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PSYCHOLOGY 2ND CANADIAN EDITION
LARSEN ISBN 9781260065770
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Chapter 02 - Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Chapter 02
Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What people tell you about their attitudes would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
2. What a person's friend tells you about that person would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-03 Observer-Report Data (O-Data)
3. How a person performs on an intelligence test would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
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Topic: 02-04 Test Data (T-Data)
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4. A person's police record would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-05 Life-Outcome Data (L-Data)
5. Which type of data is most commonly used to measure personality?
A. S-data
B. O-data
C. T-data
D. L-data
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
6. I conduct a study of safe drivers for a major insurance company and collect data from a
sample of 1,000 drivers. I then examine their driving records over a 10-year period. This
study is using
A. life-outcome data.
B. observer-report data.
C. test data.
D. self-report data.
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Topic: 02-05 Life-Outcome Data (L-Data)
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7. Of the different ways to collect self-report data, which is most common?
A. Interviews
B. Periodic reports
C. Questionnaires
D. Experience sampling
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
8. Which of the following is the best reason for collecting self-report data?
A. Individuals have access to a wealth of information about themselves.
B. Observer bias is very difficult to remove from the data.
C. The desire to portray oneself in a positive light is very prevalent.
D. There is an almost total lack of bias in self-report data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
9. You are asked to describe Dr. Larsen's personality on a questionnaire. This is an example
of
A. observer data.
B. student data.
C. subordinate data.
D. omniscient data.
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Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-03 Observer-Report Data (O-Data)
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PSYCHOLOGY 2ND CANADIAN EDITION
LARSEN ISBN 9781260065770
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Chapter 02 - Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Chapter 02
Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What people tell you about their attitudes would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
2. What a person's friend tells you about that person would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-03 Observer-Report Data (O-Data)
3. How a person performs on an intelligence test would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-04 Test Data (T-Data)
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Chapter 02 - Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
4. A person's police record would be considered
A. S-data.
B. O-data.
C. T-data.
D. L-data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-05 Life-Outcome Data (L-Data)
5. Which type of data is most commonly used to measure personality?
A. S-data
B. O-data
C. T-data
D. L-data
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
6. I conduct a study of safe drivers for a major insurance company and collect data from a
sample of 1,000 drivers. I then examine their driving records over a 10-year period. This
study is using
A. life-outcome data.
B. observer-report data.
C. test data.
D. self-report data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-05 Life-Outcome Data (L-Data)
2-2
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Chapter 02 - Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design
7. Of the different ways to collect self-report data, which is most common?
A. Interviews
B. Periodic reports
C. Questionnaires
D. Experience sampling
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
8. Which of the following is the best reason for collecting self-report data?
A. Individuals have access to a wealth of information about themselves.
B. Observer bias is very difficult to remove from the data.
C. The desire to portray oneself in a positive light is very prevalent.
D. There is an almost total lack of bias in self-report data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-02 Self-Report Data (S-Data)
9. You are asked to describe Dr. Larsen's personality on a questionnaire. This is an example
of
A. observer data.
B. student data.
C. subordinate data.
D. omniscient data.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Topic: 02-01 Sources of Personality Data
Topic: 02-03 Observer-Report Data (O-Data)
2-3
