PSY P102 1st EditionLecture 10Outline of Last Lecture I. Assessing PersonalityOutline of Current Lecture II. Assessing PersonalityIII. Strengths and Limitations of Projective TestsIV. Self-Report Inventories Current LectureI. Assessing Personality- Tests to measure and evaluate personality fall into 2 basic categories - Projective Testso Developed out of psychoanalytic approach o Rorschach Inkblot Test 5 color cards; 5 black and white cards Describe what you see Tells about unconscious motives and personality traits o Thematic Apperception Test Look at series of cards Create a story about the scene Reveals motives, anxieties and conflictsII. Strengths and Limitations of Projective Tests- Strengthso Mainly used in counseling and psychotherapy o Provide a lot of qualitative information about psychological functioning - Limitationso Examiners behavior can influence responses o Scoring is very subjective o Fail to produce consistent results o Validity and reliability are unsure III. Self-Report Inventories These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Paper/pencil test in which responses are compared to established norms - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventoryo Used to evaluate mental healtho Social, political, sexual attitude topics - California Psychological Inventoryo Measures = Interpersonal effectiveness, self-control, independence, empathyo Predict: College grades, delinquency, job performance - 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire o Used for career counseling and evaluate employees o Questions; Pick out of three choices - Myers-Briggs Type Indicator o People can be categorized into personality types – either one or the other o Problems: Reliability: Different results on different occasions Validity: Research doesn’t support relationship between types and job success Lack of evidence of different personality
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