Other Measures of Personality Flashcards
Other Measures of Personality
who developed The 16 Personality Factor (16PF) Questionnaire and what strategy and/or analysis did they use?
- Cattell (1947)
- lexical strategy & factor analysis
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this term refers to a method Cattell (1947) used to develop The 16PF and is based on the assumption that important personality traits are encoded in language
lexican strategy
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this term refers to a method Cattell (1947) used to develop The 16PF and was used to convert a list of words to 16 primary traits & 5 global traits
factor analysis
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in association with The 16PF, warmth, dominance, sensitivity are considered which type of traits?
primary
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list the 5 global traits associated with The 16PF
1) extraversion
2) anxiety
3) tough-mindedness
4) independence
5) self-control
**each global trait includes multiple primary traits
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what does the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS; Edwards, 1959) assess and what was it derived from?
- basic needs
- derived from Murray’s system of human needs (e.g., achievement, affiliation, dominance, autonomy
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these types of scores are relative scores that compare a person’s performance on an assessment to their previous performance
ipsative scores
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scores on the EPPS allow (inter-individual / intra-individual) comparisons but not permit (inter-individual / intra-individual) comparisons because they don’t provide information on absolute strengths of an examinee’s needs
intra-individual; inter-individual
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The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is based on whose personality typology? List the 4 bipolar personality dimensions.
Jung’s personality typology
1) introversion - extraversion (I, E)
2) sensing - intuition (S, N)
3) thinking - feeling (T, F)
4) judging - perceiving (J, P)
An examinee’s responses to test’s items are reported in terms of one of 16 personality types that represent different combinations of the four dimensions – e.g., introverted-sensing-thinking-perceiving (ISTP)
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what does the NEO Personality Inventory-3 (NEO-PI-3)
the “Big Five” personality traits
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who identified the 5 traits the NEO-PI-3? List the “Big Five” personality traits.
Costa & McCrae (1985)
1) openness to experience
2) conscientiousness
3) extraversion
4) agreeableness
5) neuroticism
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list the disorders and associated levels & traits that have been linked to the NEO-PI-3
- high neuroticism
- low conscientiousness
- increased risk for Alzheimer’s & other neurocognitive disorders
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The Rorschach Inkblot Test (Rorschach, 1921/1942) includes ____ cards that each contain a ____ symmetrical inkblot printed on a white background
10 cards; bilaterally symmetrical inkblot
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list & describe the 2 phases of test administration for the Rorschach Inkblot Test
1) free association phase: examiner presents the 10 cards at once & asks examinee to describe what they see
2) inquiry phase: examiner questions examinee about what parts of the inkblot determined their response
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describe scoring procedures for the Rorschach Inkblot Test
- several scoring systems available
- most common method is Exner’s Comprehensive System
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list the 6 scoring categories included in Exner’s Comprehensive System for the Rorschach Inkblot Test
a) location: area in the inkblot used by the examinee to derive their response (e.g., the whole inkblot, a common detail, or an unusual detail)
b) determinants: inkblot characteristics that determined the examinee’s response (e.g., the inkblot’s form, movement, color, and/or shading)
c) content: category of the examinee’s response (e.g., human, animal, nature)
d) form quality: similarity of the examinee’s response to the actual shape of the inkblot
e) popularity: extent to which examinee’s response is given by others
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describe interpretation procedures for the Rorschach Inkblot test
consider the number & type of responses examinee made in each category
- many color responses indicate emotionality & impulsiveness
- many “whole” responses suggest creative or theoretical thinking
- confabulation (overgeneralizing a part of the inkblot to the whole) suggests brain injury, cognitive impairment, or schizophrenia
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Murray (1943) based the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) on what?
his system of human needs
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describe the test materials and explain administration procedures for Murray’s (1943) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
materials: 30 cards; each card depicts a different picture containing 1+ human figures
administration: examinee is asked to make up a story about each picture that describes:
a) what’s happening
b) what led up to that event
c) how the people are thinking & feeling,
d) how the story ends
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describe scoring procedures for Murray’s (1943) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Murray’s scoring system involves identifying:
1) the story’s hero
2) the hero’s needs and press (i.e., internal & external causes of the hero’s behavior)
3) outcomes for each story
