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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are personality traits described as 'enduring'?

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

    Which of the following best describes a personality state?

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

    Which type of projective test uses pictures as stimuli?

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

    What do sentence completion tests tend to measure?

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

    Which psychologist developed the Rorschach Test?

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

    How many inkblots are included in the Rorschach Test?

    <p>10</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</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</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</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?</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

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

    <p>Color responses</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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

    What is content in the Rorschach scoring protocol?

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

    What is a major drawback of the Rorschach Test?

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

    Which statement accurately describes the Rorschach Test?

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

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

    <p>Schizophrenia</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%</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%</p> Signup and view all the answers

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