One Benefit of Using Projective Personality Tests Instead of Nonprojective

question 59

Multiple Choice

One benefit of using projective personality tests instead of nonprojective personality tests is the ____.

• A) higher difficulty for the respondent to guess the "correct" answer
• B) higher validity and reliability of projective tests
• C) ease with which projective tests can be administered
• D) ease of interpreting scores and responses

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