PERSONALITY *

Originally designed to test for psychopathology

• MMPI-2

• TAT

• Rorschach

• California Q-Sort

Has 10 scales that measure psychopathology

• MMPI-2

• TAT

• Rorschach

• California Q-Sort

Match each scenario or question prompt to the correct personality assessment below.

• California Q-Sort

• You're looking at a black-and-white drawing of a person sitting alone in a room Describe what led up to the moment, What’s happening now? , and What the character is likely thinking and feeling?

• Rorschach Inkblot Test

• True or False:“I often hear voices others do not,” “I am rarely sad,” and “I have trouble concentrating on one thing at a time,”

• Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

• “What might this be?” and then probed further with “What makes it look that way to you?” and “What part of the image stands out most?”

• MMPI-2

• Sort this set of descriptive statements like “is dependable,” “tends to be anxious,” or “has trouble letting go” into a forced distribution, from “most like me” to “least like me.” as you create a picture of your self-concept or someone else's personality.

Which of the following therapist approaches best reflects an idiographic understanding of personality?

• A therapist asks a client to reflect on three major turning points in their life and how those events shaped who they are today.

• A therapist uses a standardized test to compare a client’s traits to national averages and tailors treatment accordingly.

• A therapist gives the client a structured personality inventory and reviews the client’s percentile ranks across the Big Five traits.

• A therapist uses data from hundreds of former clients to predict how a new client will likely respond to stress.

Which of the following research strategies best reflects a nomothetic approach to personality?

• A researcher interviews a participant about their early memories and current goals in order to understand their personal growth.

• A therapist asks the client to select statements from a set of personality descriptions and sort them from “most like me” to “least like me.”

• A researcher gives a group of participants a personality scale and analyzes how scores on extraversion correlate with number of social interactions per week

• A counselor works with each client to co-create a visual timeline of major life experiences and emotional shifts.

Which of the following is true about personality measures?

• The way we maintain our home or office is a valid way to measure personality

• Projective personality measures are generally considered more valid than structured self-report inventories for assessing stable traits.

• Personality traits are most accurately measured through verbal self-disclosure rather than observation.

• self-report questionnaires are useful, but they tend to overlook the influence of context on personality expression.

Match the following

• Narrative psychologists

• Unsuited for diagnosing specific psychological disorders

• EAR

• Aims to identify central traits

• MMPI-2

• Consists of 567 True/False questions

• Rorschach

• An idiographic approach

• California Q-Sort

• Has revealed that self-reports on the Big 5 traits predict real world behavior

Match the following

• Behavioral Data

• A psychologist analyzes patterns in someone’s resume, academic records, and disciplinary history to draw inferences about their conscientiousness and goal orientation.

• Life History Data

• During a lab session, an observer records how many times a child interrupts during a group activity to assess levels of impulsivity.

• Self-Report

• A participant is asked to describe what’s happening in an ambiguous image of two people sitting at a table, including what led up to the scene and what the characters might be thinking or feeling.

• Projective Measures

• A researcher gives participants a survey asking them to rate how much they agree with statements like “I see myself as someone who tends to be organized” and “I enjoy social gatherings.”

Data indicates that a our close acquaintances are surprisingly accurate in their trait judgments of us.

• TRUE

• FALSE

According to the text, in some studies, friends’ ratings of personality predicted ______ and other behaviors even better than the person’s own ratings did.

• Assertiveness

• Openness to experience

• Emotional stability

• Creativity