Personality Traits Quiz
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Which of the following best defines personality?

  • An individual's unique set of social skills
  • An individual's unique set of physical traits
  • An individual's unique set of psychological traits that is relatively stable and enduring over time (correct)
  • An individual's unique set of interests and hobbies

What does it mean when personality traits are described as 'distinguishable'?

  • Behaviors labeled with different trait terms are not related to personality traits
  • Behaviors labeled with different trait terms are not important
  • Behaviors labeled with different trait terms are the same as each other
  • Behaviors labeled with different trait terms are actually different from one another (correct)

What does it mean when personality traits are described as 'relatively enduring'?

  • Traits are consistent across the lifespan (correct)
  • Traits are the same across all individuals
  • Traits are not consistent across the lifespan
  • Traits are not important

When is context important when applying trait terms to behaviors?

<p>Context is important when applying trait terms to behaviors (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes a personality trait?

<p>A way in which one individual varies from another (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean when a trait term is described as a 'relative phenomenon'?

<p>It is subjective and dependent on comparison to others (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are personality traits described as 'enduring'?

<p>They are relatively stable over time (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the difference between traits and types?

<p>Traits are characteristics possessed by people, whereas types are descriptions of people. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes a personality type?

<p>A constellation of traits that is similar in pattern to one identified category of personality within a taxonomy of personalities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes a personality state?

<p>A relatively temporary predisposition (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of personality inventories like the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)?

<p>To measure temporary personality states (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes projective tests?

<p>Indirect methods of personality assessment that use ambiguous stimuli (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the projective hypothesis?

<p>An individual supplies structure to unstructured stimuli in a manner consistent with their underlying personality (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the underlying theme of projective tests?

<p>People's conscious awareness of themselves is unreliable for understanding their true nature (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a benefit of projective tests?

<p>They are not affected by language proficiency (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of projective test uses pictures as stimuli?

<p>Thematic Apperception Test (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one way in which projective tests differ from other personality inventories?

<p>They assume the ability and inclination to 'fake' is minimized (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary way in which assessors draw inferences about personality in projective tests?

<p>Indirect responses (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do sentence completion tests tend to measure?

<p>Inhibition and resistance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of test/s uses words as projective stimuli

<p>Sentence Completion Test and Word Association Test (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of reliability tends to be good for Thematic and Sentence Projective Tests?

<p>Inter-rater reliability (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can be said about the predictive validity evidence for Thematic and Sentence Projective Tests?

<p>It is modest (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can be said about the internal consistency reliability for some dimensions of Thematic and Sentence Projective Tests?

<p>It is moderate (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which psychologist developed the Rorschach Test?

<p>Hermann Rorschach (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many inkblots are included in the Rorschach Test?

<p>10 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of using inkblots in the Rorschach Test?

<p>To incite the test-taker to free-associate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During which stage of the Rorschach Test is the examiner attempting to determine what features of the inkblot played a role in the formulation of the test taker's percept?

<p>Stage 2 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of the final stage of the Rorschach Test, known as testing the limits?

<p>To obtain additional information concerning personality functioning (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the initial question asked by the examiner during Stage 1 of the Rorschach Test?

<p>What might this be? (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the examiner record during Stage 1 of the Rorschach Test?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During which stage of the Rorschach Test are the cards re-administered?

<p>Stage 2: Inquiry (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of Stage 2 of the Rorschach Test?

<p>To determine what features of the inkblot played a role in the formulation of the test taker's percept (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the five categories used to score responses in the Rorschach Test?

<p>Location, Determinants, Content, Popularity, Form (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Determinants category in Rorschach scoring protocols refer to?

<p>Qualities of the inkblot important to a test taker’s percept (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Form category in Rorschach scoring protocols?

<p>How well the individuals percept matches the corresponding part of the inkblot (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the location category in the Rorschach scoring protocol?

<p>Part of the inkblot used to form the percept (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which category of responses in the Rorschach Test has been associated with emotional reactivity?

<p>Color responses (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is popularity in the Rorschach scoring protocol?

<p>Frequency with which a response to part of an inkblot has been observed. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the expected score for form level responses in psychotic patients?

<p>Low scores (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of thought processes are associated with the number of whole responses in the Rorschach Test?

<p>Conceptual thought processes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What has human movement been associated with in relation to the Rorschach Inkblot test?

<p>Creative imagination (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is content in the Rorschach scoring protocol?

<p>The category (human, animal, anatomical figures) of responses. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of reliability has been observed to be high in the Rorschach Test?

<p>Inter-rater reliability and Test-retest reliability (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the predictive validity of the Rorschach Test?

<p>Low predictive validity in predicting future behavior (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the convergent validity of the Rorschach Test?

<p>Low convergent validity with self-report questionnaires (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a major drawback of the Rorschach Test?

<p>It lacks sufficient norms for evaluation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement accurately describes the Rorschach Test?

<p>It lacks objectivity in scoring (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a criticism of the Rorschach Test?

<p>It is sensitive to rater's beliefs (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following personality traits is NOT part of the dark triad?

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

What percentage of the observed score variance in Machiavellianism is accounted for by Psychopathy and Narcissism?

<p>46% (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of the true score variance in Machiavellianism is accounted for by Psychopathy and Narcissism?

<p>67% (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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