PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY EXAM 2 SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED

PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY EXAM 2 SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED Practice questions for this set Terms in this set (360) According to the text, the goal of a scientific education is _. to question what is known and how to find out what is not yet known Researchers must use clues to personality in their research because _. personality is something hidden that resides inside an individual According to the text, accidental mistakes in judging personality are considered _ , whereas inaccurate judgments that are influenced by prejudices are considered _. errors; biases What is the minimum number of informants that Funder recommends for each person in a study? two _ data derive from the researcher's direct observation of what the subject does. B Which kind of data would be the easiest way to obtain information about the content of dreams? S Records of employee absenteeism are what type of data? L The judgments that others make of your personality affect your opportunities and expectancies. Thus, these judgments have ________. causal force When someone is high in narcissism, what type of data about this person might be the LEAST trustworthy? a. B b. I c. L d. S d. S If you can get the same answer repeatedly, then your measure is _. reliable Linda is taking an intelligence test. During the test, the teachers walk through the halls and chat loudly with each other. Due to these distractions, Linda scores lower on the test than she would have if she had been able to concentrate fully. The influence of the teachers' chatting is an example of _. measurement error In simple language, questions about reliability concern , whereas questions about validity concern _. consistency; accuracy Reliability is for validity. a necessary but not sufficient condition Many psychologists tend to use college students as participants in their research and then assume that what they learn applies to people in general. However, this common practice may limit _. the generalizability of their findings Random assignment allows researchers to ________. assume that groups of participants are more or less equivalent on preexisting conditions