Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? Thursday, February 11, 2016 Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? Do Now: What is personality? Homework: Personality homework due on Tuesday, February 23

Types of Test DIAGNOSTIC TESTING Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? DIAGNOSTIC TESTING Identifying characteristics of a personality NON-PROJECTIVE ANSWER PROVIDED, YOU CHOOSE PROJECTIVE VAGUE, PROJECT YOUR OWN ANSWER Types of Test

Projective Tests Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Story that test taker projects their own traits onto Rorschach Inkblot Test Ambiguous inkblots that are believed to reflect the test taker’s inner thoughts and conflicts Projective Tests

Non projective tests MMPI, Big 5 Inventory Myers-Briggs Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? MMPI, Big 5 Inventory Myers-Briggs All questions are self-reported with Yes or No answers Helps psychologist get an overall view of client’s personality traits Non projective tests

Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? The tendency for a person to find personal meaning in statements that could apply to many people EX: horoscopes Barnum Effect

Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid?   Look at the picture. Your task is to write a complete story about the picture you see above. This should be an imaginative story with a beginning, middle, and an end. Try to portray who the people might be, what they are feeling, thinking, and wishing. Try to tell what led to the situation depicted in the picture and how everything will turn out in the end. You will have 5 minutes to write whatever story comes into your mind. You should write continuously the entire 5 minutes.

Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? This is what they call a relational test. The answers to these questions indicate relevance to values that you hold in your personal lives. Picture yourself walking through a beautiful forest. The sun is out, there’s a perfect breeze. It’s just beautiful. A Walk in the Woods Test

Question 1 Who are you walking with? Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? Who are you walking with? Question 1

Question 2 What kind of animal is it? Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? As you continue on your walk through the forest, you come across an animal What kind of animal is it? Question 2

Question 3 What does the animal do? Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? You come up to the animal What does the animal do? Question 3

Question 4 How big is it? Is it fenced in or no? Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? You’re walking deeper into the woods yet, and you come to a clearing. There’s a house in the middle of the clearing. How big is it? Is it fenced in or no? Question 4

Question 5 Describe what’s on the table Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? You walk up to the door of the home and it’s open a bit. You enter and see a table Describe what’s on the table Question 5

Question 6 What is the cup made out of? What do you do with the cup? Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? You finish looking around the house and leave out the back door. There’s a huge lawn and in the center is a garden. In the garden, you find a cup. What is the cup made out of? What do you do with the cup? Question 6

Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? 1. The person you were walking with is the most important person in your life The size of the animal you come across is a representation of the size of your problems If your action was more severe, it means you tend to be more aggressive. If it was peaceful, then more passive The size of your home is representative of your ambition Answers

Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? If there was no fence around the home, it means you tend to be more open If what you saw on the table wasn’t food, people, or flowers, it indicates some unhappiness How durable the cup you found was is representative of how strong your relationship is with the person in the first part of the story. What you do with it is representative of your attitude toward them Answers

Exit Ticket Aim: To what extent are projective personality test valid? Answer the aim in a paragraph of at least 4-6 sentences to submit Exit Ticket