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Course Introduction
Personality Assessment explores the methods, theories, and practical applications of measuring individual differences in personality traits and behaviors. The course covers a range of assessment techniques, including self-report inventories, projective tests, behavioral observations, and structured interviews. Students will examine the psychometric properties of these tools, such as reliability and validity, and critically evaluate their use in clinical, organizational, and research settings. Ethical considerations and cultural factors in personality assessment are also discussed, preparing students to interpret results thoughtfully and responsibly within diverse populations.
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Individual Differences and Personality 3rd Edition by Michael C. Ashton
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Chapter 1: Basic Concepts in Psychological Measurement
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Q1) Which of the following ways of modifying a test would be most likely to decrease its internal-consistency reliability?
A)Removing the items that are only weakly correlated with the other items
B)Removing the items that are strongly correlated with most other items
C)Adding new items that are only weakly correlated with the current items
D)Adding new items that are strongly correlated with the current items
E)None of the above modifications would systematically influence internal-consistency reliability.
Answer: B
Q2) Suppose that self-reports of "mathematics anxiety" correlate -.25 with performance on a mathematics test.What is the expected average score on the mathematics test for persons who are 2 standard deviations above the mean on mathematics anxiety?
A)2.0 standard deviations below the mean
B)1.0 standard deviations below the mean
C)0.5 standard deviations below the mean
D)0.25 standard deviations below the mean
E)0.125 standard deviations below the mean
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Personality Traits and the Inventories That Measure
Them
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Q1) Which of the following statements is most nearly the same as saying that Zachary has a high level of the personality trait of fearfulness?
A)Like virtually everyone else,Zachary becomes afraid in situations of extreme danger.
B)At any given time,Zachary feels afraid of something.
C)In many situations,Zachary tends to become afraid more easily than others do.
D)Zachary has an unusually strong fear of spiders.
E)None of the above.
Answer: C
Q2) For a well-constructed,full-length personality inventory scale,what is a typical convergent validity correlation between self-reports and observer reports,where each observer knows his or her "target" person very well?
A)About .05 or .15
B)About .20 or .30
C)About .50 or .60
D)About .75 or .85
E)Above .90
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Personality Structure: Classifying Traits
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Q1) Why might researchers sometimes want to measure the specific personality traits that make up each of the major dimensions (factors)of personality,instead of just measuring those few broad dimensions?
A)It is much more efficient to measure many specific personality traits than to measure only a few broad personality factors.
B)Only the specific personality traits can be measured with adequate reliability and content validity,which means that only the specific traits have any usefulness in practical settings.
C)Sometimes a specific personality trait is likely to be especially strongly related to the variables that one wants to predict (much more so than other traits within the same factor).
D)All of the above.
E)None of the above;the discovery of the major factors has made this practice completely unnecessary.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Developmental Change and Stability of Personality
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Q1) Which of the following best summarizes the results of studies that have examined the correlations between adults' levels of a personality trait across a period of several years?
A)The correlations are rather high (typically about .70),regardless of which characteristic is considered.
B)The correlations are of moderate size (typically about .40),regardless of which characteristic is considered.
C)The correlations are rather low (typically about .10),regardless of which characteristic is considered.
D)The correlations are positive but can vary widely in size (from about .10 to about .70),depending on which characteristic is considered.
E)The correlations tend to be small (ranging from -.20 to .20)and their direction can differ,depending on which characteristic is considered.
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Chapter 5: Biological Bases of Personality
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Q1) How do the dimensions of Zuckerman's "alternative five" model of temperament or personality relate to those of the Big Five?
A)Because the two models have different origins,Zuckerman's factors are not comparable at all with the Big Five factors.
B)Three of Zuckerman's factors correspond closely to the three of the Big Five facors,but the other two are completely unrelated to the Big Five.
C)Each of Zuckerman's factors corresponds directly to one (and only one)of the Big Five.
D)Together,Zuckerman's factors correspond rather closely to the Big Five,but in some cases as combinations of two or more Big Five factors.
E)The relations have not yet been examined empirically.
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Chapter 6: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Personality
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Q1) Suppose that a young boy has a genetic predisposition to be interested in music.While he is growing up,his parents notice these interests and encourage them by giving him musical instruments and enrolling him in music lessons.The boy then develops an even stronger interest in music than he would have had if he had not been exposed to this very musical environment.This situation is an example of which of the following?
A)genotype-environment interaction
B)passive genotype-environment correlation
C)active genotype-environment correlation
D)reactive (evocative)genotype-environment correlation
E)none of the above
Q2) According to Sulloway's (1995)theory of birth order and personality,which of the following sets of characteristics would be expected to show higher levels,on average,among persons raised as later-born children than among persons raised as first-born children?
A)conceited,arrogant,pompous
B)anxious,nervous,fretful
C)risk-taking,creative,unconventional
D)quiet,shy,withdrawn
E)energetic,active,busy
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Chapter 7: The Evolutionary Function of Personality
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Q1) Recall Nettle's (2006)interpretations of adaptive trade-offs for the Big Five personality factors.Which of the following were among the benefits that Nettle proposed to be associated with high levels of Neuroticism?
