*EQ: What is the difference between projective and objective personality tests?

*Bell Ringer

*If you were going to create a personality test, what would it look like? What types of questions/answers would you ask? What kind of results would be given? (Think about the test we took on the first day of this unit and the five factor test you took a couple weeks ago)

*Projective Tests

*Asks people to respond to ambiguous (unclear or confusing) stimuli or situations in ways that reveal unconscious motives and desires

*EX: the tests we did on first day of psychodynamics

*Rorschach Inkblot test

*On WS-Describe what you see in the pictures

*http://psychwatch.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-interpret-your-rorschach-ink.html

*Rorschach Inkblot test

*Shown pictures of inkblots and asked what they see in the shapes

*The way people interpret the inkblot is a projection of their unconscious mind

*Thematic Apperception Test

(TAT)

*For each picture tell what led up to the story, what the people in the story are thinking and feeling, and how he situation is resolved

*http://thematicapperceptionimages.blogspot.com/2011/04/thematic-apperception-test-images.html

*Thematic Apperception Test

(TAT)

*Involves asking a person to tell a story about several pictures in which the situation is unclear

*Believed that the subject “projects” their inner feelings and motives through the stories made up about the pictures

*Objective tests

*Asks direct, clearly understood questions about your conscious thoughts, feelings, and behavior

*Self-report inventory in which a person chooses the best answer about themselves

*EX: Myers Briggs test, Holland career test, 5 factor test

*Reflection

*Which type of personality test do you think is more accurate and a better examination of personality?

*Minnesota Multiphasic Personality

Inventory (MMPI)

*Read and take notes on the following

*Explain MMPI

*Explain clinical scales and give examples from chart

*Explain validity scales and give examples from chart