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Self Report

A method in which people provide subjective information about their own thoughts, feelings, or behaviors, typically via questionnaire or interview. They asses whole ranges of personality Tend to respond socially desirable ways

Rorschach Inkblot Test

A projective technique in which respondents inner thoughts and feelings are believed to be revealed by analysis of their responses to a set of unstructured inkblots

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

A well-researched, clinical questionnaire used to assess personality and psychological problems Consists of 338 self-descriptive statements to which the answerer answerers true or false or cannot say Measures clinical problems, somatic problems, internalizing problems, interpersonal problems Also assess a person attitudes toward test taking by a validity scale Easy to administer

Personality Tests

Objective Tests Projective Tests

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Projective technique in which respondents underlying motives, concerns, and the way they see the social world are believed to be revealed through analysis of the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people Henry Murray created the TAT and suggested that traits reflect motives

Objective Test

Such as self-reports and subject responses Based on how they agree with how it fits their personality

Projective Tests

Tests designed to reveal inner aspects of individuals personalities by analysis of their responses to a standard series of ambiguous stimuli Developers hope that participants wont realize what they are portraying Rorschach Inkblot Test Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)