The Principal Advantage of the Theory-Driven Approach to Personality Test

question 24

Multiple Choice

The principal advantage of the theory-driven approach to personality test development is that ___.

• A) it provides an operational definition of the theory
• B) it brings order to an undifferentiated mass of items and responses
• C) it focuses one's attention on a test's exact purpose
• D) it offers a useful antidote to fanciful theorizing

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Definitions:

Pavlov

Russian physiologist known for his work in classical conditioning, particularly involving the salivary response of dogs.

Sometimes-Opponent-Process Theory

A theory suggesting that emotional and behavioral reactions adjust to opposite states from those initially induced by a stimulus over time.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral stimulus that, after being linked with an unconditioned stimulus, starts to produce a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

A conditioned response is an automatic reaction established by learning to an initially neutral stimulus after being repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus that triggers an automatic response.