0000007666 00000 n Which of the following psychologists is often credited with starting the person-situation debate? Testing professionals should advise test takers, prior to testing, that it is their responsibility to: Listen to and/or read the directions given to them. This projective test often appears in popular culture and is frequently portrayed as a way of revealing a persons unconscious thoughts, motives, or desires. National Association of School Psychologists. D. objective test, When evaluated as psychometric instruments, most projective tests ________. ), GrossPaythroughAugustGrossPayforSeptembera.$6,400$800b.18,2002,100c. What term refers to personality inventories that are designed to measure a wide range of traits? Testing professionals should: Inform test takers that, if they need special testing arrangements, it is their responsibility to request appropriate accommodations and to provide any requested documentation as far in advance of the testing date as possible. B. acquiescence Contemporized-Themes Concerning Blacks Test (C-TCB), TEMAS Multicultural Thematic Apperception Test, https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction, https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/11-9-personality-assessment, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, Discuss the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Recognize and describe common projective tests used in personality assessment. 0000003271 00000 n (1988). If a test consists of a list of True/False questions and is graded using a computer-scored answer sheet, then it is a(n) ________. Inform test takers, prior to testing, if questions from test takers will not be permitted during the testing process. The updated version of the instrument is the Contemporized-Themes Concerning Blacks Test (C-TCB) (Williams, 1972). C. is empirically derived A. Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees, Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work, Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design, Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present, Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case, The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization. On June 15, Seles declared and paid cash dividends of$36,000 to all stockholders. What is a primary goal of the biological approach to personality? Because that test takers have a right to be informed in advance when the test will be administered, if and when test results will be available, and if there is a fee for testing services that the test takers are expected to pay, test professionals should: Notify test takers of the alteration in a timely manner if a previously announced testing schedule changes, provide a reasonable explanation for the change, and inform test takers of the new schedule. WebProjective tests Rorschach test The stimuli ( e.g., inkblots) in a projective test are intentionally made ambiguous and open to different interpretations in the expectation that each subject will project his own unique (idiosyncratic) reactions in his answers. Allen will most likely display an in-crease in which trait? Dr. Akita is designing a test to measure sociability. She would most likely obtain ________ data. d. Have generalizability but little validity, All projective tests ________. Given Snyder's description of self-monitoring, you would expect someone who is low in self-monitoring to be ________ than someone high in self-monitoring. Developed in 1921 by Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach, this psychological 0000009315 00000 n What is one of personality psychology's biggest advantages over other areas of psychology? Which reason describes why averaged (aggregated) behaviors are more strongly related to personality traits than individual behaviors? Advise test takers that they are entitled to request reasonable accommodations in test administration that are likely to increase the validity of their test scores if they have a disability recognized under the Americans with Disabilities Act or other relevant legislation. These studies demonstrated ________. How would you complete these sentences? Responses are scored to produce a clinical profile composed of 10 scales: hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, psychopathic deviance (social deviance), masculinity versus femininity, paranoia, psychasthenia (obsessive/compulsive qualities), schizophrenia, hypomania, and social introversion. The original MMPI was based on a small, limited sample, composed mostly of Minnesota farmers and psychiatric patients; the revised inventory was based on a more representative, national sample to allow for better standardization. Its orientation is to encourage positive and high quality interactions between testing professionals and test takers. A form of person-situation interaction is ____. Random variations tend to cancel out when aggregated. do not fare very well. The average time for completing the test is approximately 20 minutes, as responses are only 12 words in length. B. extreme responding Because test takers have the right to be informed of their rights and responsibilities as test takers, it is normally the responsibility of the individual who administers a test (or the organization that prepared the test) to inform test takers of these rights and responsibilities. are licensed under a, Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney. Should not interfere with the rights of others involved in the testing process. Which of the fol-lowing terms describes this principle? Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association. Complete the test as directed. Perform to the best of their ability if they want their score to be a reflection of their best effort. Particularly for psychologists, testing is associated with their professional identity and is part of their usual and customary practice. Which of the following statements best describes a social desirability response set? Inform test takers that, if they request but do not receive a testing accommodation, they could request information about why their request was denied. 0000002308 00000 n Exceptions may occur when test takers, or their guardians, consent to release the test results to others or when testing professionals are authorized by law to release test results. Why haven't personality psychologists combined all paradigms into "One Big The-ory"? tell stories about pictures that the psychologist shows them. 112,2008,000\begin{matrix} Testing professionals should inform test takers that it is their responsibility to inform an examiner if they have difficulty comprehending the language in which the test is given. Nat is thoughtful and well liked. Your responses to the personality test item "I am an intelligent person" would be ________ data, whereas your score on an intelligence test that reflects the number of problems you got right would be ________ data. C. 2.50 Read or listen to descriptive information in advance of testing and listen carefully to all test instructions. The length of time is often dictated by individuals responsible for processing or reporting the scores, rather than the individuals responsible for testing, should the two parties indeed differ. People in one group may have certain personality features in common, and these common features make that group of people distinct from other groups. Provide test takers, upon request, with general information about the appropriateness of the test for its intended purpose, to the extent that such information does not involve the release of proprietary information. avoid the acquiescence response-set bias. If an evaluator scores the Rorschach using the Exner scoring system, the test is Provide test takers, upon request, with information about how the test will be scored and in what detail. A. The stories give insight into their social world, revealing hopes, fears, interests, and goals. -Thematic Appreciation Test For example, if someone responds yes to a number of unrealistically positive items such as I have never told a lie, they may be trying to fake good or appear better than they actually are. Mischel stated that correlations between personality traits and behavior were, almost always about .30 or slightly higher. 0000004291 00000 n Explain to test takers why they should consider taking voluntary tests. Testing professionals need to inform test takers that they should listen to and/or read their rights and responsibilities as a test taker and ask questions about issues they do not understand. Psychologists counteract ____ by intentionally reverse-scoring some of the questionnaire items. Because test takers have the right to be tested with measures that meet professional standards that are appropriate for the test use and the test taker, given the manner in which the results will be used, testing professionals should: Take steps to utilize measures that meet professional standards and are reliable, relevant, useful given the intended purpose and are fair for test takers from varying societal groups. what people want; how motives are expressed. Correlation cannot provide any information about. The reason that objective tests include so many items is to increase the ________ of the test. When test takers are young children (e.g., those taking standardized tests in the schools) or are persons who spend some or all their time in institutions or are incapacitated, parents or guardians may be granted some of the rights and responsibilities, rather than, or in addition to, the individual. Inform test takers about the type of feedback and interpretation that is routinely provided, as well as what is available for a fee. These true/false questions resemble the kinds of questions you would find on the MMPI. Under the matching principle, when are expenses recorded? Promptly inform the test taker if a testing professional decides that there is a need to deviate from the testing services to which the test taker initially agreed (e.g., should the testing professional believe it would be wise to administer an additional test or an alternative test), and provide an explanation for the change. d. Would the SPT rule produce better results in terms of job tardiness? B. Provide to test takers, upon request, the procedures for reviewing, re-testing, or canceling their scores or test results, if they believe that testing conditions affected their results and if relevant to the purposes of testing. What is the best approach to test construction? American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, & National Council on Measurement in Education. Follow instructions given by testing professionals. What is the best approach to test construction? Provide test takers with information about the use of computers, calculators, or other equipment, if any, used in the testing and give them an opportunity to practice using such equipment, unless its unpracticed use is part of the test purpose, or practice would compromise the validity of the results, and to provide a testing accommodation for the use of such equipment, if needed. 