The basis of the ________ method of test construction is to come up with items that seem directly, obviously, and logically related to what it is you wish to meas-ure. WebProjective tests Rorschach test The stimuli ( e.g., inkblots) in a projective test are intentionally made ambiguous and open to different interpretations in the expectation that each subject will project his own unique (idiosyncratic) reactions in his answers. In line with the ________ process, if someone is high on conscientiousness, she will most likely select environments that promote achievement and order. Indicate which stage of cognitive development is illustrated by the example below. The principal vanishing point of the painting is so far away that it cannot be seen in the painting. 0000005970 00000 n
A. This illustrates the concept of. Validity is the degree to which a measurement ________. Testing professionals should: Inform test takers that they are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the appropriate materials needed for testing and for requesting information about these materials, if needed. \text{a.} Think of a business in your local area. B. If there is a change, reasonable alternatives to the original schedule should be provided. 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. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License . Which of the Big Five traits appears to have the most inconsistency in terms of cross-cultural replication? Do not fare very well c. Have validity but little reliability d. Have generalizability but little validity D. Involve stimuli with no clear 0000006829 00000 n
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\text{c. } & \text{112,200} & \text{8,000}\\ Provide candidates with a reasonable amount of time to complete the test, unless a test has a time limit. 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. episodes of challenging oneself and then accomplishing one's goals. Personality assessment would be relevant to which of the following con-structs? Should not interfere with the rights of others involved in the testing process. B. MMPI Testing professionals should take steps, as appropriate, to ensure that test takers know that they: Are responsible for their behavior throughout the entire testing process. 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. 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. One of the most widely used personality inventories is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), first published in 1943, with 504 true/false questions, and updated to the MMPI-2 in 1989, with 567 questions. Because test takers have the right to present concerns about the testing process and to receive information about procedures that will be used to address such concerns, testing professionals should: Inform test takers how they can question the results of the testing if they do not believe that the test was administered properly or scored correctly, or other such concerns. B. Decide whether each of the following statements makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). The updated version of the instrument is the Contemporized-Themes Concerning Blacks Test (C-TCB) (Williams, 1972). 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. If you can get the same answer repeatedly, then your measure is ________. Which of the following behaviors would be the easiest to predict accurately? Should the cash be characterized as lost, mislaid, or abandoned property? WebTests are defined broadly here as psychological and educational instruments developed and used by testing professionals in organizations such as schools, industries, clinical Which of the following does NOT fall within the biological approach? C. Require choosing among multiple, predetermined alternatives If you have a disability, you have the right to inquire and receive information about testing accommodations. What is a primary goal of the trait approach to personality? 0000003271 00000 n
Imagine that you want to develop a test to measure depression. (1988). A bias to pick responses that the respondent believes are expected by society. C. is empirically derived She writes items that seem directly and obviously related to sociability, such as "I like to go to parties" and "I enjoy the company of other people." She writes items that seem directly Which of the fol-lowing terms describes this principle? Which of the following approaches to test construction is the most atheo-retical? One critique of personality psychology is that it "pigeonholes" people. The OpenStax name, OpenStax logo, OpenStax book covers, OpenStax CNX name, and OpenStax CNX logo Tests are defined broadly here as psychological and educational instruments developed and used by testing professionals in organizations such as schools, industries, clinical practice, counseling settings and human service and other agencies, including those assessment procedures and devices that are used for making inferences about people in the above-named settings. TEMASstanding for Tell Me a Story but also a play on the Spanish word temas (themes)uses images and storytelling cues that relate to minority culture (Constantino, 1982). Rational On June 30, Martinez declared and paid$75,000 cash dividends to all stockholders. Test Taker Rights and Responsibilities Working Group of the Joint Committee on Testing Practices August, 1998. c. Have validity but little reliability \text{b.} Provide test takers with information that will be of use in making decisions if test takers have options regarding which tests, test forms or test formats to take. The field of personality have been criticized for ___. Based on personality development research conducted over the last 40 years, what can we conclude regarding William James's claim that personality is "set like plaster" by age 30? Review Questions Which of the following is NOT a projective test? 0000009414 00000 n
