Funder's Laws and Personality Assessment
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Which type of data includes concrete, real-life outcomes?

  • Judgments
  • Face validity
  • S data
  • I data (correct)

What is the process by which people try to bring others to treat them in a manner that confirms their self-conceptions called?

  • Behavioral confirmation
  • Self-judgments
  • Expectancy effect
  • Self-verification (correct)

According to Funder’s Third Law, how often does something beat nothing?

  • One time out of three
  • It varies
  • Three times out of three
  • Two times out of three (correct)

What are there no perfect indicators of, according to Funder’s Second Law?

<p>Personality (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Spearman-Brown formula used for in psychometrics?

<p>Determining the degree to which a test's reliability can be improved by adding more items (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In psychometrics, what does 'generalizability' refer to?

<p>The degree to which a measurement can be found under diverse circumstances (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'aggregation' refer to in the context of psychological measurement?

<p>The combining together of different measurements, such as by averaging them (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is 'construct validation' in the context of psychological measurement?

<p>The strategy of establishing the validity of a measure by comparing it with a wide range of other measures (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'trait' refer to in the context of personality?

<p>A relatively stable and long-lasting attribute of personality (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is 'B data' in the context of psychological measurement?

<p>Direct observations of another’s behavior that are translated directly into numerical form (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process by which individuals become the kind of person others expect them to be?

<p>Behavioral confirmation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of data involves self-judgments or ratings provided by individuals of their own personality attributes or behavior?

<p>S data (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Funder’s Third Law state about the likelihood of 'something' beating 'nothing'?

<p>Two times out of three (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'face validity' refer to in the context of psychological assessment instruments?

<p>The degree to which a measure appears to be valid (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In psychometrics, what does the Spearman-Brown formula predict?

<p>The degree to which the reliability of a test can be improved by adding more items (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is 'aggregation' in the context of psychological measurement?

<p>The combining together of different measurements, such as by averaging them (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is 'trait' in the context of personality?

<p>A relatively stable and long-lasting attribute of personality (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is 'construct validation' in the context of psychological measurement?

<p>The strategy of establishing the validity of a measure by comparing it with a wide range of other measures (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'generalizability' refer to in modern psychometrics?

<p>The degree to which a measurement can be found under diverse circumstances (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is 'B data' in the context of psychological measurement?

<p>Direct observations of another’s behavior that are translated directly into numerical form (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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