Introduction to Personality Assessment

These flashcards cover essential concepts, definitions, and theories related to personality assessment, psychometric properties, and various psychological tests.

Personality is defined as __ patterns of motivation, emotion, cognition, interpersonal behavior, and attitudes.

Enduring

The process of __ aims to quantify complex constructs such as depression, anxiety, and impulsivity.

Systematic measurement

Psychological testing assists in __ diagnosis and treatment planning.

Differential

Psychometric properties include __, validity, and reliability.

Test characteristics

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is an example of an __ personality test.

Objective

The reliability of a test refers to its __ or repeatability.

Consistency

Validity assesses whether a test measures what it is supposed to measure and includes types such as __ validity.

Face

Normative samples are used to ensure test scores can be compared to a __ group.

Normal

Clarity in instructions and questions generally leads to better __ of test results.

Reliability

The __ of personality tests should not be routinely applied to all psychiatric patients.

Administration

The __ Personality Inventory (CPI) is commonly used in career assessment and human resources.

California

Projective tests like the Rorschach aim to uncover unconscious aspects of __.

Personality

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) belongs to __ personality tests.

Projective

Internal consistency measures the correlation of items within a __.

Test

Validity can also be assessed through __ validity, which refers to agreement with a gold standard.

Criterion

The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) measures constructs like aggression and __ ideation.

Suicidal

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) is based on Eysenck's theory of __.

Personality dimensions

The __ test is widely regarded as a projective method to gauge personality dynamics.

Rorschach

The __ principle of behavioral assessment focuses on observable behaviors.

Core

A self-report format with true-false questions is characteristic of many objective personality tests such as __.

MMPI-2

Self-report formats provide insights into an individual's __ behavior and emotional states.

Interpersonal

Reliability can be evaluated using methods like __ reliability, which checks stability over time.

Test-retest

Types of validity assessment include face, content, and __ validity.

Construct

The Comrey Personality Scales assess traits related to trust versus __.

Defensiveness

The __ test can evoke responses that reveal unconscious feelings and needs.

Sentence Completion

The scale measures broad traits, assessing personality across various contexts, such as the __ Personality Questionnaire.

Eysenck

The __ test helps clinicians in understanding self-perception and identity.

Tennessee Self-Concept Scale

Validity in psychological assessments helps clarify the distinction between cognitive, emotional, or __ symptoms.

Organic

The __ approach to personality assessment measures behaviors directly rather than inferring traits.

Behavioral

Behavioral assessments focus on both overt and __ behaviors, expanding the scope of measurement.

Covert

Internal and external consistency are aspects of __ reliability.

Test

An advantage of the MMPI-2 is its comprehensive nature in assessing a wide range of __ conditions.

Psychological

Understanding a patient's personality structure can enhance the therapeutic rapport during __.

Treatment

The __ test measures the underlying structure of personality through ambiguous stimuli.

Rorschach

The __ provides a systematic approach to evaluate mental health disorders and personality traits.

Psychological assessment

The __ personality test uses ambiguous pictures to elicit projection from the test subject.

Projective

For personality testing, _ scales allow for nuanced appreciation of traits such as emotional stability versus neuroticism.

8 Factors

The __ test requires subjects to complete sentences to reveal underlying emotions.

Sentence Completion

The California Personality Inventory (CPI) is designed to assess the personal and social characteristics of __.

Individuals

The Holtzman Inkblot Technique assesses personality structure through standardized responses to __ stimuli.

Inkblot

Development of psychological assessment tools considers factors such as test characteristics, __, and normative sample.

Reliability

Clinical applications of behavioral assessments can include measuring the frequency of specific __.

Behaviors

Limitations in some personality tests involve high rates of item __ across different scales.

Overlap

The Personality Assessment Inventory yields results regarding interpersonal behavior, social interaction, and the need for __ help.

Psychological

The use of standardized measures allows psychologists to track therapeutic __ over time.

Progress

Self-report questionnaires in personality tests often have to accommodate for social __ bias.

Desirability

Personality tests like the MMPI-2 and MCMI can yield different results because of __ differences in cohorts.

Normative

The __ clinical method reflects on test reliability through observing different raters' evaluations.

Interrater