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Question 1
Self-concept includes all of the following EXCEPT:
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beliefs about others.
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Question 2
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In one approach to the construction of a test to measure a personality trait, the test is
administered to at least two groups, where members of one of the groups is known to be high
in the trait that the test was designed to measure. This approach is referred to as the
approach to test construction.
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empirical criterion keying
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Question 3
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Asking testtakers to indicate how they feel "at this moment" versus how they feel "in general"
is an attempt to
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distinguish between various traits and states.
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Question 4
The 16 PF is a personality measure that assesses 16 different personality
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traits.
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Question 5
From the discussion in the text, which of the following terms BEST go together?
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idiographic-ipsative
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Question 6
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Bushman and Wells had high school hockey players complete a pre-season, self-report
measure of aggressiveness. The preseason measure of aggressiveness was shown to
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predict the number of penalty minutes served.
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Question 7
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"Certain personality traits exist in all people to varying degrees. The assessor's task is to
determine what the strength of each of these traits are in the assessee." We would be MOST
likely to hear this statement from one who
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views testing and assessment from a nomothetic viewpoint.
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Question 8
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Which test BEST exemplifies a tool of assessment developed on the basis of logic and
reason?
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the Personal Data Sheet
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Question 9
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The task of sorting statement cards from least descriptive to most descriptive is MOST
characteristic of which type of assessment method?
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Q-sort
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Question 10
An implication of terms such as self-concept differentiation is that
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traits are context dependent.
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Question 11
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When administering a personality test with the services of a translator, caution is in order
because
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words do not always retain their original meaning in translation.
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Question 12
The semantic differential rating technique consists of
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bipolar adjectives and a 7-point rating scale.
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Question 13
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The term psychasthenia, as used in the 1930s when the MMPI was developed, was MOST
closely related in meaning to what is now known as
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obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Question 14
Henry Murray's concept of press refers to determinants of behavior arising from
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within the environment.
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Question 15
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Which of the following exemplifies an unobtrusive measure?
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the amount of sweat there is on one's hands
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Question 16
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Which of the following is a step toward a solution to the problem of contrast effects in
ratings?
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use of a composite judge
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Question 17
Identification of the antecedents and consequences of behavior is a routine part of
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a functional analysis.
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Question 18
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Critics have attacked projective tests for all of the reasons listed below EXCEPT which of
these?
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difficulties in administering projective tests.
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Question 19
John E. Exner, Jr.
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All of these
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Question 20
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A teacher reports that a fifth-grader has been misbehaving in class. The school principal
comes into the class to observe and the child in question behaves "like a model student." The
effect of the principal's presence can be summed up by
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the word "reactivity"
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Question 21
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Murstein questioned which of the following assumptions concerning projective methods?
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All of these
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Question 22
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Of the following persons, which one served as the curator of the Hermann Rorschach
Museum and Archives in Bern, Switzerland?
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Question 23
The Children's Apperception Test (CAT) depicts in its pictures.
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animals
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Question 24
Exner's Comprehensive System for scoring the Rorschach test
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results in some scoring categories that are deemed unreliable, but only because
these categories are sensitive to the present state of the respondent.
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Question 25
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Rorschach's inkblot test as it came to be administered, and Rapaport et al.'s Word Association
Test have in common
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an inquiry stage.
