Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

What term refers to personality inventories that are designed to measure a wide range of traits?

Accepted Answer

A)  big bandwidth inventories 
B)  high-fidelity inventories 
C)  omnibus inventories 
D)  Big Seven inventories 
A)  big bandwidth inventories 
B)  high-fidelity inventories 
C)  omnibus inventories 
D)  Big Seven inventories

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the concerns associated with the practice of null-hypothesis significance testing?

Accepted Answer

A)  A statistically significant result is not necessarily important or meaningful. 
B)  The smaller the sample size, the easier it is to find a significant effect. 
C)  The criterion for a significant result (p < .05) is arbitrary. 
D)  The p-value is easy to interpret and its logic is easy to describe. 
A)  A statistically significant result is not necessarily important or meaningful. 
B)  The smaller the sample size, the easier it is to find a significant effect. 
C)  The criterion for a significant result (p < .05) is arbitrary. 
D)  The p-value is easy to interpret and its logic is easy to describe.

Question 4

Personality assessment would be relevant to which of the following constructs?

Accepted Answer

A)  attitudes toward political leaders 
B)  extraversion 
C)  aggression 
D)  all of the above 
A)  attitudes toward political leaders 
B)  extraversion 
C)  aggression 
D)  all of the above

Question 5

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 6

Which of the following is NOT a major limitation of the factor analytic approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  Usually the factors that emerge do not make sense in even well designed research. 
B)  The results are only as good as the items that are included in the analysis. 
C)  The factors are only as good as the criterion groups used to validate the measure. 
D)  It is up to psychologists to label the factors. 
A)  Usually the factors that emerge do not make sense in even well designed research. 
B)  The results are only as good as the items that are included in the analysis. 
C)  The factors are only as good as the criterion groups used to validate the measure. 
D)  It is up to psychologists to label the factors.

Question 7

Integrity tests administered in employment screening provide good measures of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  conscientiousness 
B)  intelligence 
C)  drug use on the job 
D)  sociability 
A)  conscientiousness 
B)  intelligence 
C)  drug use on the job 
D)  sociability

Question 8

Which of the following is good practice for interpreting a correlation?

Accepted Answer

A)  finding a method that demonstrates the size of the correlation in a concrete manner 
B)  evaluating whether it is statistically significant at the p < .05 level 
C)  simply looking at the sign of the correlation and ignoring the actual value 
D)  squaring the value, so that you can interpret the value more easily 
A)  finding a method that demonstrates the size of the correlation in a concrete manner 
B)  evaluating whether it is statistically significant at the p < .05 level 
C)  simply looking at the sign of the correlation and ignoring the actual value 
D)  squaring the value, so that you can interpret the value more easily

Question 9

The primary criterion for item selection in the empirical method of test construction is determining whether the item ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  makes the scale more reliable 
B)  discriminates between two known groups 
C)  loads highly on its primary factor 
D)  will be challenged in a legal context 
A)  makes the scale more reliable 
B)  discriminates between two known groups 
C)  loads highly on its primary factor 
D)  will be challenged in a legal context

Question 10

What is the correct definition of the p-value?

Accepted Answer

A)  probability that the null hypothesis is true 
B)  probability that the null hypothesis is false 
C)  probability that the observed result occurred by chance given that the null hypothesis is true 
D)  probability that the observed result occurred by chance given that the null hypothesis is false 
A)  probability that the null hypothesis is true 
B)  probability that the null hypothesis is false 
C)  probability that the observed result occurred by chance given that the null hypothesis is true 
D)  probability that the observed result occurred by chance given that the null hypothesis is false

Question 11

A researcher wants to conduct a significance test for the correlation between extraversion and happiness.What is the null hypothesis in this analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Extraversion is positively correlated with happiness. 
B)  Extraversion is negatively correlated with happiness. 
C)  Extraversion is the same construct as happiness. 
D)  Extraversion is uncorrelated with happiness. 
A)  Extraversion is positively correlated with happiness. 
B)  Extraversion is negatively correlated with happiness. 
C)  Extraversion is the same construct as happiness. 
D)  Extraversion is uncorrelated with happiness.

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

What term refers to personality inventories that are designed to measure a wide range of traits?

Which of the following is NOT one of the concerns associated with the practice of null-hypothesis significance testing?

Personality assessment would be relevant to which of the following constructs?

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.

Which of the following is NOT a major limitation of the factor analytic approach?

Integrity tests administered in employment screening provide good measures of ________.

Which of the following is good practice for interpreting a correlation?

The primary criterion for item selection in the empirical method of test construction is determining whether the item ________.

What is the correct definition of the p-value?

A researcher wants to conduct a significance test for the correlation between extraversion and happiness.What is the null hypothesis in this analysis?

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The Anatomy and Physiology of Personality

The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology

Basics of Psychoanalysis

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

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Learning to Be a Person: Behaviorism and the Social Learning Theories

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Epilogue: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

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Exam 3: Assessment, Effect Size, and Ethics

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

What term refers to personality inventories that are designed to measure a wide range of traits?

Which of the following is NOT one of the concerns associated with the practice of null-hypothesis significance testing?

Personality assessment would be relevant to which of the following constructs?

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.

Which of the following is NOT a major limitation of the factor analytic approach?

Integrity tests administered in employment screening provide good measures of ________.

Which of the following is good practice for interpreting a correlation?

The primary criterion for item selection in the empirical method of test construction is determining whether the item ________.

What is the correct definition of the p-value?

A researcher wants to conduct a significance test for the correlation between extraversion and happiness.What is the null hypothesis in this analysis?

The Study of the Person

Personality Research Methods

Personality Traits,Situations,and Behavior

Personality Judgment

Using Personality Traits to Understand Behavior

Personality Stability, Development, and Change

The Anatomy and Physiology of Personality

The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology

Basics of Psychoanalysis

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

Experience,Existence,and the Meaning of Life: Humanistic and Positive Psychology

Cultural Variation in Experience, Behavior, and Personality

Learning to Be a Person: Behaviorism and the Social Learning Theories

Personality Processes: Perception, Thought, Motivation, and Emotion

The Self: What You Know About You

Personality, Mental Health, and Physical Health

Epilogue: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

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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.