Personality Assessments

ASSERTION (A) - Sentence Completion Test makes use of a number of incomplete sentences.

REASON (R) - It is held that the type of endings used by the subjects reflect their behaviour, personality and thoughts.

• Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.

• A is true, but R is false.

• Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

• A is false, but R is true.

What are the direct measures or techniques?

• Rosenzweig's Picture-Frustration Study (P-F Study)

• The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

• Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ)

• Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF)

The method often used in obtaining peer assessment is situational tests.

• False

• True

In TAT ___ cards are appropriate for a subject although a lesser number of cards have also been successfully used.

(number)

ASSERTION (A) - The TAT Test was developed by Harmann Rorschach.

REASON (R) - It is a little more structured than the Inkblot Test.

• Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

• A is true, but R is false.

• Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

• A is false, but R is true.

An observer's report contains data obtained from

(i) Interview

(ii) Self Report

(iii) Nomination

(iv) Observation

• i and iv

• i, iii, and iv

• ii, iii, and iv

• i and ii

Raters often display certain biases that colour their judgements of different traits. This tendency is known as

(all small letters)

The MMPI inventory was devised by

• Cattell

• Hathaway and McKinley

• Eysenck

• Morgan and Murray

Situational Tests are

•  Those which provide us with information about how a person behaves under stressful situation.

•  Those used for assessment of personality in educational and industrial settings.

•  Those used for the assessment of personality of a person.

•  Those which involve talking to the person being assessed and asking specific questions.

Observation and Interview Methods are characterized by the following limitations

• The person being assessed is usually not told about the purpose of assessment.

• Professional training required for collection of useful data through these methods is quite demanding and time-consuming.

• Mere presence of the observer may contaminate the results.

• Scoring and interpretation are lengthy and sometimes subjective.