Having been so informed, it is the responsibility of the test taker to appear on time with any required materials, pay for testing services and be ready to be tested. A combination of factor analytic and empirical methods History of the Rorschach Inkblot Test One of Hermann Rorschach's favorite games as a child was Klecksography, which involves creating inkblots and making up stories or One problem with the lexical strategy is that ___. a common obligation to try to understand the whole person, Roots of personality psychology can be traced to the theater because. B. 0000006807 00000 n Complete the test as directed. When the C-TCB was compared with the TAT for African Americans, it was found that use of the C-TCB led to increased story length, higher degrees of positive feelings, and stronger identification with the C-TCB (Hoy, 1997; Hoy-Watkins & Jenkins-Moore, 2008). 256 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 259 /H [ 1169 667 ] /L 287959 /E 10384 /N 40 /T 282720 >> endobj xref 256 29 0000000016 00000 n WebWhen evaluated as psychometric instruments, most projective tests ________. C. NEO Personality Inventory (1999). The tests include 40 incomplete sentences that people are asked to complete as quickly as possible (Figure 11.19). A theory that tries to explain everything would probably not provide the best explana-tion for any one thing. 0000003381 00000 n tured (objective) personality tests, projective techniques typically present respondents with an ambiguous stimulus, such as an inkblot, and ask them to disambiguate this stimulus. C. Factor analytic This section explores the best known among the many different types of personality tests. D. will be challenged in a legal context, If everybody read, interpreted, and answered an item in exactly the same way, then that item ________. %PDF-1.3 % Dr. Low is interested in studying the relation between mood and will-ingness to help a stranger. A psychologist administering the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) asks respondents to ________. Its orientation is to encourage positive and high quality interactions between testing professionals and test takers. c. Have validity but little reliability In a series of studies about intellectual expectancies, Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) found that schoolchildren randomly identified as "bloomers" showed an average IQ in-crease of about 15 points by the end of the school year. Omnibus inventories A third projective test is the Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank (RISB) developed by Julian Rotter in 1950 (recall his theory of locus of control, covered earlier in this chapter). (2020, December 14). C. Big bandwidth inventories Extraversion is uncorrelated with happiness. Present concerns about the testing process or your results and receive information about procedures that will be used to address such concerns. (1989). Testing professionals should advise test takers that it is their responsibility to present concerns about the testing process in a timely, respectful manner. Because test takers have the right to be informed, prior to testing, about the test's purposes, the nature of the test, whether test results will be reported to the test takers, and the planned use of the results (when not in conflict with the testing purposes), testing professionals should: Give or provide test takers with access to a brief description about the test purpose (e.g., diagnosis, placement, selection, etc.) Dr. Garcia wants to measure the earliest autobiographical memories of the participants in her project. A. High-fidelity inventories Webof the studies conducted on psychological instruments, includ-ing projective techniques, researchers begin with known groups (e.g., individuals with versus without a history of B. D. have validity but little reliability, A researcher computes a correlation coefficient between variables X and Y using a handheld calculator. Behave honestly (e.g., not cheating or assisting others who cheat). BMX Company has one employee. Validity is the degree to which a measurement ________. Which of the following is true about predicting future behaviors? 0000001028 00000 n Ask questions prior to testing if you are uncertain about why the test is being given, how it will be given, what you will be asked to do, and what will be done with the results. Choose from: a. sensorimotor; b. preoperational; c. concrete operational; d. formal operational. A. The following are the main purposes of psychological testing: Behavior Recognition Diagnosis of the mind. As described in the text, according to some motivation researchers, the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) measures ________, whereas questionnaire-based measures predict ________. The updated version of the instrument is the Contemporized-Themes Concerning Blacks Test (C-TCB) (Williams, 1972). On tests scored using professional judgment (e.g., essay tests or projective techniques), a general description of the scoring procedures might be provided except when such information is proprietary or would tend to influence test performance inappropriately. Testing professionals should inform test takers that it is their responsibility to read descriptive material they receive in advance of a test and to listen carefully to test instructions. Should provide test takers, upon request, with information regarding who has a legitimate right to access their test results (when individually identified) and in what form. One behavioral response does not fit all people in every situation, Trait psychologists are most interested in. Imagine that you want to develop a test to measure depression. Contemporized-Themes Concerning Blacks Test (C-TCB), TEMAS Multicultural Thematic Apperception Test, https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction, https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/11-9-personality-assessment, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, Discuss the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Recognize and describe common projective tests used in personality assessment. 