is called __________. A. response bias B. deliberate deception C. response set D. social desirability bias
B.
__________ are a type of personality test in which individuals answer a series of questions about personal behavior. A. Thematic apperception tests B. Self-report inventories C. Projective tests D. Rorschach tests
B.
A category of personality tests in which individuals answer a series of questions about personal behavior is called a _________. A. Rorschach test B. thematic apperception test C. self-report inventory D. projective test
C.
After reading the scenario and the choice answers, Brad answered that he would be the kind of person that would stop and help an elderly woman carry her groceries home because it was the answer that made him look the best. The error that could arise from Brad's answer on a personality test is called __________. A. deliberate deception B. response bias C. social desirability bias D. response set
C.
All of the following are possible sources of errors that can occur with self-report inventories except __________. A. deliberate deception B. social desirability bias C. inconsistent scoring D. response sets
C.
Raymond Cattell created the 16PF self-inventory assessment by first taking 4,504 personality traits and removing all of the __________. A. nouns B. homonyms C. synonyms D. antonyms
C.
If someone takes a self-inventory assessment and tends to agree with almost all the statements made on the test, what source error may be occurring? A. social desirability B. deliberate deception C. lie scale D. response set
D.
Psychologists vary in agreement on the validity of __________. A. social desirability bias B. response bias C. source errors D. projective tests
D.
__________ are personality tests wherein individuals describe what they see in a series of inkblots. A. Thematic apperception tests B. Self-report inventories C. Projective tests D. Rorschach tests
D.
Business and industry hiring is one use for personality assessments.
T
MMPI self-inventory tests were originally used to diagnose disorders.
T
Self-report inventories are personality tests wherein individuals answer a series of questions about their own characteristic behaviors.
T
The Rorschach test is a type of projective test.
T
temperament
an aspect of personality concerned with emotional dispositions and reactions and their speed and intensity; the term often is used to refer to the prevailing mood or mood pattern of a person.
personality
the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors.