ch 3: Issues in Personality Assessment Flashcards
1
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Projective testing
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- ink blot tests
- less reliable
- less valid
2
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Formal/Psychometric tests
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- normalized
- standardized
- will measure very specific things
- highly reliable & valid
3
Q
Formal
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- documented reports
- standardized
- like a scientific paper
4
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Informal
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- less structure
- clinical interview
- other info from family members
5
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Sources of Information:
1. Observer ratings
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- interviews (ppl being assessed talk about themselves & the interviewer draws conclusions)
- ppl may talk about smtg other than themselves but indirectly revealing what they’re like
- observers may make judgements
- observers can observe a person’s belongings and draw conclusions on what the person is like
6
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- Self-reports
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- resembles process of introspection
- true or false
- multipoint rating scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree
7
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an Inventory
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- a measure that assesses several dimensions of personality
- process of developing an inventory: go through each step of development for each scale of the inventory
8
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Implicit assessment
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- involves trying to find out what a person is like from the self-reports but not asking them directly
- the person does a task of some sort that involves making judgements about stimuli
- the pattern of response can inform the assessor about what the person is like
9
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Implicit Associations test
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- to categorize a long series of stimuli as quickly as you can
- each can be categorized as “me” or “not me”
- if one of those items is strongly associated in your memory, then the response “me” will be faster than if it isn’t
- reaction times across large number of stimuli can provide information about your implicit sense of self
- important for MOTIVE approach
10
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2 requirements for assessment techniques
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- person being assessed produces a sample of “behaviour” (an action or internal behavior ex heart rate) or accumulation of possessions
- someone uses that behaviour sample as a guide to some aspect of the person’s personality
11
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Subjective Measures
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an interpretation is part of the measure
- an interpretation of the behaviour
- observer makes a judgement that he or she is watching looks nervous
12
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Objective measures
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when the measure is of a physical reality
-ex counting the number of times a person stammers while talking
13
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Subjective Vs Objective measures
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- an observe can make objective counts of acts or can develop a subjective impression of the person
- a person making self-report can report objective
14
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Reliability of Measurement:
Internal Reliability
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- reliablity with a single set of observations of single aspect of personality
- using many items balances out error
15
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Investigating Internal reliabiltiy
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-average correlation for each pair of items