0000009414 00000 n An important difference between projective techniques and self-report measures is the much greater reliance of the self-report measures on, the willingness of the examinee to disclose personal information overtly. Exceptions may occur when test takers, or their guardians, consent to release the test results to others or when testing professionals are authorized by law to release test results. consent of Rice University. Which of the following illustrates converging criteria that could be used to estab-lish the accuracy of a personality judgment? A researcher computes a correlation coefficient between variables X and Y using a handheld calculator. 0000004291 00000 n listening to the target describe his or her thoughts and feeling. Mikhail is loud and boisterous, a leader. According to Dan McAdams, the narrative theme of "agency" organizes the life story around ________. D. would not be very useful for the assessment of individual differences, The MMPI was designed to ________. Perhaps the most fundamental right test takers have is to be able to take tests that meet high professional standards, such as those described in Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education, 1999) as well as those of other appropriate professional associations. D. extreme responding, Personality Psychology Final Review: Exams 1-3, memory quiz questions exam 2An experimental s, phisio psych exam 1 review: chapters 1, 2, 3, Elliot Aronson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers, Timothy D. Wilson, Ethical Issues in Pediatric and Geriatric Res. For your final version of the test, you decide to keep only the 15 items that the depressed and nondepressed groups answered differently. & \text{\$ 6,400} & \text{\$ 800}\\ A. D. Lock owned Lock Hospitality, Inc., which in turn owned the Best Western Motel in Conway, Arkansas. 0000007666 00000 n 0000009545 00000 n & \text{Gross Pay through August} & \text{Gross Pay for September}\\ Except where otherwise noted, textbooks on this site A second projective test is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), created in the 1930s by Henry Murray, an American psychologist, and a psychoanalyst named Christiana Morgan. What kind of error has this re-searcher made? Imagine that you want to develop a test to measure depression. These materials should be clearly described in test registration and/or test familiarization materials. What is one of personality psychology's biggest advantages over other areas of psychology? Lock took possession of the box and its contents. American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education. Mischel used _____ to study the size of the relationship between personality and behavior and between behaviors across situations. 0000005992 00000 n For example, if someone responds yes to a number of unrealistically positive items such as I have never told a lie, they may be trying to fake good or appear better than they actually are. National Council on Measurement in Education. If you were to fully develop a personality test without even looking at the item content, you would be using the ________ method of test construction. However, only about 11% reported using them often or always. Find new criterion groups However, this common practice may limit ________. A limitation of Hans Eysenck's personality taxonomy is that ___. that the data are influenced by multiple factors besides just personality. Testing professionals should advise test takers that it is their responsibility to ask questions about the confidentiality of their test results, if this aspect concerns them. Describe its operation in terms of factor markets and product markets. Provide test takers with the criteria used to determine a passing score, when individual test scores are reported and related to a pass-fail standard. Your grade point average best indicates your average performance in your college classes over time. When the test was given an additional 2 years later (4 years after starting on the job), the results suggested high risk for alcohol-related difficulties. Members of the JCTP Working Group on Test Taker Rights and Responsibilities: Advancing psychology to benefit society and improve lives, Responsibilities of users of standardized tests: RUST statement revised, Standards for educational and psychological testing, of rights of people receiving audiology or speech-language pathology services, Code of fair testing practices in education, Standards for the provision of school psychological services, Code of professional responsibilities in educational measurement. Imagine that Sally thinks she can judge Charlie's personality better than Lucy's personality. Based on what you know about Vicki's personality you predict that she. A. What is a primary goal of the biological approach to personality? Rather, they represent the best judgments of testing professionals about the reasonable expectations that those involved in the testing enterprise (test producers, test users, and test takers) should have of each other. 