Procedures Used to Measure and Evaluate Personality Traits, Emotional States

question 162

Multiple Choice

Procedures used to measure and evaluate personality traits, emotional states, aptitudes, and values are called:

• A) laboratory observations.
• B) psychological tests.
• C) significance tests.
• D) meta-analyses.

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Definitions:

Study Harder

Suggests increasing the intensity or dedication with which one engages in learning activities to achieve better academic or knowledge outcomes.

Negative Reinforcement

A type of reinforcement where a response or behavior is strengthened by stopping, removing, or avoiding a negative outcome or aversive stimulus.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, which affects the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Removing Stimulus

The process of taking away or reducing a particular stimulus in order to decrease a response or behavior.