The determinant types of the Rorschach are
a. form, movement, color, and shading
b. whole, common detail, and unusual detail
c. excellent matching, average matching, and poor matching
d. location, form quality, and content
Which of the following is true of the Rorschach?
a. It was treated with suspicion from the beginning.
b. It is the most widely used psychological test.
c. Recent scoring revisions have eliminated the most serious objections.
d. It has finally become a widely accepted method in psychology.
Which individual played a major role in the use and investigation of the Rorschach?
a. Murray
b. Klopfer
c. Rogers
d. Barnum
The Barnum effect is found when
a. statements that fit most people inflate the validity of a personality profile.
b. ambiguous responses on personality measures are subjectively evaluated.
c. participants who lack pathology are diagnosed as having pathology.
d. a scale is not standardized.
Who first introduced the Rorschach to the United States?
a. Marguerite Hertz
b. J. Kerner
c. David Levy
d. Samuel Beck
The most controversial and misunderstood psychological tests are
a. group tests.
b. achievement tests.
c. objective personality tests.
d. projective personality tests.
The tendency to respond true on true-false items is referred to as
a. acquiescence.
b. truth bias.
c. self-assurance.
d. malingering.
The criterion groups used to develop the original MMPI consisted of
a. university students.
b. a normally distributed sample of the population.
c. psychiatric inpatients.
d. soldiers in WWI.
Which of the following questions most closely reflects the typical structure of items on the MMPI?
a. I like to go out..
b. Do you like to go out?
c. Is going out a fun thing to do?
d. Going out is fun..
In the criterion-group strategy, the actual content or face validity
a. is tested through factor analytic techniques.
b. is critical to test construction.
c. is only taken into account for the criterion group.
d. is of little importance.
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