0000001028 00000 n Projective tests are less subject to intentional distortion; it is hard to fake good" because it is not obvious what a "good answer is. They are trustworthy, but are very methodical and therefore have difficulty making quick decisions. Do not fare very well They typically use multiple-choice items or numbered scales, which represent a range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). The principal vanishing point of the painting is so far away that it cannot be seen in the painting. One of the most common projective assessments is the Rorschach inkblot test. In a series of studies about intellectual expectancies, Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) found that schoolchildren randomly identified as "bloomers" showed an average IQ in-crease of about 15 points by the end of the school year. American Psychological Association. 0000001169 00000 n The storytelling format helps to lower a persons resistance divulging unconscious personal details (Cramer, 2004). B. A. On December 31, Seles reported a net income of $85,000 for the year. B. Extraversion Lock took possession of the box and its contents. Provide, upon request, recommendations to test takers about how they could improve their performance on the test, should they choose or be required to take the test again. 0000005992 00000 n then you must include on every physical page the following attribution: If you are redistributing all or part of this book in a digital format, Except where otherwise noted, textbooks on this site Testing professionals should inform test takers that it is their responsibility to notify appropriate persons, as specified by the testing organization, if they do not understand their results, or if they believe that testing conditions affected the results. If the earliest due date rule is used, what sequence should be used? The judgments other people make of your personality may affect ________. Generally she is a very friendly, outgoing, and sociable person. History of the Rorschach Inkblot Test One of Hermann Rorschach's favorite games as a child was Klecksography, which involves creating inkblots and making up stories or An important difference between projective techniques and self-report measures is the much greater reliance of the self-report measures on, the willingness of the examinee to disclose personal information overtly. a combination of all three approaches; rational method, empirical method, and factor analytic method, The primary criterion for item selection in the empirical method of test construction is determining whether the item ________, which is not a personality test? Participants in a recent study were shown and then asked to judge composite faces from targets who scored extremely low or extremely high on personality dimensions. C. random assignment Staff liaisons: Heather Fox, PhD, and Lara Frumkin, PhD, Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, Joint Committee on Testing Practices (JCTP). Maldives Company has current sales of $6,610,000 and a 45% contribution margin. C. discriminates between two known groups Personality assessment refers to ________. Webpsychological testing might include traditional and more contemporary child custody assessment instruments in their evaluations. Choose from: a. sensorimotor; b. preoperational; c. concrete operational; d. formal operational. Assume that interest is calculated on the average daily balance of the account. Inform test takers of the procedures for appealing decisions that they believe are based in whole or in part on erroneous test results. ASHA (36), 60-63. 0000009315 00000 n He enjoys taking physical risks compared to Nicole who shuns physical risks and takes extreme precautions even when crossing the road. WebThematic apperception test (TAT) is a projective psychological test developed during the 1930s by Henry A. Murray and Christiana D. Morgan at Harvard University. b. She writes items that seem directly WebA second projective test is the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), created in the 1930s by Henry Murray, an American psychologist, and a psychoanalyst named Christiana Tests are defined broadly here as psychological and educational instruments developed and used by testing professionals in organizations such as schools, industries, clinical practice, counseling settings and human service and other agencies, including those assessment procedures and devices that are used for making inferences about people in the above-named settings. WebRecent research using the Implicit Associations Test (IAT) to study shyness indicates that. One of the validity scales, the Lie Scale (or L Scale), consists of 15 items and is used to ascertain whether the respondent is faking good (underreporting psychological problems to appear healthier). This test is similar to a word association test, and like other types of projective tests, it is presumed that responses will reveal desires, fears, and struggles. Characteristics that describe ways in which people are different from each other are known as ____. will be as friendly, outgoing, and sociable as she is now in the future. Communicate test results to test takers in an appropriate and sensitive manner, without use of negative labels or comments likely to inflame or stigmatize the test taker. Protectionof rights of people receiving audiology or speech-language pathology services. