Chapter 13: Personality Assessment & Projectives

Question 1

Objective personality assessments are also referred to as which kind of personality assessment?

Answer 1

Structured

Question 2

A personality test has been constructed by identifying latent constructs. Which of the following methods for test construction has been used?

Answer 2

Factor Analytic

Question 3

Which MBTI dimension relates to how individuals focus their energy?

Answer 3

E-I

Question 4

Which assessment tool was constructed to measure the Big Five personality factors?

Answer 4

NEO Personality Inventory-Revised

Question 5

Which of the following is not considered one of the Big Five personality factors?

Answer 5

Introversion

Question 6

What are the Big 5 personality Factors?

Answer 6

Openness- Imaginative vs. Concrete
Conscientiousness- Well organized vs. Impulsive
Extraversion- Outgoing vs. Shy
Agreeableness- Empathic vs. Hostile
Neuroticism- Insecure vs. Self-Confident

Question 7

What are the Myers-Briggs Dimensions?

Answer 7

Extraversion vs. Introversion (E-I)
Sensing vs. Intiution (S-N)
Thinking vs. Feeling (T-F)
Judging vs. Perceiving (J-P)

Question 8

What is the purpose of the Minnesota multiphase personality inventory-2?

Answer 8

To evaluate individuals for psychopathology and mental disorders

Question 9

Logical Content Method

Answer 9

Items correspond to a content domain

Question 10

Theoretical Method

Answer 10

Items align with underlying construct

Question 11

Criterion Group Method

Answer 11

Items align with one group compared to another group

Question 12

Factor Analytic Method

Answer 12

Items with greater shared variance are retained

Question 13

Structured (Objective) Personality Assessments

Answer 13

Standardized self-report measures that often use some forced-choice response format. Indicate Personality traits, types, etc.

Question 14

Unstructured (Projective) Personality Assessments

Answer 14

Involved a counselor presenting unstructured tasks to the client. The responses are expected to reflect needs, experiences, inner states and thought processes.

Question 15

Projective Hypothesis

Answer 15

Expectation of the responses. Reponses to ambiguous stimuli reflect a person’s basic personality.

Question 16

Popular Structured Personality Assessments

Answer 16

• Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories- psychiatric diagnostic categories)
• Millon Inventories (normal to clinical personality levels
• Personality Assessment Inventory
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• Keirsey Temperament Sorter II
• California Psychological Inventory
• Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
• NEO Personality Inventory
• Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventories
• Behavioral Academic Self-Esteem Tool
• Tennessee Self-Concept Scale
• Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale

Question 17

Five Types of Projective Techniques

Answer 17

• Associations to inkblots or words
• Story construction or sequences
• Sentence or story completion
• Picture arrangement/selection of verbal choices
• Drawing or play techniques

Question 18

Popular Unstructured Personality Assessments

Answer 18

• Rorschach Inkblot Test
• Thematic Appreciation Test
• Children’s Appreciation Test
• TEMAS (Tell-Me-A-Story)
• Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank
• Draw-A-Person Test
• House-Tree-Person

Question 19

What is the most widely used projective (unstructured) test?

Answer 19

Rorschach Inkblot Test (10 inkblots)

Question 20

Which of the following personality assessments was designed to be useful for diverse populations?

Answer 20

TEMAS