PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Electrodermal Activity, Projective Test, Neuroticism

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC1001
• Professor: Caleb Owens

Document Summary

Types of personality assessment: self-report, performance tests, behavioural observations, psychophysiological assessment. Interpretation of personality assessments: biases exist so not all score are reliable. Psychometric properties of personality tests: validity, reliability, final summary, history of personality assessment. Phrenology (francis gall, 1758-1828): personality resides in localised modules of the brain so by analysing one"s skull you can determine their personality e. g. bulge in the skull could mean something, widely accepted but later rejected. Psyc1001 lecture 6 personality: measured psychological adjustment, "are you happy most of the time(cid:499, (cid:498)are you troubled with dreams about your work? (cid:499) Personnel selection in business and industry (conscientious, reliable etc) Neo (costa & mccrae, 1985); mmpi: big 5 personality infantry: 5 personality traits that have been published. Normative data is required because comparison is made between others of the same age and gender. 7 point scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree.