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| Measurement that is not dependent on the individual making the assessment |
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| Measurement that relies on interpretation by the individual making assesment. biased |
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| The consistency of scores that are expected to be the same |
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| Variations of a measurement that are the result of rirrelevant, chance fluctuations |
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| Internal Consistency Reliability |
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| Degree of consistency between subparts or equivalent parts of a test |
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| The degree of consistency between the results of the same test taken on different occasions |
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| The basic underlying mechanisms of personalit that dynamically direct activity and remain relatively stable |
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| The extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to be measuring |
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| The extent to which a test truly measures a theoretical construct |
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| The extent to which an assessment is related to what it should be related to. |
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| the extent to which an assessment is not related to what it should not be related to |
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| Criterion-Related validation |
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| The extent to which an assessment predicts outcome criteria that were produced b different assessment methods |
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| Multitrait-Multimethod Perspective |
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| The use of multiple assessment methods and various traits in order to determine test validity |
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| the extent to whcih at est is measuring the domain it is supposed to be measuring |
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| The extent to which test items are related to one another |
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| Item Reponse Theory (IRT) |
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| A mathematical approach to choosing test items in which the probability of a positive response to an item is determined b the person's estimated position on the underling trait being measured, as well as by characteristics of the item. |
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| Acquiescence Resposne Set |
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| A bias in which people are more likely to agree than disagree with anything that is asked of them. |
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| A bias responding to test items that is unrelated to the personality characteristic being measured |
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| Social Desirability Response Set |
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| A bias in which people are likel to want to present themselves in a favorable light to try to please the experimenter or test adminstrator. |
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| A tpe of bias in which a test fails to take into account the relevant ulture or subculture of the person being tested |
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| Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) |
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| A comprehensive, self-repot personality test that is focused on assessing psychpathology |
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| A statistical technique in which correlations among a number of simple scales are reduced to a few basic dimensions |
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| Personality research form (PRF) |
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| A self-report test that assesses needs by forced responses to short, standardized items |
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| A method of personality assessment in which a person is given a stack of cards naming various characteristics and is asked to sort them into piles |
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| Experience Sampling Method of ASsessment |
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| A method in which participants record their current activity or thought processes when they are paged by the experimenter at various intervals during the day |
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| Psychotherapeutic Interview |
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| an interview in which a client talks about the important or troubling parts of his / her life |
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| A systematic interview in which the interviewwer follows a definite plan so that similar t ypes of info are elicited from each interviewee |
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| A categorial scheme in which a person is a member of onl one of a small set of groups |
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| A term used to describe nonverbal social skills such as vocal characteristics, facial expressions, body gestures, and movements |
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| A method of assessing personality by applying personality theories to the study of diaries, letters, and other personal records |
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| An assessment technique that atempts to study personality through use of a relatively unstructured stimulus, task or situation |
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| Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) |
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| A proejctive test in which a participant is asked to make up a story (including what will happen in future) about a pic that is presented |
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| Info relevant ot population statistics such as age, cultural group, place of birth, religion, and the like |
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| A research method that involves an in-depth analysis of a single individual |
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| Studies in which the degree of relationship between two variables (or among multiple variables) is assessed |
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| A comparison group that provides a standard by which to evaluate a theory or technique |
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