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Wk7 Integrating theories and personality tests

Question 1 of 28

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In McAdams personality triad he states we should focus on three aspects of personality. Which of the following is NOT a member of these categories?

Select one of the following:

  • Dimensions of personality

  • Defence mechanisms

  • Narrative identity

  • Humanistic biases

Explanation

Question 2 of 28

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In McAdams collaborative personality theory, he states we should focus on the dispositional traits of people. This means focusing on dimensions of personality, specifically the big five.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 28

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Although McAdams believes that it is important to discover personality traits when beginning to understanding an individual , he also believes it has its limitations. What is his criticism of personality traits?

Select one of the following:

  • They don't tell us about the individual

  • Personality tests can be cheated and therefore false positive produced

  • They are too linear and we need more of a scale of traits

  • He didn't believe there was a problem with traits.

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Question 4 of 28

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McAdams described Characteristic Adaptations as, personal goals, coping strategies, values, domain-specific skills and relationship styles. What theories does this idea integrate?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Psychoanalytic

  • social-learning

  • humanistic

  • evolutionary

  • personal construct

  • Positive psychology

Explanation

Question 5 of 28

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The aim of McAdams personality triad is to try and integrate a fragmented psychological environment. A consequence of this is that he has integrated idiographic and nomothetic approaches, allowing for a more holistic construction of an individuals personality.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 28

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Characteristic adaptations is aimed at understanding...

Select one of the following:

  • A persons individual beliefs, motivations and defences

  • How a person adapts to negative situations

  • Dysfunctional adaptation styles

  • A persons formed biases as a result of life experience

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Question 7 of 28

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

The idea of Dispositional Traits is ( nomothetic, Idiographic ), while Characteristic Adaptations is ( idiographic, nomothetic ) and narrative identity is ( idiographic, nomothetic )

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Question 8 of 28

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One could say there is stability in traits, but constant change in identity.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 28

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According to McAdams, why is our personal story so important to our identity?

Select one of the following:

  • Through our story we can define ourselves and create our sense of identity

  • Our story is full of confidence boosts and without it we lose self-esteem

  • Through our story we understand the world and how others behave in it

  • Our story can be manipulated to create another defence mechanism to protect us from negative environments

Explanation

Question 10 of 28

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The biggest problem with modern personality theories, is that they are all based on WEIRD people.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 28

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Individualist cultures see the individual as separate from the social. In contrast collectivist cultures see the individual as part of the social network, they are just a node within a social network. As most of the world is collectivist, this presents a problem to personality theories because...

Select one of the following:

  • Our personality theories are derived from men whose research is based on individualistic cultures

  • our personality theories focus on individuals not social environments

  • this potentially means we have to remove all personality theories and only focus on social psychology

  • We need more computational models to account for the nodes within a social network.

Explanation

Question 12 of 28

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Bandura stated that cultures are either individualistic or collectivist. He believed that this is a static trait that is very hard to change.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 28

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

( Reliability, Validity ) refers to consistency across tests, while ( Validity, Reliability ) refers to a tests ability to test what it is meant to.

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Question 14 of 28

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A reliable test needs

Select one or more of the following:

  • Consistency throughout itself (internal consistency)

  • same results found by another (inter-rater reliability)

  • Consistency over testing occasions (test-retest reliability)

  • Consistency in different environments (environmental reliability)

Explanation

Question 15 of 28

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Cronbach's alpha is...

Select one of the following:

  • A measure of internal consistency and how closely related certain items are.

  • A measure of validity (.5 and above meaning valid)

  • A masterpiece of classical music

  • A unit of measurement involved in determining personality traits

Explanation

Question 16 of 28

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

In regards to validity, two tests that are similar should ( converge, diverge ), while two tests that are dissimilar should ( diverge, converge ). ( Divergent, Convergent ) tests should also have discriminant validity.

Explanation

Question 17 of 28

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It could be said that McAdams personality triad consists of; "who am i?", "what are my basic tendencies?", "What do i want and value?"

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 28

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Personality traits are assessed using which method?

Select one of the following:

  • Self-report

  • Interview

  • Behavioural observation

Explanation

Question 19 of 28

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The results found from personality tests are qualitative

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 28

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What is a positive of the forced choice format in questionnaires?

Select one of the following:

  • To get around the problems of social desirability and acquiescence

  • lets people be forced into one category or another

  • to get around the problem of cheating on tests

  • lets the therapist gather qualitative data

Explanation

Question 21 of 28

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Likert scales

Select one of the following:

  • result in ordinal data and can be used in non-parametric tests

  • result in nominal data and can be used in non-parametric tests

  • result in ordinal data and can be used in parametric tests

  • result in nominal data and can be used in parametric tests

Explanation

Question 22 of 28

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Dispositional traits are best measured using

Select one or more of the following:

  • self-report measure

  • likert scales

  • close-ended questions

  • forced choice responses

Explanation

Question 23 of 28

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what are the techniques used to develop an understanding of characteristics adaptations?

Select one or more of the following:

  • projective tests

  • self-report questionnares

  • Interviews

  • Implicit association tests

Explanation

Question 24 of 28

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Personality inventories are

Select one of the following:

  • Self-report questionnaires aimed at discovering personality traits

  • Interview techniques available to the therapist to discover an individuals personality traits.

  • The classing system of an individuals personality

  • our personality assessment results

Explanation

Question 25 of 28

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What is the use of implicit association tests?

Select one of the following:

  • They try to get away from self-report measures

  • They are extremely valid

  • they assess our conscious beliefs and opinions

  • they help to discover our motivations in life

Explanation

Question 26 of 28

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Identity as life story is a ( humanistic, individualistic, positive psychology, evolutionary ) approach to personality that is ( idiographic, nomographic ) and focuses on collecting ( qualitative, quantitative ) data. The main technique used is ( interviews, questionnaires ).

Explanation

Question 27 of 28

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If a therapists was interviewing a person about their life story and had a set of questions prepared, but asked a follow up question off script, what style of interviewing would they be using?

Select one of the following:

  • Structured

  • Semi-structured

  • unstructured

Explanation

Question 28 of 28

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Interviews are a useful tool in personality assessment as they allow for multiple sources of information, the therapist can see non-verbal signs, they are flexible and qualitative data can be gained. Although, interviews still have their disadvantages which include...

Select one or more of the following:

  • social contamination

  • analysis of data is time consuming

  • subjective bias issues

  • low correaltion

  • poor inter-rater reliability

Explanation

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