AOL #3 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS RATED A+ 2025/2026
There is a lack of consensus concerning what word, in the field of assessment. - correct answer
✔✔intelligence - some people prefer general ability
Psychometric theories of intelligence are based on the premise that intelligence can be
described in terms of __________________. - correct answer ✔✔mental factors
What are mental factors? - correct answer ✔✔general mental skills that influence mental
performance in a variety of situations
What are the two major types of formal personality assessments? - correct answer
✔✔structured personality instruments and projective techniques
What is informal personality assessment in counseling? - correct answer ✔✔Observations,
interviews
What are some ways that error can come into informal personality assessment? - correct
answer ✔✔Counselor may be biased, misinterpreting, or the client may act differently in
session than they do elsewhere
If the purpose of an interview is to assess personality, counselors should remember to
_________. - correct answer ✔✔Only ask questions that directly relate to personality
What are the 4 methods of constructing personality inventories? - correct answer ✔✔1.
Content related procedure
2. Personality theory
,3. Empirical criterion keying
4. Factor analysis
What is content related procedure in terms of creating personality inventories? - correct answer
✔✔A rational approach to item development with items directly relating to the personality
traits being measured
What is personality theory in terms of creating personality inventories? - correct answer
✔✔After the instrument is developed, construct validation is performed to see if the
instrument actually measures the tenets of the theory
What is empirical criterion keying procedure in terms of creating personality inventories? -
correct answer ✔✔Items are selected based on their relationship to some external criterion
instead of their content
What is factor analysis in terms of creating personality inventories? - correct answer
✔✔Examining the interrelationships of items and determining the similarities of the items that
group together
What is the most used personality inventory? - correct answer ✔✔MMPI 2 (Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2)
What method was used in constructing the MMPI 2? - correct answer ✔✔Empirical criterion
keying, items were selected for their relationship to the criterion of identifying psychopathology
What are the 5 factors of the NEO 3? - correct answer ✔✔Openness to Experience
Conscientiousness
Extroversion/Surgency
Agreeableness
, Neuroticism
Research indicates that the 5 factor model of personality is likely ______________. - correct
answer ✔✔Universal
When assessing the big 5 factors of personality, counselors should be aware of research
regarding ________________. - correct answer ✔✔the stability of personality across the
lifespan
What are the 4 dichotomies of the MBTI? - correct answer ✔✔Extroversion/Introversion
Sensing/Intuitive
Feeling/Thinking
Judging/Perceiving
What method was used in constructing the NEO-PI-3? - correct answer ✔✔factor analysis
What method was used in constructing the MBTI? - correct answer ✔✔personality theory
What are some limitations with formal structured personality inventories? - correct answer
✔✔Can be easy to choose desirable responses (for things like hiring), or undesirable responses
(for things like a psych defense in a trial)
What are the 10 basic scales of the MMPI 2? - correct answer ✔✔1. hypochondriasis
2. depression
3. conversion hysteria
4. psychopathic deviance
5. masculinity-femininity
6. paranoia
SOLUTIONS RATED A+ 2025/2026
There is a lack of consensus concerning what word, in the field of assessment. - correct answer
✔✔intelligence - some people prefer general ability
Psychometric theories of intelligence are based on the premise that intelligence can be
described in terms of __________________. - correct answer ✔✔mental factors
What are mental factors? - correct answer ✔✔general mental skills that influence mental
performance in a variety of situations
What are the two major types of formal personality assessments? - correct answer
✔✔structured personality instruments and projective techniques
What is informal personality assessment in counseling? - correct answer ✔✔Observations,
interviews
What are some ways that error can come into informal personality assessment? - correct
answer ✔✔Counselor may be biased, misinterpreting, or the client may act differently in
session than they do elsewhere
If the purpose of an interview is to assess personality, counselors should remember to
_________. - correct answer ✔✔Only ask questions that directly relate to personality
What are the 4 methods of constructing personality inventories? - correct answer ✔✔1.
Content related procedure
2. Personality theory
,3. Empirical criterion keying
4. Factor analysis
What is content related procedure in terms of creating personality inventories? - correct answer
✔✔A rational approach to item development with items directly relating to the personality
traits being measured
What is personality theory in terms of creating personality inventories? - correct answer
✔✔After the instrument is developed, construct validation is performed to see if the
instrument actually measures the tenets of the theory
What is empirical criterion keying procedure in terms of creating personality inventories? -
correct answer ✔✔Items are selected based on their relationship to some external criterion
instead of their content
What is factor analysis in terms of creating personality inventories? - correct answer
✔✔Examining the interrelationships of items and determining the similarities of the items that
group together
What is the most used personality inventory? - correct answer ✔✔MMPI 2 (Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2)
What method was used in constructing the MMPI 2? - correct answer ✔✔Empirical criterion
keying, items were selected for their relationship to the criterion of identifying psychopathology
What are the 5 factors of the NEO 3? - correct answer ✔✔Openness to Experience
Conscientiousness
Extroversion/Surgency
Agreeableness
, Neuroticism
Research indicates that the 5 factor model of personality is likely ______________. - correct
answer ✔✔Universal
When assessing the big 5 factors of personality, counselors should be aware of research
regarding ________________. - correct answer ✔✔the stability of personality across the
lifespan
What are the 4 dichotomies of the MBTI? - correct answer ✔✔Extroversion/Introversion
Sensing/Intuitive
Feeling/Thinking
Judging/Perceiving
What method was used in constructing the NEO-PI-3? - correct answer ✔✔factor analysis
What method was used in constructing the MBTI? - correct answer ✔✔personality theory
What are some limitations with formal structured personality inventories? - correct answer
✔✔Can be easy to choose desirable responses (for things like hiring), or undesirable responses
(for things like a psych defense in a trial)
What are the 10 basic scales of the MMPI 2? - correct answer ✔✔1. hypochondriasis
2. depression
3. conversion hysteria
4. psychopathic deviance
5. masculinity-femininity
6. paranoia
