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1. Type A Personality and Type B Personality are two terms closely associated with A. the Self-Directed Search. B. the Jenkins Activity Survey. C. MMPI-2. D. contestants on Let's Make a Deal. 2. ... Consider the list of terms that follows: happy sad smart challenged assertive A list like this one is BEST associated with which type of test of personality? A. a free-choice test B. a sentence completion test C. an adjective checklist D. a true-false test 3. Psychologist John Holland was BEST known for A. a research program that led to the development of the Big 5. B. a controversy regarding the primacy of states versus traits. C. a theory that occupational choice depends on personality. D. a tunnel linking New York and New Jersey, named in his honor. 4. Relatively few personality tests seek to distinguish traits from states. One test that does make this distinction is A. the MMPI-2-RF. B. the STAI. C. the Self-Directed Search. D. the CPI. 5. PSY3010 Assessment of Behaviour 6. A key definitional difference between the terms personality trait and personality state has to do with A. the extent to which personality is viewed as a physical attribute. B. how stable over time the characteristic is exhibited. C. whether or not the characteristic is subject to a halo effect. D. the motivation of the person or persons doing the rating. 7. A measure of anxiety contains 100 statements written in an agree/disagree format. Maxime indicates disagreement with each one of the statements. From this limited amount of information, it seems reasonable to say that A. Maxime may be trying to present himself in a favorable light. B. Maxime may be exhibiting a non-acquiescent response tendency. C. Maxime may be exhibiting a response set characterized by deviance. D. Maxime may be responding in a socially desirable manner. 8. "Certain personality traits exist in all people to varying degrees. The assessor's task is to determine what the strength of each of these traits are in the assessee." We would be MOST likely to hear this statement from one who A. has never taken a course in psychological testing and assessment. B. views testing and assessment from a nomothetic viewpoint. C. views testing and assessment from an idiographic viewpoint. D. views testing and assessment from an ipsative perspective. 9. Which test BEST exemplifies a tool of assessment developed on the basis of logic and reason? A. the MMPI B. the CPI C. the Blacky Pictures Test [Show More]

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