Psych Ch 15: Measuring Personality and Personality Abilities

This is the measure of it's consistency.

A type of test that attemts to predict what occupational area an individual will like.

This type of test measures how circumstances surrounding an event influence people responding that event.

Assuming someone is not smart because they do not speak formal English is an example of this.

A person who wears way too much cologne on a date can be an example of this.

This describes a person's long-lasting patterns of behavior.

This is the most widely used personality inventory test used in schools.

This test measures one's special skills in specific area and potential to excel in that area.

This measure inner feelings elicited by vague stimulus like unclear shapes.

The SAT and a chapter test are both examples of this kind of test.

This systematically measure what people, know, think, feel, and what their goals are.

Believing an actor is intelligent in real life because they played a scientist in a couple movies is an example of this.

This is the patterns of of test answers from different types of people.

This test is designed to measure one's ability to do college work.

This is a list of a items about a person's beliefs, habits, hopes, needs, and desires.

This is the development of clear directionsm scoring, and iterpretation.

This describes the extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to.

This is the most widely used personality inventory test.

Which would you NOT use to determine if you were trying to determine if a person would make a good firefighter?

A widely used test that uses answers to determine what certain fields a person may be successful in.

This test seeks to access your unconscious feelings through a series of inkblots.

This test shows the takers a picture where they make up a story of the given scene.

This test measures the amount of specific material remembered from one’s classroom.

The Rorschach and the TAT are examples of this kind of test.

A test that would measure your skill level in medicine or carpentry would be this kind.