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Shimeenette is completing a personality questionnaire for a job application, and when faced with questions about her work habits and interactions with others, she consistently chooses the most positive and socially acceptable answers. Which response style is she most likely exhibiting?

  • Acquiescence
  • Impression management
  • Social desirability (correct)
  • Gambling

During a team project, Aly consistently takes charge, makes quick decisions, and drives the team toward completing tasks efficiently. Aly’s blood pressure is consistently high. Which personality type best describes Aly's behavior?

  • sanguine
  • choleric (correct)
  • melancholic
  • phlegmatic

This personality measure was developed using both factor analytic approach and theoretical approach based on McCrae and Costa’s personality theory

  • EPQ
  • NEO-PI (correct)
  • EPPS
  • MCMI

A company is creating a new hopelessness test and wants to confirm the test’s validity. They decide to focus on identifying and verifying underlying dimensions of cognitive skills by checking the test's item responses and their relationships to reduce it to at least 5 domains. Which approach to test development are they using?

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The MMPI is widely regarded as a well-established personality assessment tool. Which of the following statements about the development of the MMPI is NOT accurate?

<p>it is largely derived from an empirical theory (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Social Desirability

Tendency to give socially acceptable answers, even if untrue.

Choleric Personality

Leader-like, decisive, and possibly with high blood pressure.

NEO-PI

A personality test developed using factor analysis and theory based on McCrae and Costa’s model

Factor-Analytic Approach to Test Development

Identifies underlying dimensions by examining relationships among test items.

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MMPI Development

The MMPI's development was not primarily based on a specific psychological theory but on empirical data.

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