PERSONALITY ASSESMENT EXAM 2025 GRADED A (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS) MUST PASS
Personality psychology - the scientific study of the psychological forces that make people uniquely
themselves, studies how people think, feel, and behave
Perspectives for studying personality (Eight) - unconscious, ego, cognitive, biological, conditioning,
traits, spiritual, person-situation interaction
Barnum effect - The tendency to consider a personal description accurate if it is stated in very
general terms.
Ego forces - One of the things that sets humans apart from other animals is the ability to self-reflect,
provides a sense of identity or self
Temperament - An individual's behavioural style and characteristic way of responding.
subjective assessment - measurement that relies on interpretation.
strengths and weaknesses of subjective assessment - -different observers may make different
judgement
-complex phenomena may be examined and valuable insight gained
Reliability - Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings
validity - Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is
supposed to predict
acquiescence response set - "yes", "agree", "true of me"
social desirability response set - the "good" or "correct" answer, the answer that reflects well on the
test-taker
ethnic and gender bias - a characteristic that is a strength in one group may be perceived as a
weakness or deficiency in another
CORRECT ANSWERS) MUST PASS
Personality psychology - the scientific study of the psychological forces that make people uniquely
themselves, studies how people think, feel, and behave
Perspectives for studying personality (Eight) - unconscious, ego, cognitive, biological, conditioning,
traits, spiritual, person-situation interaction
Barnum effect - The tendency to consider a personal description accurate if it is stated in very
general terms.
Ego forces - One of the things that sets humans apart from other animals is the ability to self-reflect,
provides a sense of identity or self
Temperament - An individual's behavioural style and characteristic way of responding.
subjective assessment - measurement that relies on interpretation.
strengths and weaknesses of subjective assessment - -different observers may make different
judgement
-complex phenomena may be examined and valuable insight gained
Reliability - Ability of a test to yield very similar scores for the same individual over repeated testings
validity - Ability of a test to measure what it is supposed to measure and to predict what it is
supposed to predict
acquiescence response set - "yes", "agree", "true of me"
social desirability response set - the "good" or "correct" answer, the answer that reflects well on the
test-taker
ethnic and gender bias - a characteristic that is a strength in one group may be perceived as a
weakness or deficiency in another
