"Certain Personality Traits Exist in All People to Varying Degrees

question 163

Multiple Choice

"Certain personality traits exist in all people to varying degrees.The assessor's task is to determine what the strength of each of these traits are in the assessee." We would be MOST likely to hear this statement from one who

• A) has never taken a course in psychological testing and assessment.
• B) views testing and assessment from a nomothetic viewpoint.
• C) views testing and assessment from an idiographic viewpoint.
• D) views testing and assessment from an ipsative perspective.

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Warren Bennis

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