When Joyce Takes a Personality Test, She Is Told That

question 123

Multiple Choice

When Joyce takes a personality test, she is told that the test is reliable, that is, it:

• A) predicts other criteria of the personality trait in question.
• B) compares its results against established standards of performance.
• C) produces the same results from one time to the next.
• D) measures what it is designed to measure.

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Definitions:

Prototype

A mental representation of the average or most typical example of a category or class of objects, concepts, or experiences.

Template

A stored pattern or model to which incoming information is matched in order to be recognized and classified.

Template-Matching Theory

An approach to pattern recognition that posits the mind matches stimuli to templates or patterns in the brain to recognize and identify them.

Template Matching

A method in pattern recognition where a predefined template or shape is compared to potential matches within a larger set or scene.