Personality Tests Flashcards
Who are the #1 users?
employers
Which types of personality tests are unreliable?
Observation: Requires time and is bias
Interviews: Lying is a problem
Rating scales: Lying is also a problem
Which types of personality traits are reliable?
Projective tests and Inventories
Give two examples projective personality test.
Rorschach ink blot test and thematic apperception test
Personality traits are remarkably stable after what stage in life?
early adulthood (from age 30 and up)
What two factors change more than personality itself?
Our characteristic adaptations and our self narratives.
Inventory tests were based off of tests given to psychiatric patients, what symptoms were these based on?
Hypochondria: concern with physical symptoms
Depressions: Depressive feelings and behavior
Hysteria: worry about health, vulnerability
Psychopathic deviants: lack of empathy
Masculinity/ femininity: Rigidity, stereotypical behaviors
Paranoia: lack of trust
Psychasthenia: worry, anxiety, tension
Schizophrenia: strange thinking
Hypomania: excitability, impulsiveness
Social Introversion: shyness, modesty