1)Attractiveness to potential mates
2)Reduced risk of schizophrenia
3)Avoidance of dangers
4)Competitive success
A)1 and 2
B)1 and 3
C)2 and 3
D)2 and 4
E)3 and 4
Q2) Which of the six HEXACO personality factors shows the largest differences between the sexes,and is thought to be relevant to kin altruistic tendencies?
A)Honesty-Humility
B)Emotionality
C)Extraversion
D)Agreeableness
E)Conscientiousness
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Chapter 8: Personality Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following lists shows the accurate matching of personality disorder treatments with their main features?
1)Expressing emotions,reflecting on and exploring one's mental life
2)Understanding and changing one's maladaptive,irrational beliefs
3)Developing "mindfulness" and acceptance of one's thoughts and feelings
A)1 is psychodynamic psychotherapy,2 is cognitive-behavioral therapy,3 is dialectical behavior therapy
B)1 is cognitive-behavioral therapy,2 is dialectical behavior therapy,3 is psychodynamic psychotherapy
C)1 is cognitive-behavioral therapy,2 is psychodynamic psychotherapy,3 is dialectical behavior therapy
D)1 is psychodynamic psychotherapy,2 is dialectical behavior therapy,3 is cognitive-behavioral therapy
E)1 is dialectical behavior therapy,2 is psychodynamic psychotherapy,3 is cognitive-behavioral therapy
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Chapter 9: Personality and Life Outcomes
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Q1) Which of the following statements about the problem of faking on integrity tests can be considered accurate?
1)Job applicants generally get considerably higher scores on integrity tests than do current employees,thus suggesting that applicants probably do "fake" to some extent
2)Because of faking,integrity tests actually have negative validity in predicting job performance
3)Some research shows that people who obtain high scores on scales designed to detect faking actually behave more honestly than do people who obtain lower "faking" scores.
A)1 only
B)1 and 2
C)1 and 3
D)2 and 3
E)All of the above.
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Chapter 10: Mental Ability
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Q1) What does "the principle of the indifference of the indicator" mean?
A)Highly g-loaded tests can contain any kind of content (e.g. ,verbal,numerical,spatial,etc. ).
B)All mental ability tasks are equally good measures of g.
C)Mental ability test performance is most accurately assessed by a neutral,unbiased observer.
D)Individuals make fewer errors on mental ability tests when they are unconcerned about the task,rather than being highly anxious about it.
E)Different methods of factor analysis produce identical estimates of tests' g-loadings.
Q2) According to the distinction between "fluid" and "crystallized" ability,which of the following pairs of mental ability tasks includes two measures of fluid ability?
A)Geometry Problems and Raven's Matrices
B)Geometry Problems and Similarities
C)Geometry Problems and Vocabulary
D)Similarities and Raven's Matrices
E)Similarities and Vocabulary
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Chapter 11: Vocational Interests
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes the degree of stability (across a period of several years)in people's vocational interests during adolescence and adulthood?
A)Very low during adolescence,but very high during adulthood.
B)Fairly high during adolescence,and somewhat higher during adulthood.
C)Fairly high during adolescence,but somewhat lower during adulthood.
D)Very low during adolescence and during adulthood.
E)Very high during adolescence and during adulthood.
Q2) Which of the interest dimensions identified by Holland (1966)has been found to be largely unrelated to any of the Big Five personality factors but negatively related to the HEXACO Emotionality factor?
A)Social
B)Enterprising
C)Conventional
D)Realistic
E)Investigative
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Chapter 12: Religion and Politics
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Q1) Recall that Saroglou (2011)described four basic components of religion.Which of the following is NOT among those four?
A)Begetting (having children who will be raised in the traditions of the faith)
B)Believing (accepting the existence of supernatural entities)
C)Bonding (uniting with something greater than oneself)
D)Behaving (following a "way of life" and system of rules)
E)Belonging (gaining a sense of identity by being part of a community of believers)
Q2) Which of the following describes the relations of Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA)and Social Dominance Orientation (SDO)with ethnocentric attitudes?
A)Neither RWA nor SDO is substantially correlated with ethnocentrism.
B)Only RWA is substantially correlated with ethnocentrism.
C)Only SDO is substantially correlated with ethnocentrism.
D)Depending on the country,either RWA or SDO can be substantially correlated with ethnocentrism,but never both.
E)Both RWA and SDO are substantially correlated with ethnocentrism.
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Chapter 13: Sexuality
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Q1) Some research studies have compared men and women in terms of the extent to which their sexual fantasies and attractions are heterosexual or homosexual.Which of the following summarizes the findings for men's fantasies and attractions,compared with those of women?
A)Men are more likely than women to be entirely homosexual,and also more likely to be partly homosexual.
B)Men are more likely than women to be entirely homosexual,and about equally likely to be partly homosexual.
C)Men are more likely than women to be entirely homosexual,but less likely to be partly homosexual.
D)Men are less likely than women to be entirely homosexual,and also less likely to be partly homosexual.
E)Men are less likely than women to be entirely homosexual,but more likely to be partly homosexual.
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