Chapter 14.6: Personality Assessment || with 100% Error-free Answers.
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personality tests needs to have ______, ________, and ________ correct answers standardization, reliability, validity
_________ is most common personality test in the US correct answers MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)
physiognomy: correct answers claimed to detect people'...
Chapter 14.6: Personality Assessment || with 100% Error-
free Answers.
personality tests needs to have ______, ________, and ________ correct answers
standardization, reliability, validity
_________ is most common personality test in the US correct answers MMPI-2 (Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory)
physiognomy: correct answers claimed to detect people's personality traits from their facial
characteristics (18th and 19th century)
William Sheldon thought highly muscular people (_________) were assertive and bold, and lean
skinny people (__________-) were introverted and intellectual (complete BS) correct answers
mesomorphs, ectomorphs
structured personality test: correct answers paper-and-pencil measure consisting of questions that
respondents answer in one of a few fixed ways
What are the advantages of structured personality tests? correct answers -easy to administer and
score, allows the researchers to collect data from many participants simultaneously
-paper and pencil tests that are true and false (Likert formats)
Describe the MMPI-2 & how it is administered & scored. correct answers -used to detect
symptoms of mental disorders
-MMPI02 has 567 true-false items
-developed the scaled by empirical method of test construction
-low face validity
empirical method of test construction: correct answers approach to building tests in which
researchers begin with two or more criterion groups and examine which items best differentiate
them
face validity: correct answers extent to which respondents can tell what the items are measuring
MMPI-2 has 3 validity scales that detect difference response sets
-response sets include: correct answers 1. Impression management--making ourselves look better
than we really are
2. Malingering--making ourselves appear psychologically disturbed even when we're not
MMPI L (Lie) Scale consists of items assessing the denial of trivial faults, if you deny a large
number you're engaging in _______ _________ correct answers impression management
MMPI F (Frequency) Scale consists of items that people in the general population rarely
endorse, high scores on the F scale can indicate _________- correct answers malingering
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