Assessing Personality Answers

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6

Psychologists vary in agreement on the validity of __________.

A
social desirability bias
B
response bias
C
source errors
D
projective tests
11

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
12

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
13

Projective tests are personality tests wherein individuals respond to vague stimuli in a way that may reveal their needs, feelings, and personality traits.

A
T
B
F
14

__________ 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
15

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
16

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
17

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
18

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
19

Psychologists vary in agreement on the validity of __________.

A
social desirability bias
B
response bias
C
source errors
D
projective tests
20

Self-report inventories are personality tests wherein individuals answer a series of questions about their own characteristic behaviors.

A
T
B
F

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