Contrast objective personality tests with projective tests
What will be an ideal response?
Projective tests require individuals to look at some meaningless object or ambiguous photo and describe what they see. In describing the ambiguous object, individuals are assumed to project both their conscious and unconscious feelings, needs, and motives.
Objective personality tests, also called self-report questionnaires, consist of specific written statements that require individuals to indicate, for example, by checking "true" or "false " whether the statements apply to them.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. IPT was superior to no treatment. b. IPT plus medication was no better than medication alone. c. IPT was consistently superior to other psychotherapies for depression. d. none of the above
Dr. Wombles considers himself a psychodynamic personality theorist, but he believes that an individual's early relationships with significant people are more important than instinctual sexual impulses in shaping personality. Dr. Wombles focuses on the importance of __________ on personality development.
A. psychosocial stages B. object relations C. archetypes D. extraversion
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A. strong B. weak C. unusual D. unexpected