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PERSONALITY
Classification of Personality Tests
Uni-dimensional or Multi-dimensional
 Theoretical
or Psychometric (data reduction)
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Factor Analysis or Criterion Reference
Normal or Abnormal Traits
 Group or Individual Administration
 Oral or Written
 Self/Other Report or Behavioral
 Objective or Projective
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Evaluation of Personality Tests
Construct
 Developmental Information
 Standardization Information
 Norms
 Administration Information
 Psychometrics
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reliability - validity - factor structure
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Reviews
Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI)
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Original development 1940 –Hathaway &
McKinley
(MMPI-2 1989) MMPI-2-RF 2008
Over 18 years
MMPI -A – 1992 (adolescent) 14 – 18 yrs
Clinical populations
paper-pencil, computer or audio
35-50 minutes
About 338 questions
Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory
(MMPI-2-RF)
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Criterion based (or data reduction)
large pool of questions
select appropriate criterion groups
factor analysis
MMPI – 2-RF scales
50 scales
 8 Validity scales
 addiction scales
 supplemental scales
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Problems with MMPI-2
norms
 inter-item consistency is low
 high inter correlations between scores
 validity
 reading at 6th grade
 self-report
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California Psychological
Inventory-260 (CPI)
Developed 1956 -- revised 2005
 assess normal adult personality
 260 true/false questions (1/2 from MMPI)
 30-45 minutes
 paper-pencil
 normed on college students
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California Psychological
Inventory (CPI)
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29 socially desirable behavioral tendencies
Interpersonal styles
self acceptance
self control
flexibility
more positive than MMPI
 used for educational, vocational, counseling
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16 Personality Factors - 16 PF
Cattell - 1956 - last revised 2000
 data reduction by factor analysis
 administer hundreds of questions and factor
analyze responses = 16 factors
 185 items (true, ?, false)
 30-60 minutes
 7th grade reading level
 computer or hand score
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16 Personality Factors - 16 PF
Measures 16 primary personality traits
 Heavily used in research
 good reliability - test/retest
 good validity - construct and criterion
 lots of norms and profiles
 used for career and vocational guidance
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http://www.pearsonassessments.com/tests/sixtpf_5.htm
16 factor scales
16 bipolar dimensions of personality
 5 global factors
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 Extraversion
 Anxiety
 Tough-mindedness
 Independence
 Self-control
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IM (impression management)
Revised NEO Personality Inventory
NEO – PI-R
Costa & McCrae - 1985/1995
 Neuroticism
 Extraversion
 Openness
 Agreeableness
 Conscientiousness
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Are they the same factors???
16 factor scales
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5 global factors
 Extraversion
 Anxiety
 Tough-mindedness
 Independence
 Self-control
Revised NEO
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Neuroticism
Extraversion
Openness
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI)
Isabel Briggs Myers and Katherine Briggs
 1940s
 Based on Jung’s personality dimensions
 126 forced choice questions
 20-30 minutes
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(MBTI)
Heavily used in research
 lots of validity studies
 used in academic and counseling settings
 vocational preferences
 interpersonal interactions
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
(example of MBTI types)
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Measures 4 dimensions of personality
extroversion-introversion (EI)
sensing-intuition (SN)
thinking-feeling (TF)
judgement-perception (JP)
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combine into 16 personality types e.g. ESTJ
Keirsey Temperament Sorter – II
KTS-II
Similar to MBTI test profile - high validity –
computerized - shorter
 4 Scales
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(E)=Expressive vs. (I)=Attentive
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(S)=Observant vs. (N)=Introspective
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(T)=Tough-minded vs. (F)=Friendly
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(J)=Scheduling vs. (P)=Probing
MBTI/KRT/images
Scores????
 ESFJ – (MBTI)
 ISFJ – (KRT)
 ENTP – ABAB
 Reliability????
 Validity?????
 Standardization????
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