A. The accuracy of the results is a function of the honesty of the respondent
B. Respondents may attempt to answer in a way that makes them look good
C. There is sometimes a problem with “yea-sayers” or “nay-sayers.”
D. They are objective measures that are easy to administer and score
Related Mcqs:
- Personality inventories are ____________?
A. Subjectively scored
B. Objectively scored
C. Always scored on a priori basis
D. Always scored on an empirical basis
E. None of these - What are the same shortcoming of Dr. Michael First’s research on BIID?
A. His subjects are limited to those people who sought him out
B. He only surveyed 53 patients
C. There are no long – term studies of patients with BIID
D. All of these - Saima often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can’t have her own away. She often behaves impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can’t have the things that she wants immediately. According to Freud’s view of the personality, Saima’s personality appears to be dominated by:
A. her id
B. her alter ego
C. her ego
D. reaction formation - Personality theorists believe there may be______factors or very board dimensions that make up a person’s personality.
A. 3
B. 10
C. 7
D. 5 - The strongest support for the theory that personality is heavily influenced by genetics is provided by strong personality similarity between:
A. identical twins reared together
B. identical twins reared apart
C. fraternal twins reared together
D. non-twins reared together - If you know the personality of an identical twin, you can expect the personality of the other twin to be:
A. unrelated
B. similar
C. identical
D. conflicting - The nomothetic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_______whereas the idiographic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_______.
A. Introverts: extroverts
B. Extroverts; introverts
C. Similar; unique
D. Unique; similar - According to Mischel and Shoda’s (1995) cognitive-effective units in the personality system, what category refers to how processes such as selective attention, interpretation, and categorization of events affect personality?
A. Competencies
B. Goals and values
C. Affects
D. Encodings - Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who has an extremely unable self-image, is moody, and does not develop stable relationships?
A. borderline
B. histrionic
C. narcissistic
D. schizoid - Which of the following personality disorders describes a person who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance and who needs constant admiration?
A. dependent
B. histrionic
C. narcissistic
D. schizoid
