PSYC 2800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Projective Test, Cortisol, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
1 Oct 2015
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Supplementary scales (not as important focus on clinical and validity scales) Macandrew alcoholism revised scale: tendency to abuse alcohol or other substances, socially extroverted, exhibitionistic. Dominance scale: feel confident and cope with stresses. Personality profile analysis: identification of a specific personality pattern based on an individual"s scores on several dimensions of personality. Projective techniques: assessments based on interpretation of a subject"s response to ambiguous stimuli. Basic logic assess personality by looking at patterns. Assumption they are projecting their underlying feelings or needs on to ambiguous stimuli. Advantages minimizes the likelihood of subjects modifying response (less susceptible to subject related biases) Association technique assess personality based on unconscious association to stimuli. Completion technique based on completed response to incomplete test stimuli (sentence completion test) Choice and ordering techniques based on expressed preferences in choosing or ranking test stimuli. Constructive techniques based on how people create stories based on stimuli.
