Personality Assessment | Introduction to Psychology

Terms Personality Assessment Methods Self-Report Method Likert Scales Scale Development Projective Method Rorschach TAT Indirect/Covert Approach IAT What are the Big 5 What is the Big 5 Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism MMPI Terms define: Personality Outline the concepts in Freud's psychodynamic theory of personality.realistically. What are the pleasure principle andDefinitions Self-Report, Projective and Indirect/Covert approaches a series of answers to a questionnaire that asks people to indicate the extent to which sets of statements or adjectives accurately describe their own behavior or mental state (Likert Scale, Scale Development) Ordinal level scale containing seven points on an agree or disagree continuum. sampling from the population Person is shown an ambiguous stimulus and asked to describe or tell a story about it (Rorchach, TAT) Inkblot Test (Thematic Apperception Test) Look at scene and a tell story (Implicit Association Test) Implicit Association Test A computerized reaction-time task designed to measure the strength of association between target concepts (e.g., flowers and insects) and attribute concepts (e.g., pleasant and unpleasant). Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism Distill personality to it's fewest unique dimensions. Low correlation between dimensions. Have Scores on all. Equally probable Flexible and independent, new experiences welcome the degree to which someone is organized, hardworking, responsible, persevering, thorough, and achievement oriented dimension of personality referring to one's need to be with other people The tendency to get along well with other people. Emotional insatiability, neglect affection, insecure, introspective Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Big 5 measures are done. Twin Studies Definitions Relatively stable pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors exhibited by a person over time and situations. Id: strives to satisfy basic sexual drives/immediate gratification. Ego: executive part of personality. satisfies id's desires Superego: represents internalized ideals/ provides judgments and aspirations (conscience) Pleasure principle: (id) seeks instant gratification