05_Measures of Personality Flashcards
Structured personality tests present examinees with _________ stimuli and are usually developed on the basis of one of four strategies.
One of the strategies is the _________, which involves deriving items on the basis of reason and deductive logic, while another is _________, which involves including items that distinguish between different criterion groups.
Unambiguous
Logical content method
Empirical criterion keying
The original MMPI provided scores on 10 clinical scales and for validity scales that were designed to assess _________.
Test taking attitudes
A high score on the MMPI _________ Scale indicates an attempt to present oneself in a favorable light, or lack of insight into one’s own motivation, whereas a high score on the _________ Scale suggests deliberate malingering, eccentricity, or response carelessness.
L scale
F scale
The MMPI _________ Scale score is used to correct an examinee’s scores on some of the clinical scales.
K
On the MMPI-two, a T score of _________ or above is considered clinically significant.
65
Interpretation of MMPI scores most often involves _________ analysis, which entails considering the two or more clinical scales with the highest scores.
Profile
AnMMPI two-point code of _________ suggests impulsivity, antisocial behavior, narcissism, and substance abuse, while the _________ occurs when Scale 1 and Scale 3 scores are substantially higher than the Scale 2 score, and is associated with some attestation of psychological problems and a lack of insight.
49/94
Conversion “V”
The _________ is based on Murray’s personality theory, which distinguishes between 15 different needs, while the _________ is based on the work of young Jung and describes personality in terms of four bipolar dimensions.
EPPS [Edwards Personal Preference]
MBTI [Myers-Briggs Type Indicator]
The NEO-PI-3 assesses the Big Five personality traits: extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and _________.
Openness to experience
The original identification of traits that contributed to the Big Five was based on an atheoretical _________ approach.
Lexical
Administration of the Rorschach ordinarily involves two phases: the _________ phase which is followed by the _________ phase.
Free Association
Inquiry
Scoring and interpretation of the Rorschach is complex but usually involves considering the number and ratio of certain types of responses in the following categories: location, _________, form quality, content, and popularity.
Determinants
On the Rorschach, a number of _________ responses (overgeneralizing a part of the inkblot to the whole) may suggest brain damage, emotional disturbance, or intellectual disability.
Confabulatory
Development of the _________ was based on Murray’s theory of needs.
Thematic Apperception Test
