Question 1

Match the most applicable type of test with each description.
-Patients tell an analyst what they see in an inkblot.

Accepted Answer

A) Projective test 
B) Objective test 
C) IAT 
D) TAT 
E) Rorschach
F)MMPI 
A) Projective test 
B) Objective test 
C) IAT 
D) TAT 
E) Rorschach
F)MMPI

Question 2

If a psychologist describes a research result as statistically significant, what does he or she typically mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  The result is important. 
B)  The result is large and dramatic. 
C)  The result is unlikely to have occurred by chance. 
D)  The result will likely revolutionize the field. 
A)  The result is important. 
B)  The result is large and dramatic. 
C)  The result is unlikely to have occurred by chance. 
D)  The result will likely revolutionize the field.

Question 3

The MMPI was designed to assess ________, whereas the CPI was designed to assess ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  individuals with psychological difficulties; nondisturbed individuals 
B)  normal individuals; clinical populations 
C)  the Big Five personality factors; Hogan's personality factors 
D)  Jung's psychological types; Freud's defense mechanisms 
A)  individuals with psychological difficulties; nondisturbed individuals 
B)  normal individuals; clinical populations 
C)  the Big Five personality factors; Hogan's personality factors 
D)  Jung's psychological types; Freud's defense mechanisms

Question 4

What is the main concern for violating participants' privacy when collecting data with the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) device?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participants are not aware that they are being recorded. 
B)  Recorded sounds provide information about bystanders who never agreed to participate. 
C)  Social media offers information on participants that they don't even know they are giving. 
D)  EAR studies are never approved by the IRB. 
A)  Participants are not aware that they are being recorded. 
B)  Recorded sounds provide information about bystanders who never agreed to participate. 
C)  Social media offers information on participants that they don't even know they are giving. 
D)  EAR studies are never approved by the IRB.

Question 5

Imagine that you find a correlation between emotional instability (neuroticism) and relationship quality of -.25 in a study of 200 married couples. How could you use the Binomial Effect Size Display to illustrate the size of this correlation? What could you conclude from this translation?

Accepted Answer

To use the Binomial Effect Size Display

Question 6

The improvement in reliability gained by adding additional "good" test items can be precisely calculated using the ________ formula.

Accepted Answer

A)  Pearson Product Moment 
B)  alpha 
C)  Tucker-Lewis 
D)  Spearman-Brown 
A)  Pearson Product Moment 
B)  alpha 
C)  Tucker-Lewis 
D)  Spearman-Brown

Question 7

The Woodworth Personality Data Sheet was designed to measure psychiatric problems in what group?

Accepted Answer

A)  college students 
B)  U.S. Army recruits 
C)  potential employees of Target stores 
D)  high school students 
A)  college students 
B)  U.S. Army recruits 
C)  potential employees of Target stores 
D)  high school students

Question 8

Which of the following is an objective test?

Accepted Answer

A)  MMPI 
B)  TAT 
C)  Rorschach inkblots 
D)  Picture Story Exercise 
A)  MMPI 
B)  TAT 
C)  Rorschach inkblots 
D)  Picture Story Exercise

Question 9

A test created using the empirical method yields what kind of data?

Accepted Answer

A)  B 
B)  I 
C)  L 
D)  S 
A)  B 
B)  I 
C)  L 
D)  S

Question 10

Imagine that a researcher conducts a study and fails to find a statistically significant correlation between exercise and weight loss. However, there is a real association between exercise and weight loss in the population. What kind of error has this researcher made?

Accepted Answer

A)  Type I 
B)  Type II 
C)  Type III 
D)  correlational 
A)  Type I 
B)  Type II 
C)  Type III 
D)  correlational

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five?

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoticism 
B)  conscientiousness 
C)  neuroticism 
D)  agreeableness 
A)  psychoticism 
B)  conscientiousness 
C)  neuroticism 
D)  agreeableness

Question 12

Match the most applicable type of test with each description.
-A person interprets an ambiguous stimulus.

Accepted Answer

A) Projective test 
B) Objective test 
C) IAT 
D) TAT 
E) Rorschach
F)MMPI 
A) Projective test 
B) Objective test 
C) IAT 
D) TAT 
E) Rorschach
F)MMPI

Question 13

An IQ test yields what kind of data?

Accepted Answer

A)  B 
B)  I 
C)  L 
D)  S 
A)  B 
B)  I 
C)  L 
D)  S

Question 14

If a test consists of a list of True/False questions and is graded using a computer-scored answer sheet, then it is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  projective test. 
B)  Q-sort. 
C)  objective test. 
D)  commonality scale. 
A)  projective test. 
B)  Q-sort. 
C)  objective test. 
D)  commonality scale.

Question 15

Match the most applicable type of test with each description.
-A job applicant answers the question "I am shy."

Accepted Answer

A) Projective test 
B) Objective test 
C) IAT 
D) TAT 
E) Rorschach
F)MMPI 
A) Projective test 
B) Objective test 
C) IAT 
D) TAT 
E) Rorschach
F)MMPI

Question 16

According to the text, the last step in a factor analysis is to

Accepted Answer

A)  calculate correlation coefficients between all item pairs. 
B)  administer the items to a new sample. 
C)  find new criterion groups. 
D)  name the factors. 
A)  calculate correlation coefficients between all item pairs. 
B)  administer the items to a new sample. 
C)  find new criterion groups. 
D)  name the factors.

