3900 final exam
1. a construct with many differences depending on the theory being applied
is _____: personality
2. generally considered to reflect a consistent set of behavioral patterns and
interpersonal process distinguishing one individual from another:
personality
3. personality focuses on consistency across _____: situations
4. personality focuses on _____ _____: individual differences
5. personalities look at _____ vs. ____: states vs. traits
6. personality traits assesses what 3 things?:
1 - self-perceived individual characteristics and individual differences
2 - client's strengths and weaknesses for psychotherapy
3 - occupational and vocational interests
7. cultural issues in test development?: values system, acculturation vs.
identity, relation to group, and transition issues
8. both personal values and cultural values: values system
9. the process of acquiring a 2nd nature: acculturation
10. your self-concept: identity
11. individualistic and collectivism: relation to group
12. narrative styles vary as do gestures and customs: transition issues
13. 3 approaches to personality test construction?: 1- logical, content-related
validation (face), and direct questioning
14. uses logic to develop test (deductive reasoning): logical approach
15. used in WWI to predict who might suffer from PTSD; items measure
presence of symptoms; wasn't very good -- example of which test
construction approach?: woodworth personal data sheet; logical approach
16. items are selected on the basis of face validity: content-related validation
17. given to high school students to test if they are in need of counseling;
emotional function -- example of which test construction approach?: mooney
problem checklist; content-related validation
18. uses direct questions rather than incomplete statements (want to
phrase so there is only one possible correct answer): direct questioning
19. used for adolescents and adults; assesses severity of a range of
symptoms -- example of which test construction approach?: symptom
checklist
(90-R); direct questioning
20. limitations to the 3 test construction approaches?:
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, .
1- over reliance on face
validity
2- too much emphasis on self-report
3- inadequate statistical analyses to assess validity
21. intended to assess certain type of personality: theoretical approach
22 with the theoretical approach items are selected to the extent that they
are consistent with the ____ ___ __ _____: basis of the theory
23. ____ ____ are often used to assist in the development of the scale for the
theoretical approach: item analyses
24. based on Murray's 1938 theory of relative needs; uses an ipsative scale
which control response; develop a profile of relative strength of items --
example of what approach?: Edwards Personality Preference Scale;
theoretical approach
25. respond to equally acceptable responses and respondents pick which
they prefer; control response bias but pose problems for analysis due to
constraints on correlations: ipsative scale
26. individuals with similar ipsative scores can have ___ ___: different needs
27. ____ of ipsative scores can be arbitrary: interpretations
28. inadequate statistical analyses of ipsative scores to assess _____:
validity
29. with the ipsative scale, respondents may not be _____ about their own
behavior: objective/honest
30. ____ and ___ may not interpret the item the same: respondents and test
constructer
31. respondents have reported not liking the ____ ____: ipsative scale
32. ____ ____ attempts to empirically derive the underlying structure of
personality: factor analysis
33. factor analytic tests are useful in _________________: identifying structure
of personality
34. factor analytic tries to explain the ____ with the ______: most with the
least
35. humans possess characteristics or traits that are ___: stable
36. traits differ from ___ to ____: person to person
37. traits can be ____: measured
38. ____ _____ reflects the assumptions of structured personality tests very
well: factor analyses
39. the NEO personality inventory-revised is AKA: the "big five" theory
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1. a construct with many differences depending on the theory being applied
is _____: personality
2. generally considered to reflect a consistent set of behavioral patterns and
interpersonal process distinguishing one individual from another:
personality
3. personality focuses on consistency across _____: situations
4. personality focuses on _____ _____: individual differences
5. personalities look at _____ vs. ____: states vs. traits
6. personality traits assesses what 3 things?:
1 - self-perceived individual characteristics and individual differences
2 - client's strengths and weaknesses for psychotherapy
3 - occupational and vocational interests
7. cultural issues in test development?: values system, acculturation vs.
identity, relation to group, and transition issues
8. both personal values and cultural values: values system
9. the process of acquiring a 2nd nature: acculturation
10. your self-concept: identity
11. individualistic and collectivism: relation to group
12. narrative styles vary as do gestures and customs: transition issues
13. 3 approaches to personality test construction?: 1- logical, content-related
validation (face), and direct questioning
14. uses logic to develop test (deductive reasoning): logical approach
15. used in WWI to predict who might suffer from PTSD; items measure
presence of symptoms; wasn't very good -- example of which test
construction approach?: woodworth personal data sheet; logical approach
16. items are selected on the basis of face validity: content-related validation
17. given to high school students to test if they are in need of counseling;
emotional function -- example of which test construction approach?: mooney
problem checklist; content-related validation
18. uses direct questions rather than incomplete statements (want to
phrase so there is only one possible correct answer): direct questioning
19. used for adolescents and adults; assesses severity of a range of
symptoms -- example of which test construction approach?: symptom
checklist
(90-R); direct questioning
20. limitations to the 3 test construction approaches?:
1/7
, .
1- over reliance on face
validity
2- too much emphasis on self-report
3- inadequate statistical analyses to assess validity
21. intended to assess certain type of personality: theoretical approach
22 with the theoretical approach items are selected to the extent that they
are consistent with the ____ ___ __ _____: basis of the theory
23. ____ ____ are often used to assist in the development of the scale for the
theoretical approach: item analyses
24. based on Murray's 1938 theory of relative needs; uses an ipsative scale
which control response; develop a profile of relative strength of items --
example of what approach?: Edwards Personality Preference Scale;
theoretical approach
25. respond to equally acceptable responses and respondents pick which
they prefer; control response bias but pose problems for analysis due to
constraints on correlations: ipsative scale
26. individuals with similar ipsative scores can have ___ ___: different needs
27. ____ of ipsative scores can be arbitrary: interpretations
28. inadequate statistical analyses of ipsative scores to assess _____:
validity
29. with the ipsative scale, respondents may not be _____ about their own
behavior: objective/honest
30. ____ and ___ may not interpret the item the same: respondents and test
constructer
31. respondents have reported not liking the ____ ____: ipsative scale
32. ____ ____ attempts to empirically derive the underlying structure of
personality: factor analysis
33. factor analytic tests are useful in _________________: identifying structure
of personality
34. factor analytic tries to explain the ____ with the ______: most with the
least
35. humans possess characteristics or traits that are ___: stable
36. traits differ from ___ to ____: person to person
37. traits can be ____: measured
38. ____ _____ reflects the assumptions of structured personality tests very
well: factor analyses
39. the NEO personality inventory-revised is AKA: the "big five" theory
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