256 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 259 /H [ 1169 667 ] /L 287959 /E 10384 /N 40 /T 282720 >> endobj xref 256 29 0000000016 00000 n The ________ method is NOT a basic method for constructing objective personality tests. For trait psychologists, any meaningful way in which people _____ may potentially be identified as a personality trait. B. Code of professional responsibilities in educational measurement. If an evaluator scores the Rorschach using the Exner scoring system, the test is considered a valid and reliable measure. Which of the following does NOT describe a type of person-situation in-teraction? Characteristics that are strengths in one sense are weaknesses in other ways. Which of the following approaches to test construction is the most atheo-retical? The OpenStax name, OpenStax logo, OpenStax book covers, OpenStax CNX name, and OpenStax CNX logo Because test takers have the right to be informed of their rights and responsibilities as test takers, it is normally the responsibility of the individual who administers a test (or the organization that prepared the test) to inform test takers of these rights and responsibilities. Involve the construction of stories and narratives What term refers to personality inventories that are designed to measure a wide range of traits? Projective tests are relatively inefficient and expensive to administer. WebYou gather a set of 100 potential test items and ask a sample of people diagnosed with clinical depression and a sample of nondepressed people to respond to the items. Nevertheless, projective tests remain in use. Dr. Atika is designing a test to measure sociability. Psychologists counteract ____ by intentionally reverse-scoring some of the questionnaire items. Allen will most likely display an in-crease in which trait? In observing human behavior, it is impossible to ________. The field of personality have been criticized for ____. What is a key strength of longitudinal personality development studies? In such situations, the professionals involved in the testing should clarify, for the test taker as well as for themselves, who is responsible for each aspect of the testing process. Webpsychological testing, also called psychometrics, the systematic use of tests to quantify psychophysical behaviour, abilities, and problems and to make predictions about psychological performance. The idea that certain personality traits may elicit specific responses from the environment is known as ___. Eysenck failed to include some important personality traits in his model. Tell test takers, prior to testing, about the planned use(s) of the test results. Joe Terry and David Stocks were preparing the motel for renovation. You gather a set of 100 potential test items and ask a sample of people diagnosed with clinical depression and a sample of nondepressed people to respond to the items. situational variables; personality traits. Provide, upon request, information to test takers about the sources used in interpreting their test results, including technical manuals, technical reports, norms, and a description of the comparison group, or additional information about the test taker(s). Because that test takers have a right to be informed in advance when the test will be administered, if and when test results will be available, and if there is a fee for testing services that the test takers are expected to pay, test professionals should: Notify test takers of the alteration in a timely manner if a previously announced testing schedule changes, provide a reasonable explanation for the change, and inform test takers of the new schedule. a. Random variations tend to cancel out when aggregated. 0000006829 00000 n Provide test takers, if requested, with information about any preventative measures that have been instituted to safeguard the accuracy of test scores. He enjoys taking physical risks compared to Nicole who shuns physical risks and takes extreme precautions even when crossing the road. 0000009545 00000 n This image is from the Thematic Apperception Tests (TAT). Sally will be more accurate in her judgments of Charlie. Characteristics that describe ways in which people are different from each other are known as ____. Do as well as objective tests like the CPI and MMPI 0000009337 00000 n For example, when the TAT was used with African-American test takers, the result was often shorter story length and low levels of cultural identification (Duzant, 2005). D. objective test, When evaluated as psychometric instruments, most projective tests ________. Inform the test taker, if the testing situation requires that test takers bring materials (e.g., personal identification, pencils, calculators, etc.) You always show up to work on time, and your colleagues say that you are dependable and conscientious. Factor analytic 0000000949 00000 n The intentional use of certain tactics to coerce, influence, or change others is known as ____. Imagine that a researcher conducts a study and fails to find a statistically significant correlation between exercise and weight loss. The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) was designed to ________. 