SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Thematic Apperception Test, Julian Rotter, Gordon Allport

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Personality types: refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals, example: introverts and extraverts. Personality traits: traits that embody a smaller group of behavioural tendencies, la(cid:271)els applied to spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) att(cid:396)i(cid:271)utes of pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455), su(cid:272)h as (cid:862)sh(cid:455)(cid:863), (cid:862)(cid:272)hee(cid:396)ful(cid:863), (cid:862)outgoi(cid:374)g(cid:863), a(cid:374)d (cid:862)ad(cid:448)e(cid:374)tu(cid:396)ous(cid:863), specific building blocks of an individual personality (how the traits are put. Evaluate personality tests by applying scientific criteria. together/combined create a type) What makes a good personality test: same elements that make for a good intelligence test standardization, reliability, and validity, standardization: the test and the testing conditions are the same for. It provides a series of statements that a person agrees/disagrees with on a 5 point scale. Neo-pi-3 measures 5 factors, based on the five-factor model. Diagnostic tests: the rorschach test: best-known projective test, a person describes what he/she sees when presented with a series of inkblots. Goal of trait theorists: find a small set of meaningful traits that can describe effectively the personality of any individual.