Deck 8: Personality and Interest Measures

Question 1

The MMPI was developed using which test construction method?

A) Empirical Criterion
B) Item response theory
C) Projective test method
D) Rational-content

Answer 1

Empirical Criterion

Question 2

Normal personality traits can be assessed with:

A) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
B) NEO-PI-R
C) Sixteen PF
D) All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

The MMPI-II Validity scales measure:

A) The test's predictive validity
B) A client's self-esteem
C) A client's test taking attitude and response bias
D) Valid personality traits

Answer 3

A client's test taking attitude and response bias

Question 4

The NEO-PI-R assesses which of the following personality traits:

A) Intuitive, feeling, and judgmental
B) Openness, Conscientious, and Agreeableness
C) Neuroticism, Intuitiveness, and Harmoniousness
D) Stubbornness, creativity, and planning

Question 5

A test that is most closely corresponds to the DSM-IV conceptualization of Personality Disorders is the:

A) NEO-PI-R
B) Millon Clinical Multi-axial Inventory-III
C) Myers-Briggs
D) Rorschach

Question 6

A common research approach for understanding normal personality traits has involved:

A) Laboratory experiments that compare human with animal behavior
B) Analysis of adjectives found in dictionaries or personality tests
C) Theoretical modeling techniques
D) Refining projective techniques

Question 7

Which personality theory has gained widespread professional acceptance because of strong research support?

A) Jung's Archetype model
B) Meyers Briggs theory
C) Five Factor model
D) Empirical criterion model

Question 8

Which of the following tests was constructed using the theoretical, content related approach?

A) MMPI
B) Strong Interest Inventory
C) 16 PF
D) None of the above

Question 9

Personality disorders have traditionally been conceptualized as:

A) Extreme variations of normal personality traits
B) Facets of Neuroticism
C) Qualitatively different constructs from normal personality traits
D) High scores on the MMPI-2 clinical scales

Question 10

Which of the following tests does not include scales for assessing test taker response biases and faking?

A) MMPI-2
B) MCMI-III
C) MMPI-RF
D) Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator

Question 11

Holland's RIASEC model has influenced the development of which of the following tests?

A) Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator
B) NEO-PI-R
C) Self-Directed Search
D) 16 PF

Question 12

The Strong Interest Inventory is useful for helping individuals to understand:

A) One's basic personality traits such as Extraversion-Introversion
B) One's working and learning style preferences
C) Which occupations they are likely to achieve success
D) Which occupations they are likely to experience burnout

Question 13

According to research with the Five Factor Model, individuals who are high in conscientiousness are prone to being diagnosed with which DSM-IV personality disorder?

A) Compulsive
B) Hysterical
C) Narcissistic
D) Borderline

Question 14

A counselor upon completing an initial assessment with a client in a mental health setting was unsure of a diagnosis because the client presented with a variety of problems and symptoms suggestive of several possible disorders. Which of the following tests is she likely to find useful in order to clarify a psychiatric diagnosis?

A) MMPI-2
B) Self-Directed Search
C) 16 PF
D) Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator

Question 15

Holland's Conventional personality type resembles what other personality trait?

A) Inhibited Introvert
B) Conscientiousness
C) Thinking introvert
D) Humble

Question 16

What is the difference between a state and a trait?

Question 17

What are limitations of the MMPI-2 for monitoring client progress during counseling?

Question 18

How might the results from NEO-PI-R facilitate case conceptualization with a client in a mental health setting?

Question 19

According to Holland's model how are interest measures related to measures of personality traits?