DrPortillo's Research Team Is Using Various Methods to Assess the Trait

question 133

Multiple Choice

Dr.Portillo's research team is using various methods to assess the trait of extraversion.Dr.Portillo interpreting participants' responses to TAT pictures.Her postdoctoral research fellow is recording the number and length of conversations participants initiate in a laboratory situation.Finally,Dr.Portillo's graduate student is examining her own extraversion scores on a test of the Big Five dimensions.Which research team member is correctly paired with the type of personality assessment he or she is using?

• A)Dr.Portillo-self-report measure
• B)Postdoctoral research fellow-projective test
• C)Graduate student-self-report measure
• D)Dr.Portillo-behavioral assessment

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Definitions:

Piaget

Refers to Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist known for his pioneering work in the study of child development and his theory of cognitive development.

Classical-Conditioning Principles

The psychological mechanisms and rules through which organisms learn to associate stimuli and anticipate events, based on the work of Ivan Pavlov.

Frank

Open, honest, and direct in speech or writing, especially when dealing with unpalatable matters.

Jellyfish

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