PSYC 2003H Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Rorschach Test, Thematic Apperception Test, Gordon Allport

• School: University of Arkansas
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2003H
• Professor: Denise Beike

Document Summary

Personality: an individual"s characteristic of behaving, thinking, and feeling. Explanations of personality differences: prior events shape personality, anticipated events can reveal certain traits. Self report: method people provide subjective information about their own thoughts, feelings, or behaviors (questionnaire/interview) assesses a whole range of personalities. Minnesota multiphase personality inventory (mmpi): well-researched, clinical questionnaire used to assess personality and psychological problems: very commonly used, developed 1939 (revised several times) Current version: mmpi-2-rf (restructured, true/false statements, validity scales: problem: many people tend to respond in a socially desirable way (we also don"t know anything about ourselves) Projective tests: tests designed to reveal inner aspects of individuals" personalities by analysis of their responses to standard serious of ambiguous stimuli: assume below the surface result. Value of projective tests is debated by psychologists: could be open to the biases of the examiner, tat &inkblot haven"t been found to be reliable/valid in predicting behavior.