1. Seminar 9 Personality Assessment Karlene Barrett, PhD, CASAC

2. Overview Check-in Review of the scientific method (reliability and validity) Types of personality measures and non- measures Ethics in testing Questions Wrap-up

3. The Scientific Method Reliability Validity Subjective vs. objective approaches Bias

4. Types of Personality Measures What are some of the most commonly used methods for obtaining information regarding individual personality?

5. Types of personality measures Self-reports Other-ratings or reports Observations (by whom?) Interviews Expressive behaviors Narratives, document-analysis, life stories Projectives

6. What a measure is NOT Examples of invalid measures (color preference, tea flavors, hand-writing analysis, etc…)

7. Questions - Ethics What are our responsibilities as clinicians in the administration and use of tests and other measures? How should assessment information be used in therapy?

8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of informing a client (or a student's parents) about the results of their personality inventory?

9. What precautions should be taken when a therapist interprets and uses the results of a client's personality inventory?

10. Informed Consent How should data be obtained from an individual to whom a test is being administered for research purposes? Should the same standard be applied for in-office use? “Signed, written, informed consent”

11. Thank You! Thanks for a great term, everyone Best wishes as you continue your Kaplan journey

12. Reference Cloninger, S.C., Allen, B. P., Friedman, H.S. and Schustack, M. W. (2008). Past and present views on personality. Boston MA: Pearson.