PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Big Five Personality Traits, Rorschach Test, Thematic Apperception Test
11 Dec 2013
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Chapter 12: personality and the role of parents. The consistency in a person"s emotions, thoughts, and behaviours across time and different situations. Presentation of an ambiguous stimulus and having a person tell a story about it. e. g. rorschach ink-blot test, thematic apperception test. Some personality tests exist that are known to be relatively reliable and valid. A personality test is objective if it has been standardized (i. e. responses are given by many people to be compared to). It is uncertain that certain traits are particularly central to who a person is. Measured people"s answers to questionnaires, observed their behaviour, obtained family"s descriptions of their past behaviour. Used factor analysis to group certain types of behaviours that tend to be consistent in people across time and circumstances (16 factor personality inventory). Are you disciplined or do you tend to give in to temptation? : openness vs.
