In what different ways can personality be assessed? Discuss objective and projective methods of assessing personality and the benefits of each. What criticisms have been directed toward each type of assessment?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Objective tests are relatively easy to give and score, because they follow well-defined rules. Gives examples of objective tests. Projective tests contain stimuli that are purposely ambiguous. Give examples of projective tests. Discuss applications and benefits of each (e.g., projective tests are less sensitive to language variation) and mention possible problems (e.g., projective tests may be used in situations in which they are not valid).
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a. attitude change occurred because of persuasive communication delivered by an attractive source b. participants paid $20 changed their attitudes more than those paid $1 c. attitude change occurred because of Pavlovian and operant conditioning processes d. participants paid $1 changed their attitudes more than those paid $20 e. participants changed their behavior to correspond to their attitudes