Question 1

In which type of scoring approach to personality assessment can two people with the same score on the same trait differ in terms of the magnitude of the trait or characteristic being measured?

Accepted Answer

A)  nomothetic 
B)  empirical criterion keying 
C)  ipsative 
D)  forced-choice

Question 2

A culturally sensitive psychological assessment includes sensitivity to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  acculturation and language 
B)  values and worldview 
C)  personal identity 
D)  All of these

Question 3

Who typically serves as the informant when the Personality Inventory for Children II (PIC-II)is administered?

Accepted Answer

A)  the child 
B)  the teacher 
C)  the parent 
D)  All of these

Question 4

"A successful life" is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  an instrumental value. 
B)  a terminal value. 
C)  a normative value. 
D)  vocational value.

Question 5

Controversy surrounds the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF).Which is the BEST summary statement of what this controversy about?

Accepted Answer

A)  the quality of the normative sample 
B)  the translation of the test into another language 
C)  the number of factors the test is measuring 
D)  the internal consistency of the test

Question 6

What conclusion did Achenbach reach after investigating differences between respondents who evaluate children?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parents are more accurate than teachers in evaluating children. 
B)  Teachers are more honest than parents in their evaluations. 
C)  Physicians are less accurate than either parents or teachers. 
D)  None of these

Question 7

Consider the list of terms that follows: happy
Sad
Smart
Challenged
Assertive
A list like this one is BEST associated with which type of test of personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  a free-choice test 
B)  a sentence completion test 
C)  an adjective checklist 
D)  a true-false test

Question 8

Relatively few personality tests seek to distinguish traits from states.One test that does make this distinction is

Accepted Answer

A)  the MMPI-2-RF. 
B)  the STAI. 
C)  the Self-Directed Search. 
D)  the CPI.

Question 9

Psychologists have embraced "the Big 5" big time,and a number of tests have been developed to measure the Big 5.Which of the following is NOT a test that was developed to measure the Big 5?

Accepted Answer

A)  the NEO-PI-R 
B)  the Big Five Inventory (BFI) 
C)  the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) 
D)  the 16-PF

Question 10

An advantage of a personality test that is atheoretical in nature is that

Accepted Answer

A)  test users can interpret the test according to their own theoretical preferences. 
B)  the test will, in all likelihood, be more valid than a theory-based test. 
C)  the test is much more likely to be "culture-specific" as well. 
D)  the test is much more likely to be "culture-fair" as well.

Question 11

As discussed in the text,cultural competence refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  developing tests that reflect cultural values. 
B)  knowledge of a particular culture through academic study, life experience, or both. 
C)  the ability of test users to be fair and balanced in administering tests and interpreting test data with testtakers from all cultures. 
D)  expertise in the psychological tests written in a language that is foreign to the test administrator.

Question 12

Who of the following has done the MOST in terms of initiating academic interest in factor analysis as a way of understanding and measuring personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wundt 
B)  Eysenck 
C)  Cattell 
D)  Butcher

Question 13

Which of the following BEST represents your textbook authors' definition of personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  all of individual's thinking, feeling, and behavior 
B)  an individual's phenomenal field 
C)  an individual's unique constellation of psychological traits and states 
D)  an individual's behavior in all of its detail

Question 14

Psychologist John Holland was BEST known for

Accepted Answer

A)  a research program that led to the development of the Big 5. 
B)  a controversy regarding the primacy of states versus traits. 
C)  a theory that occupational choice depends on personality. 
D)  a tunnel linking New York and New Jersey, named in his honor.

Question 15

A measure of anxiety contains 100 statements written in an agree/disagree format.Maxime indicates disagreement with each one of the statements.From this limited amount of information,it seems reasonable to say that

Accepted Answer

A)  Maxime may be trying to present himself in a favorable light. 
B)  Maxime may be exhibiting a nonacquiescent response tendency. 
C)  Maxime may be exhibiting a response set characterized by deviance. 
D)  Maxime may be responding in a socially desirable manner.

Question 16

An example of a personality test that employed empirical criterion keying in its development is the

Accepted Answer

A)  16 PF. 
B)  NEO-PI-R. 
C)  Rorschach. 
D)  MMPI.

Question 17

The BEST explanation of the name given to the "Back-Page Infrequency" scale of the MMPI-2 would make reference to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the last 10 items on the last page of the MMPI-2. 
B)  the degree of pathology that tends to emerge near the end of the test. 
C)  the diligence and care with which a testtaker took the test. 
D)  Bob Dylan's classic song, My Back Pages.

Question 18

A personality trait

Accepted Answer

A)  is relatively enduring. 
B)  is distinguishable. 
C)  varies within and between individuals. 
D)  All of these

Question 19

Research on psychological traits reveals

Accepted Answer

A)  strong cross-situational consistency in traits such as honesty. 
B)  a lack of cross-situational consistency in traits such as honesty. 
C)  clear evidence that traits physically exist in the brain. 
D)  None of these

Question 20

The assumption that a constellation of traits and states may be used to identify a particular category of personality is inherent in

Accepted Answer

A)  a taxonomy of personality. 
B)  a personality typology. 
C)  a personality disposition. 
D)  an astrological sign.

Exam 12: Personality Assessment: An Overview