WebWhen evaluated as psychometric instruments, most projective tests. D. All of the above, The basis of the ________ method of test construction is to come up with items that seem directly, obviously, and logically related to what it is you wish to measure. \end{matrix} For your final version of the test, you decide to keep only the 15 items that the depressed and nondepressed groups answered differently. A. Creative Commons Attribution License 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. At December 31, the market price of Martinez Fashion was$15 per share. Prepare journal entries to record the preceding transactions and events. Inform test takers, upon request, how much their scores might change, should they elect to take the test again. Factor analytic However, when her dad flattens one ball into a pancake shape, Lynn is confident that the pancake has more clay than the ball. Explain to test takers why they should consider taking voluntary tests. Yet their popularity in clinical use continues unabat-ed (p. 564). Which of the following is an expression of Funder's First Law? 0 You are using a(n) ________ method of test construction, Wording of items is sometimes reversed to. WebPsychological testing helps to evaluate an individuals mental capabilities and qualities, such as personality, performance, capacity, and neurologic functioning. Rely on computer scoring methods What is a well-known issue with cross-sectional methodology? In some circumstances, the test developer and the test user may not be the same person, group of persons, or organization. 0000002308 00000 n
Walter Mischel and his 1968 book Personality and Assessment are note-worthy because this work ________. 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). He enjoys taking physical risks compared to Nicole who shuns physical risks and takes extreme precautions even when crossing the road. do not fare very well. Walter Mischel suggested that personality psychologists should shift their focus of explaining behavior to ____. what people want; how motives are expressed. If an evaluator scores the Rorschach using the Exner scoring system, the test is considered a valid and reliable measure. Have your test results kept confidential to the extent allowed by law. People in one group may have certain personality features in common, and these common features make that group of people distinct from other groups. Lock took possession of the box and its contents. 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.) After 2 years on the job, police officers responses indicated an increased vulnerability to alcoholism, somatic symptoms (vague, unexplained physical complaints), and anxiety. To address this need, Robert Williams developed the first culturally specific projective test designed to reflect the everyday life experiences of African Americans (Hoy-Watkins & Jenkins-Moore, 2008). Responding to items of a personality test in a manner that is unrelated to the characteristics being assessed is an example of a(n) _____. Projective tests capitalize on this tendency by providing a wide latitude for how a person can respond to semi-ambiguous stimuli or instructions. When gathering data or clues about personality, the best policy is to ________. Once so informed, it is the responsibility of the test taker to accept such consequences, and the testing professional should so inform the test takers. Inform test takers that, if they have a disability, they have the right to request and receive accommodations or modifications in accordance with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other relevant legislation. This section explores the best known among the many different types of personality tests. The length of time is often dictated by individuals responsible for processing or reporting the scores, rather than the individuals responsible for testing, should the two parties indeed differ. Inform test takers that it is their responsibility to request more information if they are not satisfied with what they know about how their test results will be used and what will be done with them. 0000006807 00000 n
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A police officers job is very high in stress, and law enforcement agencies want to make sure they hire the right people. As they were removing the ceiling tiles in room 118118118, with Lock present in the room, they noticed a dusty cardboard box near the heating and air-supply vent where it had apparently been concealed. 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. 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. measuring and conceptualizing individual differences. The RISB is used in screening college students for adjustment problems and in career counseling (Holaday, Smith, & Sherry, 2010; Rotter & Rafferty 1950). C. Administer the items to a new sample d. Have generalizability but little validity, All projective tests ________. Funder notes that the person who is most talkative at a party is also likely to be the most talkative at the department of motor vehicles (DMV). ASHA (36), 60-63. D. operational definition, The tendency to answer items in such as way as to come across as generally attractive or likable refers to the response set of ____. Be familiar with and accept the consequences of not taking the test, should you choose not to take the test. B. Such information would include variation in test performance due to measurement error (e.g., the appropriate standard errors of measurement) and changes in performance over time with or without intervention (e.g., additional training or treatment). Standards for educational and psychological testing. Testing professionals should advise test takers, prior to testing, that it is their responsibility to: Listen to and/or read the directions given to them. 1999-2023, Rice University. Why haven't personality psychologists combined all paradigms into "One Big The-ory"? 