Personality assessment

Question 1

credible personality tests must have

Answer 1

validity and reliability

Question 2

2 main categories of personality tests?

Answer 2

structured personality test

projective tests

Question 3

describe structured personality tests

Answer 3

pen to paper; likert scales (1-5)

Question 4

examples of structured personality tests

Answer 4

minnesota multiple personality inventory test
california psychological inventory
rationally / theoretically constructed tests

Question 5

california psycholgoical inventory

Answer 5

descrbes more normal personality traits

-similarity between scales

Question 6

describe rationally/theoretically constructed tests

Answer 6

begin with a trait then create items to assess the trait

Question 7

describe minnesota multiple personality inventory 1

Answer 7

• 10 basic scales, most which assess mental disorders
• each has 2 criterion groups (having disorder or not)
  
  • > focus on whether items distinguish between having disoder or not, not why. so little face validity

Question 8

describe minnestoa multiple personality inventory 2

Answer 8

has 3 validity scales

• lie (denying trivial facts)
• frequency (doing things that normal members of the community dont endorse)
• correction (above)

Question 9

what do validity scales measure

Answer 9

• response sets (tendency to distort responses)
• impression management
• malingering

Question 10

advantages and disadvtanges of minnesota multiple personality inventory

Answer 10

reliable and valid for differentiating between mental disorders
different scales are similar and potentially redundant

Question 11

describe projective tests

Answer 11

participants given ambiguous stimuli and interpret it

based on projective hypothesis: interpretations are projections of peoples personality tests

Question 12

do projective tests relate to psychoanalysis

Answer 12

yes however its not necessarily bad.

not asking questions —> circumvent deence mechanisms

Question 13

describe rorschach inkblot test

Answer 13

participants shown 10 symmetrical inkblots (5 colour and 5 b&w); participants say what it resembles,
examiners score ansewrs for numerous characteristics

Question 14

describe thematic apperception test

Answer 14

31 cards which are ambiguous and show social situations. makes story based on cards, examiner interprets
-achievement orientation, perceive others to be good or bad

Question 15

describe human figure drawings

Answer 15

people draw person, clinitian interprets them

Question 16

describe graphology

Answer 16

basing personality characteristics off handwriting