Personality Assessment

What is the defining characteristic of an "objective" personality test, according to the text?

What are the two basic types that objective personality tests can be subdivided into?

What is identified as a key advantage of using self-report measures for personality assessment?

What is the term for situations where test scores are used to make important decisions about individuals, making socially desirable responding a particular concern?

Which response bias in self-ratings is described as the motivation to ignore or downplay less desirable characteristics and focus on more positive attributes?

What is the reference group effect as a limitation of self-report personality tests?

Under what circumstances are informant ratings considered particularly valuable for personality assessment?

According to the text, which is an advantage of informant ratings compared to other assessment approaches?

What is the 'sibling contrast effect' that can be a problem in parental informant ratings?

The tendency for informants to produce unrealistically positive ratings has been termed the letter of recommendation effect. When this is applied to newlyweds, what is it called?

What does the 'comprehensiveness' of a personality test refer to?

Which of the following is an example of an omnibus inventory designed to measure personality comprehensively?

What is the key difference between how personality instruments assess broad traits versus specific component traits?

What is the 'projective hypothesis' that originally served as the basis for projective tests?

Which two tests are mentioned as prominent examples of projective tests?

What is the primary task for a respondent taking the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?

According to the text, what is the biggest challenge associated with projective tests like the Rorschach and TAT?

How do objective and projective measures of motives, such as the need for achievement, seem to differ according to McClelland and colleagues?

What is the core assumption behind implicit tests of personality?

According to the text, what is the current state of validity evidence for implicit measures of personality?

What is the primary method used in behavioral and performance measures of personality?

In the study by Funder and Colvin (1988), how did researchers gather data for personality ratings?

What advantage do behavioral measures have over objective tests?

What is a significant disadvantage of behavioral and performance measures of personality?

How did Gosling, Ko, Mannarelli, and Morris (2002) assess student personality in their study?

In the Gosling et al. (2002) study of personality and bedrooms, what characteristic was found in the rooms of students high in openness to experience?

What is the final conclusion of the chapter regarding the different methods of assessing personality?

According to the chapter, what is a key reason that self-report measures are the most widely used in modern personality research?

What type of personality assessment approach is exemplified by a test designed to measure only the trait of self-esteem?

What is a main reason informant ratings might outperform self-ratings in certain circumstances?

In what way is the term 'objective' a misnomer when applied to objective personality tests?

What is the primary rationale for combining self-ratings and informant ratings of the same characteristics?

According to the chapter, why do informants typically have strong incentives for being accurate in their judgments?

Which of the following describes the difference between the Rorschach Inkblot Test and the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)?

What does the validity evidence for the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) suggest, particularly for measures of the need for achievement?

The Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR) used by Mehl, Gosling, and Pennebaker (2006) is an example of what type of personality assessment?

What is the only assessment approach discussed that actually assesses what people do, as opposed to what they think or feel?

What is a general limitation of informant ratings related to the information available to the rater?

Which of the following is NOT listed as an example of an omnibus personality inventory?

How long was the 'getting acquainted' conversation that Funder and Colvin (1988) used in their behavioral assessment study?

Over what period of time did Mehl, Gosling, and Pennebaker (2006) use the electronically activated recorder (EAR) to sample participants' environments?

Which of the following describes inventories like the HEXACO-PI-R and the NEO-PI-3 in terms of breadth of assessment?

What is defined as the tendency for people to see and/or present themselves in an overly favorable way?

According to the chapter, which two forms can self-enhancement bias take?

What are implicit motives?

Which of the following is the best description of validity in the context of personality assessment?

Which assessment type is most affected by the 'honeymoon effect'?

If two concepts, such as 'me' and 'assertive', are strongly associated in a person's mind, what would an implicit test predict?

What problem is magnified when an informant does not know the person they are rating particularly well?

Which of the following is an example of inter-rater reliability?