1. PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT

2. How Do Personality Psychologists Study Behavior?
Descriptive methods
Experimental Methods

3. Descriptive methods Naturalistic Observations Case Studies Archives
Survey Methods
Psychological Tests

4. Experimental Methods
2 Types of Experiments:
Laboratory
Field

5. What is Personality Assessment?
Personality measurement.
Different theories of personality use different assessment techniques.

6. Personality Assessment
Types of tests used depends on:
Objectives
Perspective used (various theories)
Several approaches is assessing:
Self-report inventories
Projective techniques
Clinical interviews
Behavioral assessment

7. 3 Levels of Measurement
1. Instrument: A large personality inventory consisting of many scales or tests (e.g., the full Big 5 Inventory) 2. Test/Scale: Several items that measure one personality dimension (e.g., a trait scale on the Big 5, such as extraversion) 3. Measure/Item: A single item (or behavior) that assesses only one personality trait or dimension (e.g., one item of the Big 5)

8. Personality Assessment: Classification Schemes
Different theoretical orientations tend to be associated with different assessment techniques:
Projective
Subjective
Psychometric
Objective/Behavioral

9. Personality Assessment: Projective Techniques
Projective techniques are unstructured, disguised, and geared to assess broad themes in personality structure and functioning.

10. Personality Assessment: Psychometric Techniques
Psychometric tests are structured (they have limited response options) & can be either disguised/non-disguised.
Self-report statements

11. Examples of Psychometric Techniques
Jackson’s Personality Research Form
Inventory (MMPI)

12. Examples of questionnaire used to test self-concept
Coopersmith’s Self-Esteem Inventory (1989)
Michigan State Self-Concept of Ability Scale (Brookover et al., 1965)
Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (Fitts, 1965)