Choose the best answer to each question based on material presented in Psychological Testing and Assessment, 5th Edition by Ronald Cohen and Mark Swerdlik.
These questions only sample material from the chapter; there is much more to know than sampled here.
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In their textbook Theories of Personality, Hall and Lindzey wrote that |
| | A) | personality is the most adequate conceptualization of a person as a whole. |
| | B) | a definition of personality awaits discoveries in the field of genetics. |
| | C) | no definition of personality can be applied with generality. |
| | D) | Price defined personality correctly with reference to one's walk and talk. |
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Cohen and Swerdlik defined personality as |
| | A) | all that a person was, is, or will become. |
| | B) | an individual's unique constellation of traits and states. |
| | C) | the net effect one individual has on other people. |
| | D) | whatever it is one chooses to be. |
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Who conceived of personality traits as having a real, physical existence within the brain? |
| | A) | Cattell. |
| | B) | Eysenck. |
| | C) | Holt. |
| | D) | Swerdlik. |
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Roberts and DelVecchio studied just how enduring traits are and concluded that consistency |
| | A) | peaks between the ages of 50 and 59. |
| | B) | decreases in steplike fashion from age 16 onward. |
| | C) | remains the same through the life span. |
| | D) | is steady for some traits and random for others. |
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In their study of high school hockey players, Bushman and Wells found that their preseason measure of trait aggressiveness |
| | A) | was strongly correlated with team mate ratings of trait aggressiveness. |
| | B) | was strongly correlated with opponents' ratings of trait aggressiveness. |
| | C) | did not have any relation at all to any of the other variables in the study. |
| | D) | accurately predicted penalty minutes served for aggressive penalties. |
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Which served as the basis for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator? |
| | A) | the typology of John Holland |
| | B) | the typology of Carl Jung |
| | C) | the typology of Ray Rosenman |
| | D) | the typology of Hippocrates |
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A personality profile is designated as 2-5-3. This profile is probably a reference to a particular personality type as defined with reference to which test? |
| | A) | the MMPI |
| | B) | the JAS |
| | C) | the SDS |
| | D) | the MBTI |
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As used in contemporary personality assessment, without linkage to any specific personality theory, "state" refers to |
| | A) | the transitory exhibition of a personality trait. |
| | B) | an inferred psychodynamic disposition. |
| | C) | the condition one is in after a traumatic event. |
| | D) | a modality useful in evaluation and assessment. |
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The self is the primary referent for the testtaker in tests such as |
| | A) | the PIC. |
| | B) | the MMPI. |
| | C) | the PIC-2. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which is NOT a response style? |
| | A) | semantic differential |
| | B) | socially desirable responding |
| | C) | overly positive |
| | D) | acquiescence |
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Which is an example of a personality test that draws heavily on a particular theory of personality? |
| | A) | The Adjective Checklist |
| | B) | The California Psychological Inventory |
| | C) | The Blacky Pictures Test |
| | D) | The Leadership Q-Test |
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The tilting chair/tilting room is a tool used to measure field dependence/independence. An alternative tool to measure the same variable that does not require the specialized tilting chair/tilting room is |
| | A) | the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. |
| | B) | the Thematic Apperception. |
| | C) | the Hand Test. |
| | D) | the Embedded Figures Test. |
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The nomothetic approach to assessment is characterized by efforts to learn |
| | A) | how a large number of traits can be applied to relatively few people. |
| | B) | how each individual differs from the next in terms of personality traits. |
| | C) | how a limited number of traits apply to all people. |
| | D) | how the presumed strength of a trait may vary within the same individual. |
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Back-Page Infrequency is |
| | A) | one of six validity scales on the MMPI. |
| | B) | one of ten clinical scales on the MMPI. |
| | C) | a clinical scale that doubles as a validity scale on the MMPI. |
| | D) | a clinical scale on the MMPI-A. |
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Culturally sensitive psychological assessment is an approach to evaluation that |
| | A) | is synonymous with cultural competence regarding assessees' culture. |
| | B) | means that the assessor is conversant with the culture of the assessee. |
| | C) | is responsive to issues of acculturation, values, identity, and worldview. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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