Self-report measures of personality are advantageous because:
a. they are designed to be taken by both children and adults.
b. they are designed for people of all ranges of intelligence.
c. they are designed and automated to be scored quickly.
d. they are designed for people with all ranges of reading ability.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Despite the problems involved in self-report inventories, these still remain the most objective approach to personality assessment. Their greatest advantage is that they are designed to be scored objectively and quickly through automated personality assessment programs, providing a complete diagnostic profile of the test-taker's responses.
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