Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each feature by the test family it describes.
Groups: Objective tests · Projective tests
- Everyone answers the same items, and the total is read off a norm table
- Ambiguous stimuli the respondent interprets freely
- Built-in scales flag a respondent who is faking
- Its standing rests on a few indices rather than the whole instrument
Hints
- Standardized scoring and validity scales are objective; ambiguous stimuli and weaker psychometrics are projective.
- Lower reliability/validity is the projective family's known weakness.
Show the answer
Objective tests: Everyone answers the same items, and the total is read off a norm table, Built-in scales flag a respondent who is faking
Projective tests: Ambiguous stimuli the respondent interprets freely, Its standing rests on a few indices rather than the whole instrument
Why
Standardized scoring and validity scales belong to objective tests; ambiguous stimuli, weaker reliability/validity, and the Rorschach/TAT belong to projective tests. Objective tests trade openness for measurement rigor.
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