Psy 5109: week 7 – assignment: evaluate personality tests and

For this task, you will select three tests from the following:

• the Thematic Apperception Test
• the Rorschach Inkblot Method
• the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2
• The CPI 260
• the NEO Personality Inventory-3

Next, select three personality tests from the Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print database. To access this resource, go to the NCU Library home page and select the A-Z Databases link on the main menu bar. Next, select the letter “M” and click on the link for Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print. Enter the keyword personality and press search to see reviews of commercially available psychological tests, including scores, comments, summary, pricing, and publisher information.

This will provide you with a total of six tests. For each test, create and complete a chart that mirrors the following:

Name of Test, 

Authors

Publication Date

For what is test used?

How does it claim to measure the variable e.g. True-False questions?

What kind of score is provided?

Do an online or MMY search for reviews. Summarize the review. If you cannot find a review, explain. 

Would you take this test (explain)? Or, if you have taken this test, what is your opinion of it?

Should this test be considered a personality test? Explain. 

With which of the theories you have studied is the test compatible? Explain. 

After you have completed your chart, complete one of the online assessments you selected or take the VIA Survey. The VIA Classification of Character Strengths is comprised of 24 character strengths that fall under six broad virtue categories: wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance and transcendence .

Then, write a brief overview of your experience that discusses your results with an emphasis on what you have learned about yourself from the test.

Length: 2-3 page chart; 1-page summary of your experience