A Critic of Personality Inventories Says, "These Tests Have No

question 55

Multiple Choice

A critic of personality inventories says, "These tests have no way of detecting faking or defensiveness in the individuals who take them. Worse, they never include norms for responses of people from different cultural groups." Which response to these criticisms is accurate?

• A) The MMPI-2 has both of the features the critic says are absent.
• B) The critic is correct about the problem of faking but not about norms from different cultures.
• C) The critic is confusing the problems of projective tests with those of inventories.
• D) Current research supports what the critic is saying.

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Definitions:

Comparable Worth

The concept that jobs of equal value to an organization should receive the same level of compensation, regardless of the job holder's gender or other demographics.

Employee Surveillance

The monitoring of employee activities and behaviours in the workplace using various methods and technologies.

Information Technology

The use of computers and software to manage information, including storing, retrieving, transmitting, and manipulating data.

External Recruitment

The process of searching for and hiring candidates from outside the organization to fill open positions.