Personality Tests Flashcards
Types of Structured Personality Tests
16PF, EPPS (Edwards Personal Preference Schedule), Myers-Briggs (MBTI), NEO-PI-3
16 PF uses ____ strategy & ____ analysis
Lexical Strategy & Factor Analysis: based on assumptions that personality traits are encoded in language
5 Global Traits of 16 PF (ETAIS)
Extraversion, Tough-mindedness, anxiety, independence, self-control
EPPS; Edwards Personal Preference Schedule
Assesses 15 basic needs derived from Murray’s System of Human Needs; Examinees pick between 2 pairs of statements and pick the one that best describes them
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is based on which psychologist’s personality typology
Jung
MBTI 4 Bipolar Personality Types
Intraversion-Extraversion, Sensing-Intuition, Thinking-Feeling, Judging-Perceiving
Types of Projective Personality Test
Rorschach & TAT
Rorschach has how many cards & how many phases of test administration
10 inkblot cards & 2 phases of test administration (free association & inquiry phase)
Commonly used scoring system for Rorschach
Exner’s Scoring System
Scoring Categories on Rorschach (LDCFP)
Location: are of the inkblot the examinee used to get their answer (whole inkblot, common detail, or uncommon detail)
Determinants- the characteristics of the inkblot that determined response (form, movement, color, shading)
Content- category of response (human, animal, nature)
Form Quality- Similarity of inkblot to examinee’s response
Popularity- extent to which examinee’s response is given by other examinees
Many color responses on the Rorschach might indicate…
emotionality or impulsiveness
Many “whole” responses on Rorschach might indicate
creative or theoretical thinking
Confabulation (overgeneralizing a part of the inkblot to the whole) might suggest…
brain injury, cognitive impairment, or schizophrenia
Instructions of TAT
Make up a story about each picture, describe what’s happening, describe what led up to it, how the people are thinking and feeling, and how the story ends
Scoring of the TAT involves identifying the hero’s needs & ____ and outcomes of each story
press (internal and external causes of bx)
