CAS PS 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Projective Test, Perfect Number, Factor Analysis
9 Aug 2018
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Social and personality are so intertwined, hard to differentiate in our society, we are more likely to point at personality for the reasons of our actions. The nature of personality assessment: more than just measuring traits. Also measure motives, intentions, goals, strategies, how people perceive and construct the world. Personality tests: most test provide s data, some tests provide b data: Mmpi (minnesota multiphasic personality inventory) test: to asses personality disorder and mental illnesses. Ex: i prefer a shower to a bath. An experimental methodology designed to measure the strength of association between mental representation of objects in memory. Pick which category the bottom word should go in. How fast can you categorize words without making mistake: whichever pairing you are faster in, that is the pairing most associated in your mind/in your personality, projective tests: Definition: a test that presents a person with an ambiguous stimulus and asks him or her to describe what is seen.
