
Personality Testing
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Jennifer Parks
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Personality Testing
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Personalty Tests can be
objective or projective
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Objective Personality Tests
multiple-choice or T/F
based on factor analysis (trait clusters)
standardized ("graded" the same way for everyone)
empirically derived (questions are based on response patterns)
tested for validity & reliability
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Specific Objective Tests
MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) - “abnormal” personality tendencies
MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Inventory) -Feeling/Thinking, Perceiving/Judging, Introvert/Extravert, Intuiting/Sensing
NEO-PI (Neuroticism Extraversion Openness Personality Inventory) - Big 5
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Projective Tests
"answers" come entirely from the test taker
based on what test-taker projects onto ambiguous images
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Specific
Projective Tests
Rorschach inkblot test - subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed
TAT (Thematic Apperception Test)
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TAT, cont'd.
subjects tell stories about a series of ambiguous pictures
meant to tap into a subject's unconscious to reveal repressed motives & needs and problem-solving abilities
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TAT Test Sample:
I am going to show you a picture, and your task will be to make up a story about the picture. In your story, be sure to tell what has led up to the event shown in the picture, describe what is happening at the moment, what the characters are feeling and thinking, and then give the outcome. Tell a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end.
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Make up a story about the picture. In your story, be sure to tell what has led up to the event shown in the picture, describe what is happening at the moment, what the characters are feeling and thinking, and then give the outcome. Tell a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end.
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