[PS 232] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (119 pages long)
29 Mar 2017
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Personality assessment (ch 2: what, why, and where, what is personality assessment, personality assessment: the systematic measurement of the many aspects of personality, ex. Dominance, self-control, flexibility, socialization: edwards personal preference schedule: 210 forced choice pairs of items assessing 15 separate personality dimensions expressed as need preferences, items associated w/ each specific need preference are paired w/ items from remaining. Mmpi-2 profile chart and connecting points to reveal particular response pattern: certain profiles assoc. w/ certain disorders, personalities etc, the problem of response sets: subjective influences of objective. Computer adaptive testing (cat): computer technology and personality. Student seeking vocational guidance: advantages: increases in objectivity, standardization of procedures, and the efficiency of scoring the responses and interpreting the results, disadvantages: computer generated interpretations may be too general and too complicated to explain to clients. Foundations of the psychodynamic viewpoint: basic assumptions (following concepts link together various components of development and psychopathology, and psychotherapy and personality.
