Chapter 10 Personality: Module 33

Question 1

Psychological tests

Answer 1

Standard measures devised to assess behavior objectively; used by psychologists to help make decisions about their lives and understand more about themselves.

Question 2

Norms

Answer 2

Established by administering a specific test to a large number of people and determining the typical scores.

Question 3

Self-report measures

Answer 3

A method of gathering data about people by asking them questions about a sample of their behavior.

Question 4

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)

Answer 4

A widely used self-report test that identifies people with psychological difficulties and is employed to predict some everyday behaviors.

Question 5

Test standardization

Answer 5

A technique used to validate questions in personality tests by studying the responses of people with known diagnoses.

Question 6

Projective personality test

Answer 6

A test in which a person is shown an ambiguous stimulus and asked to describe it or tell a story about it.

Question 7

Rorschach test

Answer 7

A test that involves showing a series of symmetrical visual stimuli to people who then are asked what the figures represent.

Question 8

Thematic apperception test (TAT)

Answer 8

A test of consisting of a series of pictures about which a person is asked to write a story.

Question 9

Behavioral assessment

Answer 9

Direct measures of an individual’s behavior used to describe personality characteristics.