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TOPE1 Ch. 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| refers to the measurement of any characteristic pattern of behavior, thought, or emotion | personality assessment |
| tests based on a particular theory of how to see into someone's mind (Rorschach); ambiguous stilmuli; more about the person's behavior | projective (B-Data) |
| limitations of projective tests | the answers and validity of the answers depend critically on the test interpreter, and it is relatively inefficient and expensive |
| a test that consists of a list of questions that can be answered Y/N, T/F, or on a numeric scale and can be computer-scored (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)); summary of person's self-perception | objective (S-data) |
| advantages of objective tests | less ambiguous and little need for interpretation, better supported by empirical evidence, larger research samples and standardized scoring systems, increasing # of items (aggregation) |
| the most common method of test construction; its basis is to come up with items that seem directly, obviously, and logically related to what it is you wish to measure; yields S-Data | the rational method |
| designed to identify groups of test items that seem to be alike; the property that makes these things alike is called a factor; examines a set of correlations among many items to identify which are highly correlated | the factor analytic model |
| limitations of the FAM | results only as good as items that go into analysis, up to psychologist/researcher to decide what the factors mean, it is a statistical rather than a psychological tool |
| the basis for using empirically derived personality scales is to determine if test items are answered differently by different kinds of people | the empirical method |
| pre-defined sample of individuals known to possess a particular trait; members must be independently identified into (occupational, diagnostic) groups before studying them with test | criterion groups |
| statistical technique used to determine which combination of test items best separates between criterion groups; compare answers from diff. groups; based on basic assumption that certain kinds of people have distinctive ways of answering questions | discriminant analysis |
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