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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. The reliability of assessment techniques is concerned with whether a test measures what it is intended to
measure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
2. Those who feel they are able to express their true selves are more active on Facebook and other social media
sites than those who do not feel that way about themselves.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. The Rorschach Inkblot tests, unlike the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), can be widely
used for underrepresented ethnic groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
4. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is considered a projective measure of personality
assessment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
5. Men are more often diagnosed with depression than are women.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
6. Personality accounts for the large and small ways in which an individual is different from everybody else.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
7. Significant differences in responses to most self-report inventories have been found between paper-and-pencil
tests and the same tests administered online.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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8. Rearing of girls and boys according to traditional gender stereotypes plays a major role in shaping their
personalities in different ways.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
9. Online testing is less expensive and less time-consuming than conventional classroom tests.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
10. Although projective tests have low reliability and low validity, they are still widely used for assessment and
diagnostic purposes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is not appropriate for people with limited reading
skills.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12. Self-report inventories remain one of the best ways to measure personality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
13. Test-takers tend to make themselves appear acceptable and socially desirable on self-report inventories.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
14. Clinical interviews are more systematic than formal behavioral assessment procedures.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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15. Projective tests are highly accurate and objective in their ability to describe personality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
16. The correlational method of research:
a. employs inkblots to assess an individual’s psychological makeup.
b. involves exposing one of two groups to the stimulus variable.
c. requires people to describe ambiguous pictures to understand how they feel and think.
d. measures the relationship between two variables.
ANSWER: d
17. Around 1500, the Latin word persona was used to refer to:
a. a person’s mechanistic behavior.
b. predictable and automatic responses.
c. a mask used by actors in a play.
d. a robe worn by noblemen.
ANSWER: c
18. In experimental research, the variable manipulated by the experimenter is the:
a. independent variable.
b. dependent variable.
c. external variable.
d. internal variable.
ANSWER: a
19. Which of the following statements characterizes the Hispanic population with respect to personality assessment?
a. Hispanic people tend to seek help for their mental condition from personnel of other ethnicities in order to
avoid potential embarrassment in their own community.
b. Hispanic people are highly individualistic and tend to score high on self-enhancement.
c. Compared to Black people, Hispanic people score considerably higher on suspicion and lack of trust in
other people.
d. Hispanic adolescents are typically treated by clinicians for shorter periods of time than non-Hispanic White
adolescents.
ANSWER: d
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20. In the context of the personality research methods, a technique for determining the effect of one or more
variables on behavior is known as a(n):
a. experiment.
b. case study.
c. projective test.
d. clinical observation.
ANSWER: a
21. In the past, which type of people were more likely to be used in research on personality theory?
a. Asian women
b. Latinx men
c. White people
d. Black men
ANSWER: c
22. A person from a collectivist society is more likely to focus on:
a. group norms and values.
b. assertiveness.
c. competitiveness.
d. self-enhancement.
ANSWER: a
23. Which of the following is true of self-enhancement?
a. It is prevalent among Nordic cultures.
b. It is defined as the process of administering rewards or punishments to oneself.
c. It is defined as the tendency to promote oneself.
d. It is genetically induced and determined at birth.
ANSWER: c
24. The primary limitation of the correlation method deals with:
a. solving the highly complex results.
b. using statistical analysis.
c. determining cause and effect.
d. analyzing the experimental variables.
ANSWER: c
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. The reliability of assessment techniques is concerned with whether a test measures what it is intended to
measure.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
2. Those who feel they are able to express their true selves are more active on Facebook and other social media
sites than those who do not feel that way about themselves.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. The Rorschach Inkblot tests, unlike the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), can be widely
used for underrepresented ethnic groups.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
4. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is considered a projective measure of personality
assessment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
5. Men are more often diagnosed with depression than are women.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
6. Personality accounts for the large and small ways in which an individual is different from everybody else.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
7. Significant differences in responses to most self-report inventories have been found between paper-and-pencil
tests and the same tests administered online.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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8. Rearing of girls and boys according to traditional gender stereotypes plays a major role in shaping their
personalities in different ways.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
9. Online testing is less expensive and less time-consuming than conventional classroom tests.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
10. Although projective tests have low reliability and low validity, they are still widely used for assessment and
diagnostic purposes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
11. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is not appropriate for people with limited reading
skills.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
12. Self-report inventories remain one of the best ways to measure personality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
13. Test-takers tend to make themselves appear acceptable and socially desirable on self-report inventories.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
14. Clinical interviews are more systematic than formal behavioral assessment procedures.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
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15. Projective tests are highly accurate and objective in their ability to describe personality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
16. The correlational method of research:
a. employs inkblots to assess an individual’s psychological makeup.
b. involves exposing one of two groups to the stimulus variable.
c. requires people to describe ambiguous pictures to understand how they feel and think.
d. measures the relationship between two variables.
ANSWER: d
17. Around 1500, the Latin word persona was used to refer to:
a. a person’s mechanistic behavior.
b. predictable and automatic responses.
c. a mask used by actors in a play.
d. a robe worn by noblemen.
ANSWER: c
18. In experimental research, the variable manipulated by the experimenter is the:
a. independent variable.
b. dependent variable.
c. external variable.
d. internal variable.
ANSWER: a
19. Which of the following statements characterizes the Hispanic population with respect to personality assessment?
a. Hispanic people tend to seek help for their mental condition from personnel of other ethnicities in order to
avoid potential embarrassment in their own community.
b. Hispanic people are highly individualistic and tend to score high on self-enhancement.
c. Compared to Black people, Hispanic people score considerably higher on suspicion and lack of trust in
other people.
d. Hispanic adolescents are typically treated by clinicians for shorter periods of time than non-Hispanic White
adolescents.
ANSWER: d
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Chap 01 12e Schultz
20. In the context of the personality research methods, a technique for determining the effect of one or more
variables on behavior is known as a(n):
a. experiment.
b. case study.
c. projective test.
d. clinical observation.
ANSWER: a
21. In the past, which type of people were more likely to be used in research on personality theory?
a. Asian women
b. Latinx men
c. White people
d. Black men
ANSWER: c
22. A person from a collectivist society is more likely to focus on:
a. group norms and values.
b. assertiveness.
c. competitiveness.
d. self-enhancement.
ANSWER: a
23. Which of the following is true of self-enhancement?
a. It is prevalent among Nordic cultures.
b. It is defined as the process of administering rewards or punishments to oneself.
c. It is defined as the tendency to promote oneself.
d. It is genetically induced and determined at birth.
ANSWER: c
24. The primary limitation of the correlation method deals with:
a. solving the highly complex results.
b. using statistical analysis.
c. determining cause and effect.
d. analyzing the experimental variables.
ANSWER: c
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