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Personality - Pt. 1 Flashcards

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An individual’s unique constellation of psychological traits that is relatively stable over time.

A. Personality
B. Personality Assessment
C. Personality Trait

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A. Personality

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The measurement and evaluation of psychological traits, states, values, interests, attitudes, worldview, acculturation, sense of humor, cognitive and behavioral styles, and/or related individual characteristics.

A. Personality
B. Personality Assessment
C. Personality Trait

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B. Personality Assessment

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Any distinguishable, relatively enduring way in which one individual varies from another

A. Personality
B. Personality Assessment
C. Personality Trait

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C. Personality Trait

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Argued that most people can be categorized as one of six personality types: Artistic, Enterprising, Investigative, Social, Realistic, or Conventional.

A. John Holland
B. Leonhard Euler
C. Francis Galton
D. John Dalton

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A. John Holland

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Developed the Self-Directed Search test, a self-administered and self-scored aid to offer vocational assistance

A. John Holland
B. Leonhard Euler
C. Francis Galton
D. John Dalton

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A. John Holland

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Patterns of scores that emerged from the MMPI

A. Profile
B. Personality Profile
C. Personality State

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A. Profile

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A narrative description of the extent to which a person has demonstrated certain personality traits, states, or types

A. Profile
B. Personality Profile
C. Personality State

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B. Personality Profile

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A relatively temporary predisposition.

A. Profile
B. Personality Profile
C. Personality State

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C. Personality State

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One’s attitudes, beliefs, opinions, and related thoughts about oneself.

A. Self-Concept
B. Self-Concept Differentiation

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A. Self-Concept

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In some situations, the best available method for assessment of personality and/or behavior involves a ____

A. Self reflection
B. Number of complaints
C. Third party

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C. Third party

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A tendency to respond to a test item or interview question in some characteristic manner regardless of the content of the item or question.

A. Response Style
B. Impression Management
C. Validity Scale

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A. Response Style

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The attempt to manipulate others’ thoughts through the selective exposure of some information coupled with suppression of [other] information

A. Response Style
B. Impression Management
C. Validity Scale

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B. Impression Management

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A subscale of a test designed to assist in judgments regarding how honestly the test taker responded and whether responses were products of response style, carelessness, deception, or misunderstanding.

A. Response Style
B. Impression Management
C. Validity Scale

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C. Validity Scale

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Aspects of the focus of exploration such as the past, present, or future, as well as other contextual issues that involve people, places, and events.

A. Frame of Reference
B. Q-Sort Technique

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A. Frame of Reference

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An assessment technique in which the task is to sort a group of statements, usually in perceived rank order ranging from most to least descriptive.

A. Frame of Reference
B. Q-Sort Technique

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B. Q-Sort Technique

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Characterized by efforts to learn how a limited number of personality traits can be applied to all people

A. Nomothetic Approach
B. Idiographic Approach
C. Normative Approach
D. Ipsative Approach

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A. Nomothetic Approach

17
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Characterized by efforts to learn about each individual’s unique constellation of personality traits.

A. Nomothetic Approach
B. Idiographic Approach
C. Normative Approach
D. Ipsative Approach

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B. Idiographic Approach

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A test taker’s responses and the presumed strength of a measured trait are interpreted relative to the strength of that trait in a sample of a larger population

A. Nomothetic Approach
B. Idiographic Approach
C. Normative Approach
D. Ipsative Approach

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C. Normative Approach

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A test taker’s responses and the presumed strength of measured traits are interpreted relative to the strength of measured traits for that same individual

A. Nomothetic Approach
B. Idiographic Approach
C. Normative Approach
D. Ipsative Approach

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D. Ipsative Approach

20
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Astandard on which a judgment or decision can be made

A. Criterion
B. Criterion Group
C. Empirical Criterion Keying

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A. Criterion

21
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A reference group of test takers who share specific characteristics and whose responses to test items serve as a standard according to which items will be included or discarded from the final version of a scale

A. Criterion
B. Criterion Group
C. Empirical Criterion Keying

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B. Criterion Group

22
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The process of using criterion groups to develop test items

A. Criterion
B. Criterion Group
C. Empirical Criterion Keying

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C. Empirical Criterion Keying

23
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An ongoing process by which an individual’s thoughts, behaviors, values, worldview, and identity develop in relation to the thinking, behavior, customs, and values of a particular cultural group.

A. Acculturation
B. Instrumental Values
C. Terminal Values
D. Personal Identity
E. Worldview

A

A. Acculturation

24
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Guiding principles to help one attain some objective

A. Acculturation
B. Instrumental Values
C. Terminal Values
D. Personal Identity
E. Worldview

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B. Instrumental Values

25
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Guiding principles and a mode of behavior that is an endpoint objective

A. Acculturation
B. Instrumental Values
C. Terminal Values
D. Personal Identity
E. Worldview

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C. Terminal Values

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One’s sense of self; Important to a discussion of acculturation

A. Acculturation
B. Instrumental Values
C. Terminal Values
D. Personal Identity
E. Worldview

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D. Personal Identity

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Assessees’ unique way of interpreting their perceptions as a result of their experiences, cultural background, and related variables.

A. Acculturation
B. Instrumental Values
C. Terminal Values
D. Personal Identity
E. Worldview

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E. Worldview

28
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True or False: Personality measures differ in the extent to which they rely on a particular theory of personality in their development and interpretation

A

True

29
Q

True or False: Personality assessment that relies exclusively on self-report is immune to false outcomes.

A

False; vulnerable to false outcomes.

30
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True or False: Assessors can affirm the accuracy of self-reported information by consulting external sources such as peer raters

A

True

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