PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Strong Interest Inventory, Extraversion And Introversion, Implicit-Association Test
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Personality assessment i: personality testing and its consequences: chapter 5, objectives. Discuss whether personality tests provide s or b data. Discuss the methods of objective test construction. Discuss the purposes and potential problems of personality testing: the nature of : personality assessment. Personality definition: characteristic patterns of behavior, thought, or emotional experience that exhibit relative consistency across time and situations: also measure motives, intentions, goals, strategies, and how people perceive and construct the world. Most important to know: degree to which the judgment or test is right or wrong: professional judgments or tests: validity, amateur judgments: accuracy. Prediction: can this judgment of personality be used to predict behavior or other life outcomes: personality tests. Used by psychologists, corporations, and the military. Omnibus inventories: measure a wide range of traits. Some tests provide b data: minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (mmpi, implicit association test (iat, intelligence, also known as performance-based instruments.
