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arivle123

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You are planning to develop an alternate set of questions to test the concept of Neuroticism in Eysencks terms. Your set of questions will likely focus on
 
  a. intellectual rumination.
  b. negative emotions.
  c. fears.
  d. intelligence.

Question 2

You are about to start a research project into the personality characteristics of a population of prisoners. Your subjects have all been arrested for fraud. What would the authors of the textbook advise you about the use of self-report tests in this research?
 
  a. They would suggest that self-report tests are your best choice for this research.
  b. They would recommend that you use several self-report tests so that you could triangulate on your variable.
  c. They would likely recommend against them because you have a population of subjects who are very likely to fake their responses.
  d. They would suggest that, while reliable, these tests are more expensive and complex to administer than others.


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zogaridan

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: b: negative emotions.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c: They would likely recommend against them because you have a population of subjects who are very likely to fake their responses.


arivle123

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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