Personality Assessment 101

Study Notes

There are different approaches to studying personality, including cross-situational enduring typical individual differences, human nature (universal approach), individual & group variation (nomothetic approach), and individual uniqueness (idiographic approach).
Personality traits refer to typical tendencies to behave, think, or feel in related ways across different situations and time periods.
There should be a considerable amount of systematic variance in scores on personality measures that can be attributed to individual differences between people.
Three inventory construction strategies include empirical, factor-analytic, and rational approaches.
Empirical strategy involves creating an inventory based on items that differentiate groups of people who exhibit different personality characteristics.
Factor-analytic strategy involves identifying underlying factors or dimensions of personality represented by a set of items.
Rational strategy involves creating an inventory based on theoretical concepts or constructs of personality.
Structured assessment involves using a standardized questionnaire or inventory to measure personality traits.
Limitations of structured assessment include individuals' ability to accurately report on their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Projective tests are a type of assessment that differs from structured assessment.

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