Psychology: Personality Assessment
Assessing Personality
DONNIE CHATTMAN-PSY2012-WK4DOC
Fill in the following boxes by identifying and describing three types of personality assessment. List a specific assessment, or the procedure for measuring this type of personality measure. Describe whether or not you think this is an effective method for measuring personality. Be sure to answer the question below the box. Save this document and type directly onto the document and into the boxes. The boxes will expand to accommodate what you write. Submit as an attachment to the appropriate drop box.
Major Categories of Personality Measures | Description of the Category of Personality Measures | Identify a specific assessment in each category of personality measure (or process of assessment). | Psychological tests | Standard measures devised to assess behavior objectively | Psychologists used this to help people make decisions about their lives and understand more about themselves | Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory | A widely used self-report test that identifies people with psychological difficulties and is employed to predict some everyday behaviors | Police department use the test to measure whether an officer are likely to use their weapons | | | |
Do you think it is really possible to accurately measure someone’s personality? Why or why not?
----No I don’t think it is possible to be able to accurately measure someone’s personality, because they could be having a bad day or they could be thinking about other things.
What factors might influence the outcome of a personality assessment?
----Some factors that might influence the outcome of a personality assessment test are mood, opinions, physical and psychological
DONNIE CHATTMAN-PSY2012-WK4DOC
Fill in the following boxes by identifying and describing three types of personality assessment. List a specific assessment, or the procedure for measuring this type of personality measure. Describe whether or not you think this is an effective method for measuring personality. Be sure to answer the question below the box. Save this document and type directly onto the document and into the boxes. The boxes will expand to accommodate what you write. Submit as an attachment to the appropriate drop box.
Major Categories of Personality Measures | Description of the Category of Personality Measures | Identify a specific assessment in each category of personality measure (or process of assessment). | Psychological tests | Standard measures devised to assess behavior objectively | Psychologists used this to help people make decisions about their lives and understand more about themselves | Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory | A widely used self-report test that identifies people with psychological difficulties and is employed to predict some everyday behaviors | Police department use the test to measure whether an officer are likely to use their weapons | | | |
Do you think it is really possible to accurately measure someone’s personality? Why or why not?
----No I don’t think it is possible to be able to accurately measure someone’s personality, because they could be having a bad day or they could be thinking about other things.
What factors might influence the outcome of a personality assessment?
----Some factors that might influence the outcome of a personality assessment test are mood, opinions, physical and psychological