Chapter 02 Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Chapter 02 Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What persons tell you about their attitudes would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
2. What a person's friend tells you about that person would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-03 Observer-Report Data (O-Data)
3. How a person performs on an intelligence test would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
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Topic: 02-04 Test Data (T-Data)
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Chapter 02 - Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
4. A person's police record would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-05 Life-Outcome Data (L-Data)
5. Which type of data is most commonly used to measure personality?
A. S-data
B. O-data
C. T-data
D. L-data
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
6. I conduct a study of safe drivers for a major insurance company and collect data from a
sample of 1,000 drivers. I then examine their driving records over a 10-year period. This
study is using
A. life-outcome data.
B. observer-report data.
C. test data.
D. self-report data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-05 Life-Outcome Data (L-Data)
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Chapter 02 - Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
7. Of the different ways to collect self-report data, which is most common?
A. Interviews
B. Periodic reports
C. Questionnaires
D. Experience sampling
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
8. Which of the following is the best reason for collecting self-report data?
A. Individuals have access to a wealth of information about themselves.
B. Observer bias is very difficult to remove from the data.
C. The desire to portray oneself in a positive light is very prevalent.
D. There is an almost total lack of bias in self-report data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
9. You are asked to describe Dr. Larsen's personality on a questionnaire. This is an example
of
A. observer data.
B. student data.
C. subordinate data.
D. omniscient data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-03 Observer-Report Data (O-Data)
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Chapter 02 - Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
10. Which of the following is an example of an unstructured questionnaire?
A. True/False
B. Forced choice
C. Open-ended
D. Rorschach test
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
11. The Twenty Statements Test (i.e., the "Who am I?" test) is an example of a(n)
A. structured questionnaire.
B. unstructured questionnaire.
C. projective test.
D. bias-free test.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
12. In the Twenty Statements Test (i.e., the "Who am I?" test), which of the following is
important to the scoring?
A. The order and syntax of the statements
B. The context and structure of the statements
C. The order and content of the statements
D. The complexity and syntax of the statements
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
Chapter 02 Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What persons tell you about their attitudes would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
2. What a person's friend tells you about that person would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-03 Observer-Report Data (O-Data)
3. How a person performs on an intelligence test would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-04 Test Data (T-Data)
,Chapter 02 Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Chapter 02 - Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
4. A person's police record would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-05 Life-Outcome Data (L-Data)
5. Which type of data is most commonly used to measure personality?
A. S-data
B. O-data
C. T-data
D. L-data
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
6. I conduct a study of safe drivers for a major insurance company and collect data from a
sample of 1,000 drivers. I then examine their driving records over a 10-year period. This
study is using
A. life-outcome data.
B. observer-report data.
C. test data.
D. self-report data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-05 Life-Outcome Data (L-Data)
,Chapter 02 Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Chapter 02 - Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
7. Of the different ways to collect self-report data, which is most common?
A. Interviews
B. Periodic reports
C. Questionnaires
D. Experience sampling
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
8. Which of the following is the best reason for collecting self-report data?
A. Individuals have access to a wealth of information about themselves.
B. Observer bias is very difficult to remove from the data.
C. The desire to portray oneself in a positive light is very prevalent.
D. There is an almost total lack of bias in self-report data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
9. You are asked to describe Dr. Larsen's personality on a questionnaire. This is an example
of
A. observer data.
B. student data.
C. subordinate data.
D. omniscient data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-03 Observer-Report Data (O-Data)
, Chapter 02 Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Chapter 02 - Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
10. Which of the following is an example of an unstructured questionnaire?
A. True/False
B. Forced choice
C. Open-ended
D. Rorschach test
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
11. The Twenty Statements Test (i.e., the "Who am I?" test) is an example of a(n)
A. structured questionnaire.
B. unstructured questionnaire.
C. projective test.
D. bias-free test.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
12. In the Twenty Statements Test (i.e., the "Who am I?" test), which of the following is
important to the scoring?
A. The order and syntax of the statements
B. The context and structure of the statements
C. The order and content of the statements
D. The complexity and syntax of the statements
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
