PSYC 2130 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - personality.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Krista Phillips

Document Summary

Personality is critical in the domain of research. You can devise a test to measure traits. Some psychologists devote their whole career to generating tests. If we can not measure traits, personality theories cannot make meaningful predictions. Personality assessment is a central part in personality research. In clinical studies psychologists like to use psychological tests. A good psychological report should say something about patients personality, even when that is not the focus. Sometimes in the real world the reason for referral is to give a report if a patient is a good candidate for psychotherapy, legal matters fairly extremely comprehensive personality assessment needs to be done. Someone who is easily irritated is not a good candidate. In clinical settings personality assessment are almost never a meaning less exercise. There are a variety of ways of assessing personality. Test that clinical psychologists use depend on their focus. Observing people can tell us a lot about them.