1. Personality Tests
Instruments or techniques used to assess or evaluate personality.
But what is personality???
Relatively unchanging personal characteristics
Determine a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviour in a wide range of situations.
Administer test. Are students surprised by the results???

2. Why are these tests useful?
Give psychologists valuable information about whether or not their client has any disturbances in their personality, as well as personality strengths.
Advantages:
Easy to administer, can provide a lot of information in a short period of time.
Disadvantages:
Validity – does the test measure what it is meant to????

3. Personality Tests - projective tests
The client makes up a story or describes what they see in response to a neutral stimulus, such as picture, inkblot, play materials.
You would have seen this one in the movies...
Rorschank Inkblot test.
Client showed a set of 10 inkblots.
Have to say what they see.
Responses analysed.
The test goes something like this...
Clarify neutral stimulus – not meant to be something or bring about pre-determined response
Inkblots have no obvious form or shape.

14. Slide 1: Bat, butterfly, moth Side 2: Humans, animals
Common responses:
Slide 1: Bat, butterfly, moth
Side 2: Humans, animals
Slide 3: two humans
Slide 4: animal hide, rug
Slide 5: Bat, butterfly, moth
Slide 6: animal hide, rug
Slide 7: human heads, faces
Slide 8: animal
Slide 9: human
Slide 10: crab, lobster, spider
What did students come up with? Check against this.

15. Do YOU think this is a valid and reliable test? Why/Why not?
Advantages:
Simple to administer.
Can provide deep insight.
Disadvantages:
Needs to be trained to administer it.
Different psychologists may interpret responses differently.