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Personality Assessing Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire Hans Eysenck believed that we can describe people’s personalities by classifying them along two scales: Introversion-extraversion scale Stable-unstable scale The Big Five Many contemporary trait theorists believe personality can be described using 5 traits: These traits are stable over time. Psychoanalysis Today Couch sitting Transference is likely to happen. The idea is to delve into your unconscious. Pull out Manifest Content. Then talk about the Latent Content. Getting into the Unconscious Hypnosis Dream Interpretation Free Association (having them just randomly talk to themselves…and then interpreting the conversation). Projective Tests (and test that delves into the unconscious). Examples are TAT and Inkblot Tests. Objective Personality Tests: Advantages Individual or groups (economical) Administration is simple/objective Scoring is simple/objective Interpretation of results requires less interpretative skill than projective tests Apparent increased objectivity and reliability Objective Personality Tests: Disadvantages Items limited to behavior Single overall score Transparent meaning of items Forced choice approach Assessing Personality Most common way is self-report inventories. MMPI- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Test must be Reliable- does it yield the same results over time. Valid- does it measure what it is supposed to measure. Be careful of the Barnum Effect!!! People have the tendency to see themselves in vague, stock descriptions of personality. Horoscopes, astrologers and psychics all use this concept. Aries (March 21-April 19): Do some detective work so that you can better understand those you love. Figure out what the other person is going through. Only then will you find out how you can help.Taurus (April 20-May 20): In your midst, theres a person intent on the worst-case scenario. He or she is a valuable ally today. Youll find humor in the exaggeration, and your laughter