Personality Tests - U1L4 Psych B

Henry Murray

Creator of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Herman Rorschach

Creator of the best known projective tests in which clients are asked to explain what they see on inkblots.

MMPI

The best known and most frequently used personality test.

Hidden Meanings

The goal of the TAT is to find these.

Psychiatric Disorders

The original intent of the clinical scales on the MMPI were to distinguish "pure" groups with these.

Rorschach Test

A projective test that is particularly useful for detecting the types of disordered thought patterns seen in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

Projective Test

A test in which the subject is asked to respond to some ambiguous stimulus.

Objective Test

A tests that consists only of specific answer choices from which the client chooses.

Myers-Briggs

An objective test that is more useful for looking at personality in the normal range.

Validity Scales

Included on the MMPI to assess whether the client is responding honestly.