Other measures of personality

Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF)

identified words in the english language to describe personality, used factor analysis to convert the list of words to small number of primary and global traits. the results of the analysis yielded 16 primary traits and 5 broader global traits that each include multiple primary traits

Edwards personal Preference Schedule (EPPS)

assess 15 basic needs that were derived from murray’s system of needs, items contain two statements that each assess a different need, examinee chooses the item that best describes them

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

based on jungs personality typology, provides four bipolar personality dimensions, Introversion-extroversion, sensing-intuition, thinking-feeling, and judging-perceiving

NEO Personality Inventory-3 (NEO-PI-3)

assesses the big 5 personality traits, traits were identified using a lexical approach and factoral analysis

Projective Personality Tests

based on the assumption that people will project their personalities if presented with unstructured, ambiguous stimuli and an unrestricted opportunity to respond

Inkblot test

10 cards that contain bilaterally symmetrical inkblot on a white back ground, involves two phases:free association and inquiry phase

Inkblot free association stage

examiner presents the 10 cards one at a time and asks the examinee to describe what they see

Inkblot inquiry phase

the examiner questions the examinee about what parts of the inkblot determined the responses

Categories for scoring the inkblot test

Location, Determinants, Content, form quality, and popularity

Thematic Apperception Test

Murray based it on his system of human needs, 30 cards that each depict a different picture containing human figure(s), examinee is asked to make up a story about each picture that describes what is happening/led up to an event/how the people are feeling etc, identifying the hero and the hero’s needs