0000009337 00000 n She writes items that seem directly Trait psychology is sometimes also called _____ psychology. Rational Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Dr. Akita is using the ________ method of test construction. A. Test conditions will normally be similar to those used to standardize the test. Beutler, Nussbaum, and Meredith (1988) gave the MMPI to newly recruited police officers and then to the same police officers 2 years later. If a test consists of a list of True/False questions and is graded using a computer-scored answer sheet, then it is a(n) ________. Compute the number of ways you can select n elements from N elements for each of the following: When testing persons with documented disabilities and other special characteristics that require special testing conditions and/or interpretation of results, have the skills and knowledge for such testing and interpretation. Dr. Akita is using the ________ method of test construction. are licensed under a, Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney. Treat others with courtesy and respect during the testing process. Inform test takers about the type of feedback and interpretation that is routinely provided, as well as what is available for a fee. Should the cash be characterized as lost, mislaid, or abandoned property? Particularly for psychologists, testing is associated with their professional identity and is part of their usual and customary practice. Upon presentation of each card, the psychologist asks the client, What might this be? What the test-taker sees reveals unconscious feelings and struggles (Piotrowski, 1987; Weiner, 2003). _____ is the concept that refers to the idea that a person may act in a certain way only in particular circumstances. An assumption made by all trait theories is that there is a degree of ____ in personality over time. The field of personality have been criticized for ___. Because test takers have the right to have the results of tests kept confidential to the extent allowed by law, testing professionals should: Ensure that records of test results (in paper or electronic form) are safeguarded and maintained so that only individuals who have a legitimate right to access them will be able to do so. These incomplete sentences resemble the types of questions on the RISB. Testing professionals need to inform test takers that they should listen to and/or read their rights and responsibilities as a test taker and ask questions about issues they do not understand. 0000001836 00000 n The Implicit Association Test (IAT) yields what kind of data? If a test consists of a list of True/False questions and is graded using a computer-scored answer sheet, then it is a(n) ________. This statement should be used as an adjunct, or supplement, to those standards. D. -0.98, Dr. Hallet gives his client a personality test that contains a series of inkblots. What is the best approach to test construction? 0000003381 00000 n It is a series of symmetrical inkblot cards that are presented to a client by a psychologist. 0000002308 00000 n identify groups of test items that seem to be alike. In some circumstances, the test developer and the test user may not be the same person, group of persons, or organization. You may need to ask questions to learn these consequences. Compare the margin of safety in dollars between the two companies. David will generally be on time for work most days next week. Inform test takers, if their test results are under investigation and may be canceled, invalidated, or not released for normal use. ASHA (36), 60-63. On June 30, Martinez declared and paid$75,000 cash dividends to all stockholders. Dec 19, 2022 OpenStax. 0000009315 00000 n C. discriminates between two known groups Inform test takers prior to testing about any anticipated fee for the testing process, as well as the fees associated with each component of the process, if the components can be separated. What term describes computer-assisted methods to measure thoughts and feelings that occur during normal daily activities? Review Questions Which of the following is NOT a projective test? What is the null hypothesis in this analysis? B. MMPI If you were shown an inkblot and asked to describe what you saw, you would be taking the ________. -Personality Research Form Webserved as the data pool to ascertain the extent of use of projective instruments within the context of psychological tests available to mental health practitioners. A. incremental validation The Rorschach Inkblot Test was developed in 1921 by a Swiss psychologist named Hermann Rorschach (pronounced ROAR-shock). A. Rorschach Which of the following is NOT part of the psychological triad? What is the null hypothesis in this analysis? Imagine that you want to develop a test to measure depression. Which of the following is NOT considered one of the likely reasons that high-expectancy students perform better? Washington, DC: Author. Testing professionals include developers of assessment products and services, those who market and sell them, persons who select them, test administrators and scorers, those who interpret test results, and trained users of the information. In line with the ________ process, if someone is high on conscientiousness, she will most likely select environments that promote achievement and order. Because test takers have the right to have their tests administered and interpreted by appropriately trained individuals, testing professionals should: Know how to select the appropriate test for the intended purposes. By the end of this section, you will be able to: Roberto, Mikhail, and Nat are college friends and all want to be police officers. 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