Exam 5: Methods for Looking Within Ourselves

Because Janet is perceived by Hal as being warm, Hal also judges Janet to be friendly, kind, and sincere. This is an example of which rating error?

An example of a structured personality measure is the

Andrew is given a series of pictures and asked to make up a story explaining each picture. Which personality measure is Andrew completing?

Barbara refuses to use the "not at all" and the "extremely" response options on a rating scale. Which rating error does this exemplify?

Anthony G. Greenwald and Mahzarin R. Banaji (1995) developed an approach intended to measure what they called implicit attitudes, using what they called the

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of face-to-face interviews?

__________ measures allow one the opportunity to freely express one's feelings whereas __________ measures do not.

Self-report measures that allow respondents to express their feelings and impressions in their own words are referred to as __________ measures.

"Yea sayers" are respondents who exhibit which response bias?

While making interpersonal judgments, Fred gives a person similar ratings on traits that he sees as being interrelated without serious consideration of whether the person actually exhibits all of these traits. This is an example of which rating error?

Self-report measures that provide respondents with fixed response options are referred to as __________ measures.

True-false questions utilize which type of rating scale?

The script an interviewer uses to ask questions during a face-to-face interview is called a(n)

One way to overcome problems associated with the reliance on one's memory in self-reports is to use a(n)

Why must researchers sometimes use self-report measures rather than exclusively relying on systematic observations of behavior?

Which type of rating scale may be effective in minimizing the halo effect?

The primary difference between attitudes and opinions is that

Upon examination of a respondent's answers, Tom notices that the individual circled the "strongly agree" option for every item on the questionnaire. This is most likely an example of which response bias?

Interested in the freshman year experience, David asks freshmen to describe in their own words the first college class that they had attended. David is most likely using which self-report method?

Self-report measures that are developed and are administered and scored according to certain rules are referred to as __________ measures.