To understand the criminal mind, you might study one criminal, like the "Unabomber," in great detail
Extensive interviews, questionnaires, and psychological tests might provide interesting information about the mental processing in such a person. This type of study would be an example of a _____
a) case study.
b) survey study.
c) laboratory study.
d) naturalistic observation study.
Answer: a
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According to Holland's career-related personality types, people who are realistic like which type of work?
a. Like to work outdoors, alone, and in manual activities: farming, truck driving, construction, etc. b. More interested in ideas than people, avoids emotional situations: science, etc. c. Like to help others: teaching, social work, counseling, etc. d. Good at persuading and coordinating the work of others: politics, sales, management, etc.
Projective personality tests have been criticized on the basis of each of the following EXCEPT
a. scoring of responses is objective b. questions about interpretation of responses c. some test stimuli may elicit certain types of responses over others d. there is limited evidence for the overall validity of these tests e. questionable usefulness