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Webpsychological testing, also called psychometrics, the systematic use of tests to quantify psychophysical behaviour, abilities, and problems and to make predictions about psychological performance. One of the most widely used personality inventories is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), first published in 1943, with 504 true/false questions, and updated to the MMPI-2 in 1989, with 567 questions. 256 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 259 /H [ 1169 667 ] /L 287959 /E 10384 /N 40 /T 282720 >> endobj xref 256 29 0000000016 00000 n Terry climbed a ladder to reach the box, opened it, and handed it to Stocks. Testing professionals should remind test takers that it is their responsibility to ask questions prior to testing if they are uncertain about why the test is being given, how it will be given, what they will be asked to do, and what will be done with the results. People generally prefer situations that are pleasant. When the C-TCB was compared with the TAT for African Americans, it was found that use of the C-TCB led to increased story length, higher degrees of positive feelings, and stronger identification with the C-TCB (Hoy, 1997; Hoy-Watkins & Jenkins-Moore, 2008). On December 31, Martinez reported net income of $122,000 for the year. Code of professional responsibilities in educational measurement. According to a new theoretical model for personality change, if individuals ________, the trait change will follow. B. commonality scale However, only about 11% reported using them often or always. C. NEO Personality Inventory For example, when an individual chooses to take a college admissions test, at least three parties are involved in addition to the test taker: the test developer and publisher, the individuals who administer the test to the test taker, and the institutions of higher education who will eventually use the information. In simple language, questions about reliability concern ________, whereas questions about validity concern ________. The MMPI-2 takes 12 hours to complete. & \text{Gross Pay through August} & \text{Gross Pay for September}\\ Have your test results kept confidential to the extent allowed by law. Andersen (1984) found that the quality of information affected the accuracy of personality judgments. Explain your reasoning. B. Testing professionals should inform test takers that it is their responsibility to read descriptive material they receive in advance of a test and to listen carefully to test instructions. On multiple-choice tests, this information might include suggestions for test taking and about the use of a correction for guessing. What makes someone a bad or dangerous police officer? The Rights and Responsibilities of Test Takers: Guidelines and Expectations, The Rights of Test Takers: Guidelines for Testing Professionals, The Responsibilities of Test Takers: Guidelines for Testing Professionals. Because each kind of data has limitations, personality psychologists should ________. The Implicit Association Test (IAT) yields what kind of data? Which of the following is NOT part of the psychological triad? Which of the following values would automatically tell the researcher that he or she made a mistake? They often are called Likert scales after their developer, Rensis Likert (1932) (Figure 11.16). A theory that tries to explain everything would probably not provide the best explana-tion for any one thing. individual and group differences in personality. The Barnum effect refers to the tendency to. This statement should be used as an adjunct, or supplement, to those standards. D. would not be very useful for the assessment of individual differences, The MMPI was designed to ________. Describe what happens to the profit for this product when the number of units produced is between 1 and 1600. c. What happens to the profit after 1600 units are produced? The C-TCB contains 20 color images that show scenes of African-American lifestyles. Projective tests involve presenting the test-taker with a For BMX, its FUTA taxes are 0.6% and SUTA taxes are 2.9% of the first$7,000 paid to its employee. Find new criterion groups (1989). Because test takers have the right to have the results of tests kept confidential to the extent allowed by law, testing professionals should: Ensure that records of test results (in paper or electronic form) are safeguarded and maintained so that only individuals who have a legitimate right to access them will be able to do so. For your final version of the test, you decide to keep only the 15 items that the depressed and nondepressed groups answered differently. A. incremental validation A researcher wants to conduct a significance test for the correlation between extraversion and happiness. Although the MMPI was originally developed to assist in the clinical diagnosis of psychological disorders, it is now also used for occupational screening, such as in law enforcement, and in college, career, and marital counseling (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008). D. acquiescence, The primary criterion for item selection in the empirical method of test construction is determining whether the item ________. TEMASstanding for Tell Me a Story but also a play on the Spanish word temas (themes)uses images and storytelling cues that relate to minority culture (Constantino, 1982). Therefore have difficulty making quick decisions you would find on the MMPI was designed ________. 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