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Personality Psychology

Personality Psychology. 7/15/13. What is personality?. Personality - characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make a person unique. Personality is. Consistent - regular, predicts how we behave.

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Personality Psychology

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  1. Personality Psychology • 7/15/13

  2. What is personality? • Personality- characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make a person unique.

  3. Personality is... • Consistent- regular, predicts how we behave. • Psychological and Physiological- a psychological concept that is influenced by our biology. • Impacts Behavior and Actions • Expressed Many Ways- thoughts, feelings, relationships, behaviors.

  4. How we measure it: • Self-Report Inventories - Surveys • MMPI, MBPI, Big 5, Inventories (Depression, Anxiety, etc.) • Projective Tests - Ambiguous testing • Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), House-Tree-Person

  5. Go to:intropsychub.weebly.comTake “Basic Personality Test” and then come see me for your results.

  6. How did they do in measuring your personality?

  7. Be careful- many “psychological” tests and quizzes are not reliable or validated!

  8. Reliability and Validity • Many online tests and quizzes are not STANDARDIZED and are just for fun- not scientifically validated. • Don’t be fooled! • Reliability- Consistency; will you always get the same result? • Validity- Accuracy; is it measuring what it says it is?

  9. For Real this time..Go to:intropsychub.weebly.comTake Myers-Briggs Test!

  10. How did this test do?More accurate?

  11. Rorschach Tests • What do you see?

  12. Thematic Apperception Test • What has led up to the event shown? • What is happening at the moment? • What are the characters feeling and thinking? • What is the outcome of the story?

  13. Thematic Apperception Test • What has led up to the event shown? • What is happening at the moment? • What are the characters feeling and thinking? • What is the outcome of the story?

  14. Projective Tests • Thematic Apperception Tests (TAT)(supposedly) reveal someone’s motives, concerns, and the way they see the world through stories they make up • Rorschach Tests rely on interpreting ambiguous inkblots. • Not as reliable or valid as Self-Report Inventories. • about ambiguous scenes.

  15. Tonight’s Reflection:What makes me different than my peers? What personality assessment did you like best?

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