PSY1011 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rorschach Test, Thematic Apperception Test, Ambiguous Image
8 Aug 2018
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Week 5 personality pt 2 (how personality is assessed) Assessments in personality theories: psychoanalytic and humanistic. Talk, interview, projective tests: behavioural and social. Assess behaviours, antecedents and consequences (observation, interviews, questionnaires) Difficulties in obtaining full learning history: trait. Measures are created based on developing theories and to predictive. Validity- what you"re assessing is what you intend to be assessing (accurate centre) Originate from psychoanalytic theory (focuses on the unconscious mind) Assumes unconscious attitudes and instincts drive our reactions to ambiguous stimuli allowing hidden emotions and internal conflicts to be revealed. Results of the tests are analysed for meaning: rorschach inkblot test. Ask participant to say what each resembles. Analyse based on what is identified, time taken and how responses relate to each other. Limitation = subjective as the same response can be interpreted differently by different psychologists (unreliable: draw-a-person test. Analyse based on details of the drawing; size, shape, complexity of facial features, clothing, background, etc.
