The Personality Test

<p>Maximum ability includes measurement of intelligence and cognitive abilities while typical behavior includes personality assessment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Self-report inventories and questionnaires related to personality assessment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Observation tools observe how the individual responds while projective techniques use unstructured stimulus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Self-report measures do not measure unconscious feelings or motives</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To compare the individual's score with a large, representative sample</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Items about the individual's thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and behaviours</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The test giver's theoretical orientation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The characteristic way of feeling, thinking, perceiving, and acting</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Structural or descriptive theories</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Measurement is used to identify which stage of development a person is at</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It helps in interpreting personality test scores validly</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social needs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nomothetic view assumes a set of dimensions of personality on which all people can be placed, while idiographic view focuses on unique characteristics of an individual</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Self-report measures ask individuals about their responses to different situations, while observations rely on direct observation of individuals' behaviour</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Traits are descriptive, not explanatory</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Only neuroticism, openness, and agreeableness remained stable over time</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A predisposition to consistently respond to situations in a certain way</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Overcautious approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Acquiescence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Non-acquiescence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Socially desirable responding</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Extremes in responding</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ability to pay attention, concentrate, and comprehend the items</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are physically and mentally well and of at least average intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The most accepted structural or descriptive theory of personality that captures differences between individuals on five dimensions of personality</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Eysenck's theory defines personality by people's position on two orthogonal constructs, while the Five Factor Model captures differences between individuals on five dimensions of personality</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A measure developed by Cattell that looks at how individuals vary on 16 primary factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A statistical technique important in uncovering the structure of personality developed by Guilford</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>How well an individual gets along with others</p> Signup and view all the answers