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Theoretical and measurement issues in trait psychology
Multiple Choice Quiz
1
Differential psychologists study
A)
personality.
B)
intelligence.
C)
aptitudes.
D)
all of the above.
2
Which of the following would you expect to stay most stable over time?
A)
attitudes toward gun control
B)
club memberships
C)
shyness
D)
participation in political demonstrations
3
Mischel is most associated with
A)
factor analysis.
B)
biological approaches.
C)
trait psychology.
D)
situationalism.
4
In a strong situation, we expect to observe
A)
large personality differences in how people respond.
B)
almost no personality differences in how people respond.
C)
some personality differences, depending on the traits.
D)
acquiescence.
5
The idea that the way people act may inadvertently cause certain responses from the environment is known as
A)
situational selection.
B)
evocation.
C)
manipulation.
D)
aggregation.
6
The correlation between _____ and ____ would likely be the highest.
A)
activity level averaged over a month, activity level on a given day
B)
activity level averaged over a month, activity level averaged over a week
C)
activity level averaged over a month, activity level averaged over a different month
D)
activity level on a given day, activity level on another day
7
Infrequency scales are used to assess
A)
false positives.
B)
false negatives.
C)
carelessness.
D)
social desirability.
8
Viewing oneself in an overly positive way
A)
has been associated with psychological adjustment.
B)
is known as social desirability.
C)
correlates with depression.
D)
both a and b
9
Research has shown that
A)
personality tests can predict job performance.
B)
personality tests are not valid for predicting job performance.
C)
personality tests are only useful in selecting police officers.
D)
personality tests are not useful for selecting police officers.
10
When only a subset of scores (e.g., the lower half) are used to predict an outcome, we should be concerned about the _____ problem.
A)
restriction of range
B)
false positives
C)
false negatives
D)
criterion
11
Federal regulations
A)
have banned all uses of the polygraph.
B)
have banned many industrial uses of the polygraph.
C)
have banned all forms of integrity testing.
D)
both a and c.
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