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Personality Assessment
What is personality?
Personality is:
Personality is:
Personality
What
does personality
assessment achieve?
Personality Assessment
Traits
States
Personality Types
Personality Inventories
Examples
Examples (continued)
Rational Approach
Theory-Based Approach
Factor Analysis
Structured Inventory
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
(MMPI-2)
Structured Inventory
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III):
175-item self-report
18 years and older
Approx. 30 minutes to complete
Designed to assist with clinical and
personality disorders (Axis II on
DSM-IV-TR).
Consists of 28 scales (pg. 256)
Structured Inventory
The California Psychological Inventory (CPI):
434 true/false statements.
Ages 12 to 70.
Takes about 50 to 60 minutes.
Designed for normal people.
Focus on behavior patterns, feelings and
opinions, and attitudes relating to social,
ethical, and family matters.
Structured Inventory
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Extraversion - Introversion
Sensing
Intuitive
Thinking Feeling
Judging
Perceiving
Projective Instruments
Projective Instruments
The Rorschach Inkblot Test
Measures clients view of his/her world.
Clients are asked to look at inkblots and
to describe what they see.
The test has 10 bilaterally symmetrical
inkblots printed on separate cards.
Requires examiners to be thoroughly
trained.
Dog
Elephant
Bear
Animal skin
Skin Rug
Projective Tests
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Projective Instruments
Verbal Projective Techniques
Require verbal and/or written responses;
therefore, clients must have good verbal
and written skills.
Examples of questions:
If you had three wishes, what would you
wish for?
If you could be anything you wanted to
be, what would you be?
Projective Instruments
Sentence Completion
I wish _________.
I love _________.
A husband should ______.
My nerves are made of _________.
I hate _________.
Projective Instruments
Projective Drawings
Projective Instruments
Issues
Questions
1.
2.
Questions
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator reflects the work of
a. Raymond B. Cattell
b. Carl Jung
c. William Glasser
d. Oscar K. Buros
4. The counselor who favors projective measures would most likely
be a
3.
a. Rogerian
b. Strict behaviorist
c. TA therapist
d. Psychodynamic clinician
Questions
5. One of the oldest methods of personality test construction is
a. Rational approach
b. Theory-based approach
c. Criterion Group approach
d. Factor analysis
6. Personality Assessment assists counselors in:
a. Understanding the behavior of a particular individual
b. Coming to a conclusion about a possible future course of
action
c. Making predictions about a persons unique future behavior.
d. All of the above
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