Which Psychologists Are Most Likely to Criticize Standardized Personality Tests

question 97

Multiple Choice

Which psychologists are most likely to criticize standardized personality tests for failing to capture the unique subjective experience of the individual personality?

• A) psychodynamic theorists
• B) trait theorists
• C) social-cognitive theorists
• D) humanistic theorists

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Definitions:

Values

Cultural assessments that identify something as right, desirable, and moral.

Extinction

The process through which a species, family, or larger group of organisms permanently disappears from Earth.

Cultural Relativism

The principle that an individual's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture, avoiding ethnocentric judgments.

Ethnocentrism

The tendency to view one's own culture or ethnic group as superior to others, often leading to judging other cultures by one's own cultural norms and standards.