Exam 2: Personality Research Methods

On Friday,Terence completes the Self-Monitoring Scale and receives a score of 49.On the following Tuesday,he fills out the scale again and receives a score of 28.Terence's scores on the Self-Monitoring Scale do not appear to be ________.

Because Jesse's teacher believes that he is intelligent,she challenges him with extra assignments and generally encourages his curiosity.At the end of the school year,Jesse performs better on the school's achievement test than any other student.Jesse's enhanced performance is likely due to the ________.

________ data are fairly easily verifiable,concrete,real-life outcomes of possible psychological significance.

When someone is high in narcissism,what type of data about this person might be the LEAST trustworthy?

Dr.Low is interested in studying the relation between mood and willingness to help a stranger.Every participant in her study completes a mood-rating questionnaire and is then given an opportunity to donate money to a homeless stranger.Dr.Low is using a(n)________ design.

Reliability is ________ for validity.

Random assignment allows researchers to ________.

Which kind of data is the LEAST expensive to collect?

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of I data?

I data are ________.

What is the best way for a researcher to judge the face validity of items on a measure?

According to the text,which of the following is another term for behavioral confirmation?

Because each kind of data has limitations,personality psychologists should ________.

Consider the construct of intelligence.What steps would researchers do to validate measures of this construct? Why is validity harder to establish and evaluate than reliability?

I data essentially measure ________.

Match the most applicable type of data with each piece of information. -Father's report on his daughter's talkativeness

The most important and generally useful way to enhance reliability is to ________.

In a priming study,participants solved puzzles that included words such as gray,wise,retired,and Florida.After solving these puzzles,participants were observed as they walked down a hallway.The observation of participants' speed of walking would be considered ________ data.

If Dr.O'Connell wants to learn about Laura,why might Dr.O'Connell want to avoid using S data?

The strongest advantage of the experimental method is that ________.