Psych 433 Self Report and Projective Measures

Where do you find measures of individual differences and personality traits?

Psychological instruments based on self-report and standardized scoring are often called

Comparatively, personality tests that require the patient to interpret ambiguous stimuli, or to draw, or to complete sentences, are called

In 1968, Walter Mischel ignited the ,,,

He reviewed the literature on psychological testing and found that there was a low correlation between trait scores and situational behavior

Initially, researchers came to doubt the value of personality tests. However, NOW:

Still, the uncertainty about the value of personality tests led many psychologists (especially those with a cognitive-behavioral orientation) to develop and use ...

for a myriad of reasons, people may intentionally or unintentionally distort their responses to questions in personality tests

2 examples of impression management

Very few tests have been adapted and normed for cultures other than North American. Therefore, there is a __

- Some major tests have been translated in multiple languages, with evidence of reliability and validity. They are published with corresponding norm

- Results of tests vary from culture to culture, and in different age groups. Before administering a test to a person of another ethnic group, consult the data

- Personality tests can be easily affected by subtleties of language, outdated items, and unique cultural features. If a person is ESL, and especially if he/she is a recent immigrant, tests results must be interpreted cautiously

Estimating a person’s level of acculturation is an art more than a science and is generally done by __

does a test actually contribute to the prediction of behavior and to clinical decision-making?

Remarkably __ is known about the clinical utility of many measures

nHunsley and Bailey (1999) suggest three criteria in clinical utility