Chapter 15

Due: Monday, March 2

Chapter 15 Questions:

Section 1:

1. Why and how are psychological tests developed and used?

Section 2:

2. What are the differences between achievement and aptitude tests?
3. What was your experience with the SAT? Do you feel it was an achievement or aptitude test, or both? Does the SAT have validity?
4. What are the contributions and limitations of interest inventories?

Section 3:

5. How do objective personality tests work? What can they tell us?
6. How are projective tests different? Does this make them more or less useful? Why?
7. What does the Rorschach inkblot on page 352 look like to you? Can you say anything about your personality based on your response?
8. Create a brief story based on the drawing on page 354. What might your story indicate about your personality?
9. Read the “Case Studies” box on page 353. On the Meyers-Briggs scale, what is your personality type? Does this label have real meaning?

Section 4:

10. What advice does the book give for test taking in each area?
a. test preparation
b. multiple-choice questions
c. true-false questions
d. short-answer questions
e. essay questions
11. How can you avoid test anxiety?
12. What of this advice rings true for you?