ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY

1.INTERVIEWS

1.DONE BY PSYCHOANALYSTS,HUMANISTIC THERAPISTS

2.PROJECTIVE TESTS

1.RORSCHARCH INKBLOT TESTS

2.THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TESTS

DONE BY PSYCHOANALYSTS

3.BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENTS

1.DIRECT OBSERVATION

2.RATING SCALES

3.FREQUENCY COUNTS

4.DONE BY BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL COGNITIVE THERAPISTS

4.PERSONALITY INVENTORIES

  1. 16 PF CATTELL

2.NEO PI

3.MYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR MBTI

4.EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE (EPQ)

5.CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY CPI

CONS: HALO EFFECT

CONS: VERY SUBJECTIVE AND INTERPRETING ANSWERS OF CLIENTS IS ALMOST AN ART

5.CONS:OBSERVER EFFECT N OBSERVER BIAS

6.MMPI-2

PROS: STANDARDIZED, OBSERVER BIAS AND BIAS OF INTERPRETION NOT POSSIBLE, VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY SUPERIOR THAN PROJECTIVE TESTS

CONS: VALIDITY SCALES NOT PERFECT, HUMAN NATURE-PICKING ANSWER 1.SOCIALLY APPROVABLE, PARTICULAR , OR RANDOMLY