Dr Portillo's Research Team Is Using Various Methods to Assess

question 88

Multiple Choice

Dr. Portillo's research team is using various methods to assess the trait of extraversion. Dr. Portillo is interpreting participants' responses to TAT pictures. Her postdoctoral research fellow is recording the number and length of conversations participants initiate in a laboratory situation. Finally, Dr. Portillo's graduate student is examining her own extraversion scores on a test of the Big Five dimensions. Which research team member is correctly paired with the type of personality assessment he or she is using?

• A) Dr. Portillo-self-report measure
• B) Postdoctoral research fellow-projective test
• C) Graduate student-self-report measure
• D) Dr. Portillo-behavioral assessment

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