Question 1

Imagine that you could draw a flat horizontal line through the points on a scatter plot depicting the relation between X and Y. Which of the following is the closest value to the correlation coefficient that you would compute from these data?

Accepted Answer

A)   -1.0
B)   -.5
C)   0
D)   1.0

Question 2

Which of the following is the central reason why researchers use deception in their research?

Accepted Answer

A)   to test the causal relationship between two variables
B)   to ensure the study will be approved by the IRB
C)   to make the research realistic
D)   to increase generalizability of the results

Question 3

What is the first step in the empirical method of scale construction?

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A)   Gather lots of items.
B)   Identify the groups.
C)   Administer items to a large sample.
D)   Conduct a factor analysis on existing scales.

Question 4

Which of the following is the best explanation for why publication bias is a major concern in science?

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A)   Only researchers with interesting findings are awarded grants and jobs.
B)   It is far too easy for researchers to commit fraud.
C)   Researchers can make choices throughout the research process and manipulate real datasets to get the results they want.
D)   Strong effects are published more, leading to a literature that does not represent the actual strength of an effect.

Question 5

Which of the following is good practice for interpreting a correlation?

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A)   finding a method that demonstrates the size of the correlation in a concrete manner
B)   evaluating whether it is statistically significant at the p 
C)   simply looking at the sign of the correlation and ignoring the actual value
D)   squaring the value, so that you can interpret the value more easily

Question 6

Increasing the number of items on a test makes it a better instrument according to which principle?

Accepted Answer

A)   construct validation
B)   operational definition
C)   aggregation
D)   incremental validation

Question 7

A researcher wants to conduct a significance test for the correlation between extraversion and happiness. What is the null hypothesis in this analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)   Extraversion is positively correlated with happiness.
B)   Extraversion is negatively correlated with happiness.
C)   Extraversion is the same construct as happiness.
D)   Extraversion is uncorrelated with happiness.

Question 8

Match the most relevant method with each basis of an objective test.
-Known groups (schizophrenic versus not) , plus responses to a large number of questions

Accepted Answer

A)  Factor analytic
B)  Rational
C)  Empirical
D)  Significance testing
E)  BESDF) Interpretive

Question 9

If you were shown an inkblot and asked to describe what you saw, you would be taking the

Accepted Answer

A)   MMPI.
B)   CPI.
C)   Rorschach Test.
D)   Thematic Apperception Test.

Question 10

Describe the purpose of factor analysis and the steps that researchers take when using this method.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

Imagine that you want to develop a test to measure depression. You gather a set of 100 potential test items and ask a sample of people diagnosed with clinical depression and a sample of nondepressed people to respond to the items. For your final version of the test, you decide to keep only the 15 items that the depressed and nondepressed groups answered differently. You are using a(n)  ________ method of test construction.

Accepted Answer

A)   factor analytic
B)   rational
C)   projective
D)   empirical

Question 12

According to the projective hypothesis, an individual's response to an ambiguous stimulus comes from

Accepted Answer

A)   the individual's needs, feelings or experiences.
B)   a "yes" or "no" answer.
C)   the stimulus itself.
D)   S data.

Question 13

The ________ method is NOT a basic method for constructing objective personality tests.

Accepted Answer

A)   rational
B)   empirical
C)   factor analytic
D)   consensus validation

Question 14

Match the most applicable type of test with each description.
-Test takers draw a person.

Accepted Answer

A)  Projective test
B)  Objective test
C)  IAT
D)  TAT
E)  RorschachF) MMPI

Question 15

A researcher computes a correlation coefficient between variables X and Y using a handheld calculator. Which of the following values would automatically tell the researcher that he or she made a mistake?

Accepted Answer

A)   2.50
B)   .75
C)   0
D)   -.98

Question 16

According to the text, IQ tests yield B data by asking participants

Accepted Answer

A)   to rate how intelligent they are on a scale from 1 to 7.
B)   a series of questions of varying difficulty that have specific correct answers.
C)   to interpret an ambiguous image.
D)   to describe a time in their lives that demonstrated intelligence.

Question 17

A test created using the rational method yields what kind of data?

Accepted Answer

A)   S
B)   I
C)   L
D)   B

Question 18

The Big Five

Accepted Answer

A)   are the five key steps in the process of factor analysis.
B)   are steps in the construction of rational tests.
C)   factor analytically derived dimensions of personality.
D)   are the primary methods of test construction used by personality psychologists.

Question 19

A psychologist administering the TAT asks respondents to

Accepted Answer

A)   draw a person so that the psychologist may determine which parts are left out or exaggerated.
B)   describe their current level of hostility so that the psychologist can measure their type A tendencies.
C)   tell stories about pictures that the psychologist shows them.
D)   describe their perceptions of the causes of people's behavior so that the psychologist can measure attributional complexity.

Question 20

The California Psychological Inventory (CPI)  was designed to

Accepted Answer

A)   assess individuals with psychological disorders.
B)   assess normal individuals.
C)   identify the Big Five personality factors.
D)   assess Jung's psychological types.

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What is the first step in the empirical method of scale construction?

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Which of the following is the best explanation for why publication bias is a major concern in science?

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The ________ method is NOT a basic method for constructing objective personality tests.

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A test created using the rational method yields what kind of data?

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