PSYC37H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: California Psychological Inventory, 16Pf Questionnaire, Validity Scale
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Lecture 8 wk 9 mar 12th 2013. A broad band test is one that measures the full range of functioning, as opposed to limited aspects: beck-> depression, more questions -> test/measures more things. Psychopathology: bbt -> helpful in everyday testing. How best to conceptualize the multifaceted notion of personality: content validity -> does it measure n? or aspects of n? (construct of validity) A forced-choice, self-report inventory that attempts to classify persons according to an adaptation of carl jung"s theory of personality types -> online, career, interview, job/research. Most widely used individual test in history taken by app. Four theoretically independent polarities: extraversion-introversion, sensing-intuition -> touchy , feely , thinking-feeling, judging-perceiving. 16 different personality types: gain insight about how they see the world. T/f test designed to measure the dimensions of normal personality (mmpi) developed using criterion-keying (or empirical-keying) method. Cpi 260: 20 folk measures (e. g. , dominance, sociability, self-control)