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). According to a recent study, which statement is most correct? 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. 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. Except where otherwise noted, textbooks on this site WebThematic apperception test (TAT) is a projective psychological test developed during the 1930s by Henry A. Murray and Christiana D. Morgan at Harvard University. Which reason describes why averaged (aggregated) behaviors are more strongly related to personality traits than individual behaviors? Kurt F. Geisinger, PhD (Co-Chair); William Schafer, EdD (Co-Chair); Gwyneth Boodoo, PhD; Ruth Ekstrom, EdD; Tom Fitzgibbon, PhD; John Fremer, PhD; Joanne Lenke, PhD; Sharon Goldsmith, PhD; Kevin Moreland, PhD; Julie Noble, PhD; James Sampson Jr., PhD; Douglas Smith, PhD; Nicholas Vacc, EdD; Janet Wall, EdD. the possibility that differences in childhood social environment is determining differ-ences between age groups. He is wildly cheering his team on to victory, talking to everyone around him, even though they are strangers, and shouting at the referees for making bad calls on his team. They are not biased by the cohort effect. Dr. Atika is designing a test to measure sociability. Testing Professionals should take steps to ensure that test takers know that they have specific responsibilities in addition to their rights described above. The Implicit Association Test (IAT) yields what kind of data? Provide, upon request, recommendations to test takers about how they could improve their performance on the test, should they choose or be required to take the test again. 0000009545 00000 n
-all of the above, Recent research using the Implicit Association Test (IAT) to study shyness indicates that ________, "controlled" aspects of shyness can be predicted using S data, but uncontrolled or spontaneous aspects can be more accurately predicted using B data, Arlene Lacombe, Kathryn Dumper, Rose Spielman, William Jenkins. WebAn important difference between projective techniques and self-report measures is the much greater reliance of the self-report measures on. Because each kind of data has limitations, personality psychologists should ________. One of the validity scales, the Lie Scale (or L Scale), consists of 15 items and is used to ascertain whether the respondent is faking good (underreporting psychological problems to appear healthier). They typically use multiple-choice items or numbered scales, which represent a range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). According to recent evidence, results from longitudinal studies and cross-sectional studies about personality traits are ________. Generally she is a very friendly, outgoing, and sociable person. The Stanford-Binet is the American adaptation of the original French Binet-Simon intelligence test; it was first introduced in 1916 by Lewis Terman, a psychologist at Stanford University. 0000003140 00000 n
Mischel thought that _____ were most important in determining behavior. & \text{18,200} & \text{2,100}\\ The Barnum effect refers to the tendency to. She writes items that seem di-rectly and obviously related to sociability, such as "I like to go to parties" and "I enjoy the company of other people." 60O30NtF(h).Y| :" P=aji8aaP;8I(sZOONl6t). Provide test takers, upon request, with information about re-testing, including if it is possible to re-take the test or another version of it, and if so, how often, how soon, and under what conditions. It is a series of symmetrical inkblot cards that are presented to a client by a psychologist. Inform test takers of the procedures for appealing decisions that they believe are based in whole or in part on erroneous test results. For your final version of the test, you decide to keep only the 15 items that the depressed and nondepressed groups answered differently. Eysenck failed to include some important personality traits in his model. Despite these shortcomings, the TAT has been one of the most widely used projective tests. Allen has just begun his first professional job. Dr. Akita is designing a test to measure sociability. 0000002070 00000 n
would not be very useful for the assessment of individual differences. Beutler, Nussbaum, and Meredith (1988) gave the MMPI to newly recruited police officers and then to the same police officers 2 years later. is credited with starting the person-situation debate by claiming that traits are not as important as situational factors in behavioral prediction, Vicki has been your friend for several years. 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. This document is intended as an effort to inspire improvements in the testing process and does not have the force of law. Which test is he using? a common obligation to try to understand the whole person, Roots of personality psychology can be traced to the theater because. Inform test takers, if their test results are under investigation and may be canceled, invalidated, or not released for normal use. The reason that objective tests include so many items is to increase the ________ of the test. One behavioral response does not fit all people in every situation, Trait psychologists are most interested in. Upon request, the test taker should be given information about how long such test scores are typically kept on file and remain available. A) "controlled" aspects of shyness can be predicted using S data, but uncontrolled or The Implicit Association Test (IAT) yields what kind of data? Eysenck's taxonomy has been criticized on which one of these issues? B. Extraversion to magnify or maintain existing behavioral tendencies. Which of the following is a limitation of projective tests? Dec 19, 2022 OpenStax. listening to the target describe his or her thoughts and feeling. A. D. Rational, When evaluated as psychometric instruments, most projective tests ________. An assumption made by all trait theories is that there is a degree of ____ in personality over time. Typically, the tests are administered by computer. WebRecent research using the Implicit Associations Test (IAT) to study shyness indicates that. B. extreme responding Choose from: a. sensorimotor; b. preoperational; c. concrete operational; d. formal operational. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Should not compromise the integrity of the test and its interpretation in any manner. In simple language, questions about reliability concern ________, whereas questions about validity concern ________. Aggregated behaviors are better predicted than specific behaviors. Provide test takers, prior to testing, either in the written instructions, in other written documents or orally, with answers to questions that test takers may have about basic test administration procedures. 60O30NtF(h).Y| :" P=aji8aaP;8I(sZOONl6t). Imagine that you want to develop a test to measure depression. WebA test writer's judgment Rational method- for a writer's judgement Known groups (schizophrenic vs. not), plus responses to a large number of questions Empirical method Provide test takers, if requested, with information about any preventative measures that have been instituted to safeguard the accuracy of test scores. Self-report inventories are a kind of objective test used to assess personality. 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. 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) ________. 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). C. Projective Responsibilities of users of standardized tests: RUST statement revised. Which of the following psychologists is often credited with starting the person-situation debate? Mischel stated that correlations between personality traits and behavior were, almost always about .30 or slightly higher. There are three forms of this test for use with different age groups: the school form, the college form, and the adult form. Despite the new tests advantages, the MMPI-2 is more established and is still more widely used. Dr. Akita is using the ________ method of test construction. Alexandria, VA: Author. Some examples of projective tests are the Rorschach Inkblot Test, the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), the Contemporized-Themes Concerning Blacks test, the TEMAS (Tell-Me-A-Story), and the Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank (RISB). If you have difficulty comprehending the language of the test, it is your responsibility to inform an examiner. Advise test takers that they are entitled to request reasonable accommodations in test administration that are likely to increase the validity of their test scores if they have a disability recognized under the Americans with Disabilities Act or other relevant legislation. -aggression B. Be informed of your rights and responsibilities as a test taker. 0000002200 00000 n
There is also a scale to ascertain risk factors for alcohol abuse. actually reflects or measures what you think it does. Our mission is to improve educational access and learning for everyone. Psychologists counteract ____ by intentionally reverse-scoring some of the questionnaire items. Random variations tend to cancel out when aggregated. Cite three examples of the territorial powers of Congress. Proponents of Inform test takers, in advance of the testing, about required materials that must be brought to the test site (e.g., pencil, paper) and about any rules that allow or prohibit use of other materials (e.g., calculators). Take reasonable actions to safeguard against fraudulent actions (e.g., cheating) that could place honest test takers at a disadvantage. If an evaluator scores the Rorschach using the Exner scoring system, the test is 0000001836 00000 n
n = 5, N = 20. D. would not be very useful for the assessment of individual differences, The MMPI was designed to ________. Given Snyder's description of self-monitoring, you would expect someone who is low in self-monitoring to be ________ than someone high in self-monitoring. are not subject to the Creative Commons license and may not be reproduced without the prior and express written Under the matching principle, when are expenses recorded? Inform test takers that, if they request but do not receive a testing accommodation, they could request information about why their request was denied. As described in the text, according to some motivation researchers, the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) measures ________, whereas questionnaire-based measures predict ________. D. have validity but little reliability, A researcher computes a correlation coefficient between variables X and Y using a handheld calculator. personality is conveyed through different parts of speech, A worrier would likely score high on the trait of. WebSubsequently, psychological tests used to assess intelligence, academic achievement, neuropsychological functions, and personality are reviewed. 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. 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. (Round amounts to cents. -extraversion Which conclusion follows from Funder's analysis of the person-situation debate? a person who tends to happy and experience positive affect in life would have this combination of five factor traits: Individuals who are open to experience tend to be. will be as friendly, outgoing, and sociable as she is now in the future. 0000008516 00000 n
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