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Eup ch10-3Text Quest

Essentials of Understanding Psychology 7th ch 10 in text questions part 3

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Reliability refers to what? the measurement consistency test
What are norms? standards of test performance that permit the comparison of one person's score on a test with the scores of others who have taken the same test
Used by psychologist to define the most meaningful way of discriminating between one person's personality and another's Personality tests
one of the best example of a self-report measure Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 MMPI-2
What are self report measures? psychologists ask people about a relatively small sample of their behavior
True or False: There are wrong answers on the MMPI-2 test FALSE
True or False: To create the MMPI-2 test the authors asked groups of psychiatric patients with a specific diagnosis to complete a large number of items. Then they picked what differentiated them from a comparison group. TRUE
Who is Hermann Rorschach Swiss psychiatrist who devised the Rorschach test which is the best known projective test using a series of symmetrical stimuli
What is the TAT? Thematic Apperception Test-projective test which uses a series of pictures which a person is asked to write a story
True or False: An employer should rely heavily on personality testing False
Three points to remember about personality testing. understand what test measures, tests are not always accurate, no decision should be based on any one test
True or False: No single test can provide an understanding of the intricacies of someone's personality without considering a good deal more information than can be provided in a single testing session. True
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