Exam 8: Personality Assessment

Dr.Ahmad is developing a new objective personality test by appealing to "authorities" in the field to verify the validity of each item.This strategy for test construction is best labeled

A weakness of the factor analytic strategy of test construction is

Jeremiah takes the NEO-PI-R and scores particularly high on the facets of Fantasy,Aesthetics,Feelings,and Ideas.Based on this information alone,it is likely that he will score

Describe the Rorschach,and briefly summarize its administration and scoring procedures.How might one characterize its reliability and validity?

The NEO-PI-R was developed from a model of "normal" personality,but is increasingly being used with clinical populations.Specifically,its use in assessing __________ has been supported by preliminary research.

What information,aside from information about content and determinants,is of interest to clinicians administering the Rorschach?

The __________ approach to test construction involves many aspects of other approaches and is the most labor-intensive.

The MMPI-2 was intended to improve the original MMPI's

Which of the following is most accurate?

Outline three reasons why the MMPI was revised.Also,outline two common criticisms of the MMPI-2.

ALL BUT WHICH of the following is consistent with the goals of sound psychological assessment?

A clinical psychologist conducting a personality assessment instructs an examinee to "make up a story about each of these pictures." The test being administered is probably the

Which of the following personality tests relies the least on formal,quantified scoring schemes?

Which of the following should have the least impact on our evaluation of a specific personality assessment measure?

The Psychasthenia (Pt)scale on the MMPI is best characterized by which more popular contemporary term?

The original MMPI was developed via the__________ approach to objective test construction.

Outline the steps involved in the construct validation approach to objective test construction.How does this approach relate to the other approaches to test construction?

Computers are increasingly used to administer and interpret assessment procedures because they often

Dr.Klein believes that any patient who reports seeing lemurs on a Rorschach inkblot is necessarily psychotic,when perhaps things aren't quite so simple.This is an apt illustration of

An advantage of objective tests is that they typically allow clinical psychologists to