Psych 1 (Gade, UC Berkeley) Midterm 3 Actual
Exam 2025-2026 Questions
Validity -- answer --rAccuracy; how "correct" the result is
Reliability -- answer --rPrecision; how close multiple results are to each other
MMPI Test -- answer --r- Devised empirically (not theoretically)
- Most widely used by psychologists
- ~600 True/False questions; 10 clinical scales
- Used to assess for disorders
NEO PI-R Test -- answer --r- 5 Factor Personality Model (Costa and McCrae)
- 240 items on a "likert scale" (least to most)
- OCEAN (Openness to new experiences, Conscientiousness, Extroversion,
Agreeableness, Neuroticism)
- Used to measure "normal" personality
Openness to new experiences, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness,
Neuroticism -- answer --r5 factors measured with NEO PI-R; "The Big 5"
,MBTI (Myers-Briggs) Test -- answer --r- Used in workplace and in schools
- Categorizes people into 16 types (combinations of 4 traits)
- 4 Traits: Extrovert/Introvert, Sensing/Intuitive, Thinking/Feeling,
Judging/Perceiving
Extrovert/Introvert, Sensing/Intuitive, Thinking/Feeling, Judging/Perceiving --
answer --r4 traits measured with MBTI (Myers-Briggs) Test
Projective Tests -- answer --r- Projected on another object or person because
embarrassed/ashamed/etc.
- Abstract; open to interpretation
- Not very good but can help patient get out what they can't say
Rorschach Inkblots -- answer --r- Projective Test involving inkblots
- Much critique; used to confirm what psychologists already knew; many
wrongfully labeled mentally disturbed
TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) -- answer --r- Projective Test
- Person describes story for a given picture/image
Handwriting Analysis -- answer --r- Projective Test
- Analyzing handwriting
Implicit Personality Test -- answer --r- Move away from self-reporting
- Reaction times to assess thoughts
- Quantitative data collection
, Stroop Test -- answer --r- Implicit Personality Test
- using colors and words
Personality -- answer --rAll the consistent ways in which the behavior of one
person differs from and is similar to that of others, especially in social situations
Traits -- answer --rA distinguishing character or quality that can be used to
describe consistent behaviors in an individual
Gordon Allport -- answer --r- First trait psychologist
- Very successful in school; attended Harvard as an undergraduate and majored in
psychology
- Met with Freud after graduating while visiting one of his brothers in Vienna
where he had his "breakthrough moment"
- State-Trait Distinction
State-Trait Distinction -- answer --r- Gordon Allport
- States, Traits, Cardinal Traits, Central Traits, Secondary Dispositions
States -- answer --rMomentary reactions to situations that are a direct result of
the social environment
Allport's Traits -- answer --rStable behaviors that occur across situations and time
Exam 2025-2026 Questions
Validity -- answer --rAccuracy; how "correct" the result is
Reliability -- answer --rPrecision; how close multiple results are to each other
MMPI Test -- answer --r- Devised empirically (not theoretically)
- Most widely used by psychologists
- ~600 True/False questions; 10 clinical scales
- Used to assess for disorders
NEO PI-R Test -- answer --r- 5 Factor Personality Model (Costa and McCrae)
- 240 items on a "likert scale" (least to most)
- OCEAN (Openness to new experiences, Conscientiousness, Extroversion,
Agreeableness, Neuroticism)
- Used to measure "normal" personality
Openness to new experiences, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness,
Neuroticism -- answer --r5 factors measured with NEO PI-R; "The Big 5"
,MBTI (Myers-Briggs) Test -- answer --r- Used in workplace and in schools
- Categorizes people into 16 types (combinations of 4 traits)
- 4 Traits: Extrovert/Introvert, Sensing/Intuitive, Thinking/Feeling,
Judging/Perceiving
Extrovert/Introvert, Sensing/Intuitive, Thinking/Feeling, Judging/Perceiving --
answer --r4 traits measured with MBTI (Myers-Briggs) Test
Projective Tests -- answer --r- Projected on another object or person because
embarrassed/ashamed/etc.
- Abstract; open to interpretation
- Not very good but can help patient get out what they can't say
Rorschach Inkblots -- answer --r- Projective Test involving inkblots
- Much critique; used to confirm what psychologists already knew; many
wrongfully labeled mentally disturbed
TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) -- answer --r- Projective Test
- Person describes story for a given picture/image
Handwriting Analysis -- answer --r- Projective Test
- Analyzing handwriting
Implicit Personality Test -- answer --r- Move away from self-reporting
- Reaction times to assess thoughts
- Quantitative data collection
, Stroop Test -- answer --r- Implicit Personality Test
- using colors and words
Personality -- answer --rAll the consistent ways in which the behavior of one
person differs from and is similar to that of others, especially in social situations
Traits -- answer --rA distinguishing character or quality that can be used to
describe consistent behaviors in an individual
Gordon Allport -- answer --r- First trait psychologist
- Very successful in school; attended Harvard as an undergraduate and majored in
psychology
- Met with Freud after graduating while visiting one of his brothers in Vienna
where he had his "breakthrough moment"
- State-Trait Distinction
State-Trait Distinction -- answer --r- Gordon Allport
- States, Traits, Cardinal Traits, Central Traits, Secondary Dispositions
States -- answer --rMomentary reactions to situations that are a direct result of
the social environment
Allport's Traits -- answer --rStable behaviors that occur across situations and time
