PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Rorschach Test, Twin Study, Conscientiousness
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In order for a personality inventory to be accurate, it must be reliable, valid, and standardized. The rorschach inkblot test and the human figure drawings are both projective personality tests. Projective techniques are projective because subjects reveal information about themselves. Personality a distinctive pattern of behavior, mannerisms, thoughts, motives, and emotions that characterizes an individual both over time and across situations. Factors that influence personality culture, media, parents (nature vs nurture?) Traits characteristics of an individual that describe habitual ways of behaving, thinking, and feelings. Hundreds of studies support the existence of a cluster of five central traits (the big five): Shy, outgoing, hostile, gloomy, etc: extroversion vs introversion, neuroticism vs emotional stability, agreeableness vs antagonism. Agreeableness team player, willing to compromise reasonably, willing to work in groups. Conscientiousness planning ahead, following a plan to completion, willing to accept challenges, work ethic. Openness to experiences vs resistance to new experience.
