Lecture 3 - Personality assessment

Question 1

What does personality assessment cover?

Answer 1

Traits
Goals
Motives
Strategies
Intentions
Perceptual biases (how people view the world)
Cognitive biases (how people understand their view of the world)

Question 2

What type of data is most likely used for personality assessments?

Answer 2

Mostly S data and sometimes B data. I or L data rarely used

Question 3

What are “projective” tests?

Answer 3

Assumes self-report is generally invalid.

Implicit association tests (IAT)
Rorshach
Thematic Apperception Tests (TAT)

Question 4

What are “objective” tests?

Answer 4

Assumes self-report is generally valid

Questionnaires and rating scales

Question 5

What is an Implicit Association Test (IAT)?

Answer 5

Word association.

Respondents who implicitly associate two words (concepts) will respond faster with concepts that are paired.

Question 6

What is the rationale behind a projective test?

Answer 6

Responses to indeterminate stimuli reveal underlying psychological biases, such as needs, motives, feelings, experiences and thoughts.

Mostly associated with psychoanalysis.