The Main Advantage of Personality Inventories Over Projective Tests and Interviews

question 154

Multiple Choice

The main advantage of personality inventories over projective tests and interviews is ________.

• A) inventories are standardized
• B) interviews are standardized
• C) interviews have higher validity
• D) There are no major differences.

Understand how prejudice and stereotypes affect organizational behavior and decisions.

Differentiate between prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory actions in the workplace.

Analyze the role of diversity in shaping individual identities and societal experiences.

Identify demographic categories frequently discussed in the context of the workplace diversity (e.g., baby boomers, Generation X).

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Definitions:

Personality Research

The study of how individual differences in behavior, emotions, and thinking patterns arise and their effects on life.

Big Five

A theory identifying five fundamental personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, used to describe human personality comprehensively.

Personality Traits

Enduring characteristics and behaviors that distinguish one individual from another.

Big Five

A model outlining five broad dimensions of human personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.