Psychometric tests: personality

Question 1

personality

Answer 1

a persons internally based characteristic ways of acting and thinking

Question 2

projective tests

Answer 2

contains series of ambitious timulis, such as inkblots, to which the tester must respond about is perceptions of the stimuli

Question 3

examples of projective tests

Answer 3

Rorschach inkblots

thematic apperceptive test (TAT)

Question 4

personality inventories

Answer 4

designed to measure multiple stable traits of personality

Question 5

personality inventories include

Answer 5

a series of questions or statements for which the test take must indicate whether they apply themselves or not

Question 6

Eysenchs personality

Answer 6

found buying fact analysis that many personality traits are a function of two basic dimensions

Question 7

2 basic functions of personality according to Eysench

Answer 7

• intro/extraversion
• stable/unstable

linked to genetics

Question 8

5 factor models of personality are..

Answer 8

universal from about aged 30 and later adlthood

Question 9

what is the 5 factor model measured with

Answer 9

NEO-PI-R

Question 10

5 factor models of personality

Answer 10

1) neuroticism
2) extroversion
3) openness
4) agreeability
5) conscientiousness

Question 11

what else can be measured

Answer 11

mood states, motivation, attitudes and belies can also be measured

Question 12

you must check there are no

Answer 12

suitable tests already before you try and make one

Question 13

tests must be

Answer 13

a practical length

Question 14

tests should take into consider

Answer 14

culture, ethnic, educational