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Sawyer (1966) and Sines (1970) examined studies in which test results were interpreted by a set of rules and compared them to studies in which trained professionals interpreted the test results. They found that

a. the professionals were more accurate than the set of rules.
b. the set of rules was more accurate than the trained professionals.
c. there was no difference between the set of rules and the professionals.
d. the professionals were more accurate, but only when they knew the rules.

Question 2

The authors of your textbook have suggested that one reason for the relatively poor long-term reliability of personality tests is that

a. the tests are not really measuring personality.
b. personality is too broad of a construct to adequately measure.
c. personality tests are too vague and subjective.
d. although people exhibit a core of stability, they continually change.