Exam 3: Personality Assessment: Effect Size, Replicability, and Open Science

Which of the following methods of objective test construction involves creating questions that are directly and obviously related to what the test developer wishes to measure?

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Question 21

Which of the following is an ethical issue involved in the research process?

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Question 22

Which of the following approaches to test construction is the MOST atheoretical?

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Question 23

According to the text, one of the nonpsychometric functions of projective tests is to

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Question 24

A projective test yields ________ data.

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Question 25

Imagine that a researcher conducts a study and finds a statistically significant correlation between eating pizza and aggression. However, there is no real association between eating pizza and aggression in the population. What kind of error has this researcher made?

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Question 26

If everybody read, interpreted, and answered an item in exactly the same way, then that item

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Question 27

If you were to fully develop a personality test without even looking at the item content, you would be using the ________ method of test construction.

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Question 28

tests aim to gain insight into personality by interpreting individuals' open-ended responses, whereas tests evaluate individuals' responses to specific questions with predetermined response options.

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Question 29

Which of the following statements does NOT apply to rationally constructed personality scales?

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Question 30

Describe the theory of assessment that underlies projective tests. Do these sorts of tests have evidence of validity? What purposes might they serve beyond personality assessment?

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Question 31

Faking responses in order to influence test results is MOST difficult on ________ constructed tests.

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Question 32

According to the text, what is the purpose of projection tests such as the Picture Story Exercise or the Thematic Apperception Test?

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Question 33

When publishing her study, Dr. Mouzakis decided to only report the experimental conditions that provided significant results. Why is this problematic behavior?

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Question 34

Integrity tests administered in employment screening provide good measures of

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Question 35

One objection to the use of vocational interest tests is that these tests

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Question 36

How would a personality psychologist use the rational method of test construction to create a measure of depression? What are the limitations of this technique?

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Question 37

Inventories derived from the empirical method sometimes have items that seem strange or even objectionable to test takers

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Question 38

The Binomial Effect Size Display is a method for illustrating the size of

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Question 39

Which of the following is a limitation of projective tests?

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Which of the following methods of objective test construction involves creating questions that are directly and obviously related to what the test developer wishes to measure?

Which of the following is an ethical issue involved in the research process?

Which of the following approaches to test construction is the MOST atheoretical?

According to the text, one of the nonpsychometric functions of projective tests is to

A projective test yields ________ data.

Imagine that a researcher conducts a study and finds a statistically significant correlation between eating pizza and aggression. However, there is no real association between eating pizza and aggression in the population. What kind of error has this researcher made?

If everybody read, interpreted, and answered an item in exactly the same way, then that item

If you were to fully develop a personality test without even looking at the item content, you would be using the ________ method of test construction.

tests aim to gain insight into personality by interpreting individuals' open-ended responses, whereas tests evaluate individuals' responses to specific questions with predetermined response options.

Which of the following statements does NOT apply to rationally constructed personality scales?

Describe the theory of assessment that underlies projective tests. Do these sorts of tests have evidence of validity? What purposes might they serve beyond personality assessment?

Faking responses in order to influence test results is MOST difficult on ________ constructed tests.

According to the text, what is the purpose of projection tests such as the Picture Story Exercise or the Thematic Apperception Test?

When publishing her study, Dr. Mouzakis decided to only report the experimental conditions that provided significant results. Why is this problematic behavior?

Integrity tests administered in employment screening provide good measures of

One objection to the use of vocational interest tests is that these tests

How would a personality psychologist use the rational method of test construction to create a measure of depression? What are the limitations of this technique?

Inventories derived from the empirical method sometimes have items that seem strange or even objectionable to test takers

The Binomial Effect Size Display is a method for illustrating the size of

Which of the following is a limitation of projective tests?

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Exam 3: Personality Assessment: Effect Size, Replicability, and Open Science

Which of the following methods of objective test construction involves creating questions that are directly and obviously related to what the test developer wishes to measure?

Which of the following is an ethical issue involved in the research process?

Which of the following approaches to test construction is the MOST atheoretical?

According to the text, one of the nonpsychometric functions of projective tests is to

A projective test yields ________ data.

Imagine that a researcher conducts a study and finds a statistically significant correlation between eating pizza and aggression. However, there is no real association between eating pizza and aggression in the population. What kind of error has this researcher made?

If everybody read, interpreted, and answered an item in exactly the same way, then that item

If you were to fully develop a personality test without even looking at the item content, you would be using the ________ method of test construction.

________ tests aim to gain insight into personality by interpreting individuals' open-ended responses, whereas ________ tests evaluate individuals' responses to specific questions with predetermined response options.

Which of the following statements does NOT apply to rationally constructed personality scales?

Describe the theory of assessment that underlies projective tests. Do these sorts of tests have evidence of validity? What purposes might they serve beyond personality assessment?

Faking responses in order to influence test results is MOST difficult on ________ constructed tests.

According to the text, what is the purpose of projection tests such as the Picture Story Exercise or the Thematic Apperception Test?

When publishing her study, Dr. Mouzakis decided to only report the experimental conditions that provided significant results. Why is this problematic behavior?

Integrity tests administered in employment screening provide good measures of

One objection to the use of vocational interest tests is that these tests

How would a personality psychologist use the rational method of test construction to create a measure of depression? What are the limitations of this technique?

Inventories derived from the empirical method sometimes have items that seem strange or even objectionable to test takers

The Binomial Effect Size Display is a method for illustrating the size of

Which of the following is a limitation of projective tests?

The Study of the Person

Personality Research Methods

Persons and Situations

Personality Judgment

Traits and Types: the Big Five and Beyond

Personality Stability, Development, and Change

The Anatomy and Physiology of Personality

Genetics and Evolution: the Inheritance of Personality

Basics of Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis After Freud: Neo-Freudians, Object Relations, and Current Research

Humanistic Psychology, Positive Psychology, and the Science of Happiness

Cultural Variation in Experience, Behavior, and Personality

Personality Processes: Learning, Motivation, Emotion, and Thinking

The Self: What You Know About You

Relationships and Business

Mental and Physical Health

What Have We Learned

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tests aim to gain insight into personality by interpreting individuals' open-ended responses, whereas tests evaluate individuals' responses to specific questions with predetermined response options.