Personality Testing Flashcards
Personality can be referred to in terms of ______
How we interact with the world and those around us
Individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving
What are the 3 levels of Personality theory ?
- Stable characteristics : Personality traits/Basic behavioural or emotional tendancies
-Personal projects and concerns: What the person is doing and wants to achieve
-Life story/Narrative: Construction of an integrated identity
What are traits ?
- Basic tendencies/redispositions to act in a certain way
-Concistencies in behavior
-Influence behavioral across variety situations
Name the different structured personality tests
The big five traits test
16 Personality Factor Questionnaire
Myers-Briggs Type Indicater (MBTI)
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Name the 5 dimensions of the the Big Five test
-Openess
-Conscientiousness
-Extraversion
-Agreeableness
-Neuroticism
16 Personality Factor Questionnaire provides clinicians with _______
Normal range measurement of anxiety adjustment, emotional stability and behavioral problems
The 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire is usefull for ?
- measuring normal personality
- help diagnose psychiatric disorders
- prognosis and therapy planning
What is the Myers-Briggs type Indicater based on ?
Jungs theory og psychological type
Name the 4 bi-polers scales
- Extraversion-Introversion
- Thinking-Feeling
- Sensing-Intuition
- Judgement-Perception
Explain the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory test and its uses
It is a standardized test of adult personality and psychopathology
It is used to:
- help with treatment plans
- help with diagnosis
- help answer legal questions
- screen job candidates
- part of therapeutic assessment
What are the 10 scales measured in the MMPI ?
Hypochondriasis
Depression
Hysteria
Psychopathic Deviate
Masculinity/Femininity
Paranoia
Psychasthenia
Schizophrenia
Hypomania
Social Introversion
Name the different unstructured personality tests
-Thematic Apperception tets (TAT)
- Rorschach Personality test
- Draw-a-person test
How does the Thematic Apperception Test work ?
- Person must make up a story about ambiguous black and white pictures
- Stories must be as dramatic as possible
- Describe feelings and thoughts of characters
- individual projects their personality into story
TAT taps into which 3 motives ?
- Achievement motive
- Power motive
- Intimacy motive
How does the Rorschach Personality test work ?
Person must report what they see in inkplots
