Basics of Personality

Question 1

the fastest approach to determining test reliability is the __________ method

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split-halves

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behaviorism was a revolution against the

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study of conscious experiences

Question 3

one characteristic of all self-report inventories is

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objective scoring

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a correlation coefficient of -1.00 indicates that

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high scores on one variable are accompanied by low scores of another variable

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when 2 variables show a high correlation

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there may be a cause and effect relationship, but it is not certain

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personality refers to human characteristics that are

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both external and internal

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for personality theories to be useful, they must be

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testable

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the consistency of responses to a psychological assessment is its

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reliability

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according to john watson, personality is

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an accumulation of learned responses

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the test-retest method of establishing test reliability involves

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giving the test twice to the same people

Question 11

freud developed his personality theory by

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making clinical observations of his patients

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the reliability of a test is concerned with

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the consistency of the responses

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the rorshach inkblot test

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consists of 10 inknlots, which have not been changed

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the correlational method helps the researcher investigate

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what relationships may exist between variables

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compared to self-report inventories, projective personality tests are

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less objective, less reliable, and less valid

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the type of validity concerned with a tests ability to measure a hypothetical, complex component of behavior is

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construct validity

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psychology emerged as an independent science as a result of the work of

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wilhelm wundt

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in thought-sampling assessment procedures

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a pesons thoughts are uncovered by projective techniques

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in personality theories, ECE are thought to be

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very important to some theorists but less important to others

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the formal and systematic study of personality theory in American psychology began with

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gordon allport

Question 21

in an experiment, the independent variable is applied only to the

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experimental group

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to conduct an experiment properly, one must

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determine the effect of only one variable on behavior