personality testing Flashcards

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what are the big five: [OCEAN]

A
Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
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definition of personality:

“psychological qualities that _ to an individual’s _ and _ patterns of feeling, _, and behaving”

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contribute, enduring, distinctive, thinking

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_ (alpha) is associated with Neuroticism, Agreeableness, and _, reflects the capacity of _ system to resist _

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stability, Conscientiousness, cybernetic, disruption

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_ (beta) reflects a tendency toward general _ and _ exploration, associated with _ and _

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plasticity, behavioural, cognitive, Extraversion, Openness

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people high in stability handle _ or _ experiences well

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disruptions, distressing

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people low in stability are frequently _ by emotions, _, and doubts

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interrupted, impulses

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people high in plasticity: _ disruptions or _ may provide _ to explore

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minor, anomalies, motivation

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people low in plasticity may struggle to _ when forced to _ on their own _ (2)

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adapt, rely, exploratory capacity

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Five-Factor Model:

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Emotional Stability
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Openness to experience
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general principles for interpreting personality profiles:

  1. scores show _ not abilities
  2. scores need to be reported in _ not definite terms
  3. _
  4. rely on _
  5. behaviour varies across _
  6. can be _
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preferences, probable, error-prone, self-report, time, distorted

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_ achievers often have _ profiles - resulting in functional or _ behaviours based on job demand or organisational culture

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high, extreme, derailing

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psychologists should focus on traits linked to _ (3) such as _ and _ (2), recently, agreeableness too

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motivational work habits, conscientiousness, emotional stability

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because personality not _ (2) to other selection tools, it contributes to _ (2)

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highly correlated, incremental validity

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personality tests have little to no _ (2)

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adverse impact

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self-report questionnaires indicate _ (2) about thoughts, emotions, past _

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personal information, experiences

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_ ratings show a persons’ _ (2), the way we are perceived by others, have been shown to _ prediction of job performance

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observer, public self, enhance

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trait VS type:

  • trait: _ dimension on which individual differences may be measured
  • type: a set or pattern of _ consisting of one or _ traits
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continuous, characteristics, several

18
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normative measures are valid for _ and _, while ipsative measures are valid for _ or personal _

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selection, development, career, exploration

19
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normative measures produce data that can be _ (2), unlike ipsative measures

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factor analysed

20
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ipsative measures have _ reliabilities than normative measures

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lower

21
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_ problem: ipsative measures of a variable are _ equivalent to normative measures of the _ variable

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equivalence, not, same

22
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ipsative measures are subject to _ bias

A

response

23
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DISC stands for:

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Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Compliance

24
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MBTI have _ validity and _ reliability, _ suitable for selection or predicting job performance

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weak, poor, not

25
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little evidence that _ affects the _ (2) of personality inventories

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faking, predictive validity

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web-based personality tests result in _ levels of _ (2)

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high, internal consistency

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_ distortion: when individuals _ respond in a manner which is consistent with their _ of the _ (2) of the assessment

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motivational, purposefully, expectation, likely outcome

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solution for motivational distortion: use suitable _ (2) for interpretation

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norm groups

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_ (2) predict performance better than self-reports

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observer ratings

30
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_ prediction results when personality is _ with other predictors

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superior, combined