1. Copyright © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Module 44: Assessing Personality

2. MODULE 44 Copyright © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Assessing Personality Psychological tests –Standard measures devised to assess behavior objectively Self-report measures MMPI-2 –A test used to differentiate people with specific sorts of psychological difficulties as well as predicting a variety of other behaviors

3. MODULE 44 Copyright © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Projective Methods Projective personality test –A test in which a person is shown an ambiguous stimulus and asked to describe it or tell a story about it Rorschach test TAT

4. MODULE 44 Copyright © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Behavioral Assessment Direct measures of an individual’s behavior used to describe characteristics indicative of personality Ken Usami/Getty Images