Question 17

Assume that you are studying 200 participants, all of whom are sick. An experimental drug is given to 100 of them; the other 100 are given nothing. If the correlation between taking the drug and living is .26, then ________ percent of those who got the drug would still be alive at the end of the study.

Accepted Answer

A)  13 
B)  63 
C)  26 
D)  52 
A)  13 
B)  63 
C)  26 
D)  52

Question 18

Your responses to the personality test item "I am an intelligent person" would be ________ data, whereas your score on an intelligence test that reflects the number of problems you got right would be ________ data.

Accepted Answer

A)  B; L 
B)  S; L 
C)  I; B 
D)  S; B 
A)  B; L 
B)  S; L 
C)  I; B 
D)  S; B

Question 19

The number between -1 and +1 that indexes the linear association between any two variables is called the

Accepted Answer

A)  significance level. 
B)  probability value. 
C)  alpha level. 
D)  correlation coefficient. 
A)  significance level. 
B)  probability value. 
C)  alpha level. 
D)  correlation coefficient.

Question 20

According to the text, which of the following is NOT one of the conditions that must hold for an S data personality test to accurately measure an attribute of personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  The test taker must be able to make an accurate self-assessment. 
B)  All of the items must be valid indicators of the construct. 
C)  The test taker must be willing to report the self-assessment accurately. 
D)  The test must contain both positively and negatively worded items. 
A)  The test taker must be able to make an accurate self-assessment. 
B)  All of the items must be valid indicators of the construct. 
C)  The test taker must be willing to report the self-assessment accurately. 
D)  The test must contain both positively and negatively worded items.

Match the most applicable type of test with each description. -Patients tell an analyst what they see in an inkblot.

If a psychologist describes a research result as statistically significant, what does he or she typically mean?

The MMPI was designed to assess , whereas the CPI was designed to assess .

What is the main concern for violating participants' privacy when collecting data with the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) device?

Imagine that you find a correlation between emotional instability (neuroticism) and relationship quality of -.25 in a study of 200 married couples. How could you use the Binomial Effect Size Display to illustrate the size of this correlation? What could you conclude from this translation?

The improvement in reliability gained by adding additional "good" test items can be precisely calculated using the ________ formula.

The Woodworth Personality Data Sheet was designed to measure psychiatric problems in what group?

Which of the following is an objective test?

A test created using the empirical method yields what kind of data?

Imagine that a researcher conducts a study and fails to find a statistically significant correlation between exercise and weight loss. However, there is a real association between exercise and weight loss in the population. What kind of error has this researcher made?

Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five?

Match the most applicable type of test with each description. -A person interprets an ambiguous stimulus.

An IQ test yields what kind of data?

If a test consists of a list of True/False questions and is graded using a computer-scored answer sheet, then it is a(n)

Match the most applicable type of test with each description. -A job applicant answers the question "I am shy."

According to the text, the last step in a factor analysis is to

Your responses to the personality test item "I am an intelligent person" would be data, whereas your score on an intelligence test that reflects the number of problems you got right would be data.

The number between -1 and +1 that indexes the linear association between any two variables is called the

According to the text, which of the following is NOT one of the conditions that must hold for an S data personality test to accurately measure an attribute of personality?

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

Match the most applicable type of test with each description. -Patients tell an analyst what they see in an inkblot.

If a psychologist describes a research result as statistically significant, what does he or she typically mean?

The MMPI was designed to assess ________, whereas the CPI was designed to assess ________.

What is the main concern for violating participants' privacy when collecting data with the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) device?

Imagine that you find a correlation between emotional instability (neuroticism) and relationship quality of -.25 in a study of 200 married couples. How could you use the Binomial Effect Size Display to illustrate the size of this correlation? What could you conclude from this translation?

The improvement in reliability gained by adding additional "good" test items can be precisely calculated using the ________ formula.

The Woodworth Personality Data Sheet was designed to measure psychiatric problems in what group?

Which of the following is an objective test?

A test created using the empirical method yields what kind of data?

Imagine that a researcher conducts a study and fails to find a statistically significant correlation between exercise and weight loss. However, there is a real association between exercise and weight loss in the population. What kind of error has this researcher made?

Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five?

Match the most applicable type of test with each description. -A person interprets an ambiguous stimulus.

An IQ test yields what kind of data?

If a test consists of a list of True/False questions and is graded using a computer-scored answer sheet, then it is a(n)

Match the most applicable type of test with each description. -A job applicant answers the question "I am shy."

According to the text, the last step in a factor analysis is to

Your responses to the personality test item "I am an intelligent person" would be ________ data, whereas your score on an intelligence test that reflects the number of problems you got right would be ________ data.

The number between -1 and +1 that indexes the linear association between any two variables is called the

According to the text, which of the following is NOT one of the conditions that must hold for an S data personality test to accurately measure an attribute of personality?

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

Filters

The MMPI was designed to assess , whereas the CPI was designed to assess .

Your responses to the personality test item "I am an intelligent person" would be data, whereas your score on an intelligence test that reflects the number of problems you got right would be data.