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What is an important criticism of the Rorschach Inkblot Technique?
It penalizes less intelligent or less vocal people for not giving many answers.
It rarely gives us information we could not easily find in other ways.
Almost any answer to any item is typically regarded as normal.
Many people are unable to follow the precise and complicated instructions.
b
To find out about children's personalities and experiences, a psychologist gives children puppets to act out a story. Which terms best describes this procedure?
psychometric
standardized
projective
psychoanalytic
C
Criminal profiling can be thought of as an example of applied personality testing. At the current time, which of the following would be the fairest conclusion about profiling?
Profilers consistently develop detailed profiles that lead police to the criminal.
Profilers' descriptions are no better than random guessing.
The results are unimpressive so far, but they may improve with more research.
On average, psychics have developed the most accurate, detailed profiles.
C
What led to increased interest by the police in criminal profiling?
exaggerated claims by a psychiatrist about how he helped find the Mad bomber.
research showing similar personalities by people committing similar crimes
research showing that criminal profilers are highly accurate at describing criminals
research demonstrating genetic control of the tendency toward particular crimes
A
Dr. Wonderful designs a new personality test, administers it to hundreds of people, and later asks them whether they think the results are correct. Why should we be skeptical of their reports?
The results might have been different if the psychologist had studied a larger group.
The results might have been different if the psychologist had used different norms.
Most people accept almost any personality description a psychologist offers.
Most people reject almost any personality description a psychologist offers.
C
How does the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) differ from most other personality tests?
The MBTI is suitable for use by people who cannot read or write.
The MBTI identifies personalities by measuring brain waves.
The MBTI puts people into distinct categories.
The MBTI provides recommendations for clinical diagnoses of mental disorders.
C
The theory behind the Thematic Apperception Test is that the stories a person tells about an ambiguous picture will
be more complicated or less complicated, depending on the person's intelligence.
provide an outlet for long-suppressed creative urges.
describe what is really going on in the person's own life.
be similar to the stories the person heard in early childhood.
C
If someone dots his/her i's with an upward slanted dash, what does this tendency imply about the individual's personality?
nothing
high energy
idealism
optimism
A
Why is the Rorschach Inkblot test considered a "projective" technique?
It is still in the stage of being a research project.
It asks people to project their personality onto an ambiguous figure.
It invites people to describe their projects for the future.
It asks people to throw projectiles and engage in other motor tasks.
B
Prior to the 1960s, different psychologists were interpreting the Rorschach tests in different ways. That problem has been at least partially corrected in that now
results are scored by computer.
responses are sent to the Rorschach Institute for analysis.
clients themselves evaluate the meaning of their answers.
most psychologists use a common set of standards for scoring the test.
D
When psychologists designed the MMPI, they evaluated possible questions for the depression scale by asking the following question:
Is the predictive validity of this item higher than its reliability?
Do most depressed people answer differently from most other people?
Do most psychologists agree that this item has something to do with depression?
Does this item correspond to a major point in current theories of depression?
D ***WRONG
For what purpose is the NEO PI-R a more suitable test than the MMPI?
for detecting personality abnormalities and problems
for measuring normal personality
for comparing personalities of people in different cultures
for studying the personalities of people who cannot read or write
A***WRONG
Which of the following tests asks for true or false answers?
MMPI
Rorschach Inkblot Test
Thematic Apperception Test
Progressive Matrices
A
The MMPI measures people's personalities by their
answers to true-false questions.
brain waves.
stories about a series of pictures.
actual behavior in a series of standard situations.
A
From what source did the Rorschach Inkblot Test get the name "Rorschach"?
from Rorschach University in Germany
from the Rorschach Ink and Dye Company
from its inventor, Hermann Rorschach
as an abbreviation of an organization of psychiatrists
C
Which personality test is based on the big five personality model?
NEO PI-R
Rorschach Inkblots
MMPI
Thematic Apperception Test
A
Suppose that 95% of people with schizophrenia and only 5% of other people have a particular profile on a personality test. Suppose also that schizophrenia occurs in only about 1 person out of every 100. Of all those with the schizophrenia-typical profile, about how many actually have schizophrenia?
99%
95%
50%
far fewer than 50%
D
Which of these is a common criticism today of the Rorschach Inkblots?
The current method of evaluating answers to the Inkblots has near-zero reliability.
The technique so rarely identifies anyone as abnormal that it is not worth the time.
The Inkblots are strongly biased against less intelligent or less talkative people.
The Inkblots seldom provide valid information we could not get in other ways.
D
Dr. Shrink has just developed a new personality test but has not yet administered it to anyone. What is the one thing we know about the test for sure, right now?
The test is not valid.
The test is not standardized.
The test has low reliability.
The test has high reliability.
B
The MMPI includes some items concerning rare virtues, such as "Without fail, I always stop to help a person who is having trouble." Why?
to identify extremely conscientious people
to check whether people are answering honestly
to break up a long string of items to which most people answer "true"
to identify a rare form of depression
B
An employer asks job applicants how much experience they have had at various skills, but suspects that many applicants are lying. Which of the following methods could the employer use to determine which applicants are exaggerating their experience?
Ask how many times the applicant has used each skill.
Ask applicants to take the Rorschach Inkblot Test.
Ask about their experience on nonexistent skills such as "matrixing solvency files."
Ask applicants to fill out the application while under the influence of hypnosis.
C
To develop the MMPI, researchers selected questions that
pertained to personality traits that all major personality theories emphasized.
people with certain disorders answered differently from most other people.
were simple enough to be understood even by children or brain damaged adults.
were sufficiently open-ended to allow each person to answer a different way.
B
Why does the MMPI include some items that very few people check true, such as "I have never been angry"?
to identify certain extremely rare personality types
to confuse people about what the test is measuring
to see whether someone is lying
to measure creative thinking
C
Why does the MMPI include some items that ask about common but minor faults, such as "Sometimes I have told a lie" and "I dislike some of the people I know"?
to find out whether someone is lying
to measure need for achievement
to find out whether someone has these minor faults
to measure psychopathic deviation
A
The Rorschach Inkblot test and the Thematic Apperception Test are examples of
Non-standardized intelligence tests.
standardized intelligence tests.
projective personality tests.
Non-projective personality tests.
D ***WRONG
According to the limited research available so far, how accurate is criminal profiling?
Criminal profiling is an exact science that almost never makes a mistake.
In most cases it is accurate enough to lead police to the criminal.
It is better than random guessing, but it is often useless or misleading.
It is no more accurate than random guessing.
D
Why did psychologists decide to revise the MMPI?
Most people consider the original MMPI to be too long and boring.
The original MMPI was based on personality theories that are no longer accepted.
The copyright on the MMPI was about to expire.
Some items on the MMPI no longer mean what they used to mean.
D
A test that encourages people to describe themselves indirectly by talking about an ambiguous stimulus such as an inkblot is called a __________ test.
psychoanalytic
multiphasic
projective
progressive
C
When the Rorschach Inkblots are administered, the instructions to the subject are
unusually precise, compared with other personality tests.
intentionally vague.
to follow the examples that the psychologist provides.
to tell a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
B
The Thematic Apperception Test is NOT
a projective personality test.
a series of pictures.
used by clinical psychologists.
a measurement of IQ.
D
To find out about children's personalities and experiences, a psychologist gives children puppets to act out a story. Which terms best describes this procedure?
psychometric
standardized
projective
psychoanalytic
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