Question 1

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 is arbitrary. 
D)  The p-value is easy to interpret. 
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 is arbitrary. 
D)  The p-value is easy to interpret.

Question 2

Cohort effects refer to differences in personality between people of different historical generations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In current psychological research, men are more likely than women to participate in studies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

If measurement errors are truly random, then they should ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  never occur 
B)  not affect the reliability of a measure 
C)  not attenuate the validity of a measure 
D)  sum to zero 
A)  never occur 
B)  not affect the reliability of a measure 
C)  not attenuate the validity of a measure 
D)  sum to zero

Question 5

Dr. Grant is creating a new measure of shyness, and she decides to include more than one item in her scale. She believes that using multiple items will lead to a more reliable measure. Dr. Grant is following which principle of measurement?

Accepted Answer

A)  multitrait assessment 
B)  content validation 
C)  aggregation 
D)  construct validation 
A)  multitrait assessment 
B)  content validation 
C)  aggregation 
D)  construct validation

Question 6

The technical meaning of reliability concerns ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  how much measurement error is present in your assessment instrument 
B)  whether an instrument accurately assesses the construct it is intended to measure 
C)  whether an instrument correlates with a similar measure of the same construct 
D)  whether a sample of participants reasonably represents the population of interest 
A)  how much measurement error is present in your assessment instrument 
B)  whether an instrument accurately assesses the construct it is intended to measure 
C)  whether an instrument correlates with a similar measure of the same construct 
D)  whether a sample of participants reasonably represents the population of interest

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

Cohort effects refer to differences in personality between people of different historical generations.

In current psychological research, men are more likely than women to participate in studies.

If measurement errors are truly random, then they should ________.

Dr. Grant is creating a new measure of shyness, and she decides to include more than one item in her scale. She believes that using multiple items will lead to a more reliable measure. Dr. Grant is following which principle of measurement?

The technical meaning of reliability concerns ________.

The Study of the Person

Clues to Personality: the Basic Sources of Data

Personality Traits, Situations, and Behavior

Personality Assessment I: Personality Testing and Its Consequences

Personality Assessment Ii: Personality Judgment in Daily Life

Using Personality Traits to Understand Behavior

The Anatomy and Physiology of Personality

The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Theory

Basics of Psychoanalysis

The Workings of the Unconscious Mind: Defenses and Slips

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 Social Learning Theories

Personality Processes: Perception, Thought, Motivation, and Emotion

What You Know About You: the Self

Disorders of Personality

Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

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Exam 3: Personality Psychology As Science: Research Methods

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

Cohort effects refer to differences in personality between people of different historical generations.

In current psychological research, men are more likely than women to participate in studies.

If measurement errors are truly random, then they should ________.

Dr. Grant is creating a new measure of shyness, and she decides to include more than one item in her scale. She believes that using multiple items will lead to a more reliable measure. Dr. Grant is following which principle of measurement?

The technical meaning of reliability concerns ________.

The Study of the Person

Clues to Personality: the Basic Sources of Data

Personality Traits, Situations, and Behavior

Personality Assessment I: Personality Testing and Its Consequences

Personality Assessment Ii: Personality Judgment in Daily Life

Using Personality Traits to Understand Behavior

The Anatomy and Physiology of Personality

The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Theory

Basics of Psychoanalysis

The Workings of the Unconscious Mind: Defenses and Slips

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 Social Learning Theories

Personality Processes: Perception, Thought, Motivation, and Emotion

What You Know About You: the Self

Disorders of Personality

Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

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