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PERSONALITY: THEORIES AND ASSESSMENT (MPC003)
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA)
Course Code: MPC 003
Assignment Code: MPC 003/ASST/TMA/2022-2023
Marks: 100
NOTE: All questions are compulsory.
SECTION – A
Answer the following questions in 1000 words each. 3 x 15 = 45 Marks
1. Describe self-report inventories.
2. Explain behavioural assessment techniques and their weaknesses.
3. Explain Eysenck’s trait-type theory.
SECTION – B
Answer the following questions in 400 words each. 5 x 5 = 25
Marks
4. Explain the technical criteria before which the assessment techniques are considered
scientific.
5. Explain the classification of projective techniques. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of
projective techniques.
6. Define personality. Explain the concept of trait and personal dispositions.
7. Explain the salient features of Sullivan’s theory of personality.
8. Discuss the psychological determinants of personality.
SECTION – C
Answer the following questions in 50 words each. 10 x 3 = 30 Marks
9. Important steps in personality assessment
10. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
11. Purpose of case study method
12. The study of values by Allport
13. Big-five Inventory
14. Evaluation of Bandura’s theory
15. Characteristics of self-actualizers
16. Constitutional and environmental traits
17. Guilford’s trait theory
18. Idiographic approach to personality
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5. Content
1 Self-Report Inventories 1
2 Behavioural Assessment Techniques 4
3 Eysenck’s Trait-Type Theory 8
4 Technical Criteria of the Assessment Techniques 13
5 Classification of Projective Techniques 14
6 Trait and Personal Dispositions 16
7 Salient Features of Sullivan’s Theory of Personality 17
8 Psychological Determinants of Personality 18
9 Important Steps in Personality Assessment 21
10 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 21
11 Purpose of Case Study Method 21
12 The Study of Values by Allport 21
13 Big-Five Inventory 22
14 Evaluation of Bandura’s Theory 22
15 Characteristics of Self-Actualizers 23
16 Constitutional and Environmental Traits 23
17 Guilford’s Trait Theory 24
18 Idiographic Approach to Personality 24
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terms of their level of generality. The cognitive sector (intelligence), the conative sector
(character), the affective sector (temperament), and the somatic sector (constitution).
Assumptions of the Theory:
• Much of the personality is genetically determined.
• There’s a biological basis of personality.
• It’s based on factor analysis (study multiple variables and club common variables intact
or- advanced statistical technique).
Hierarchical Structure of Personality:
Specific responses to different stimuli become habitual responses over a time period. These
different habits become traits that are difficult to modify. These similar traits clubbed become
super factor or type of personality (e.g., introversion). Hans Eysenck based his two-factor theory
on these ideas. For this, he analyzed the responses people gave to personality questionnaires. As
part of the factorial analysis, Eyesenck used statistical data reduction and agglutination. In this
case, he used this technique to reduce behaviors to a series of factors with common attributes: the
super factors. Each set of factors is grouped under one dimension.
According to Eysenck, the three independent dimensions of personality are Psychoticism (P),
Extraversion (E), and Neuroticism (N), which is why it’s called the PEN model. In his view, these
three super factors are adequate descriptors of personality.
• Specific response: sp1, sp2, sp3
• Habitual response: H1, H2, H3
• Traits: T1, T2, T3
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Types of Reliability
Internal
Extent to which a measure is consistent
within itself
External
Extent to which a measure varies from one use
to another
Split-Half Method
Measures the extent to which all parts of
the test contribute equally to what is being
measured
Test Retest
Measures the stability of a test over time
Parallel-Forms
The extent to which subject give similar ratings
across two different measures that assess the
same thing
Inter Rater
To the degree to which different raters give
consistent estimates of the same measure
• Validity
Validity refers to extent to which the test measures what it intends to measure. For example, when
an intelligent test is developed to assess the level of intelligence, it should assess the intelligence
of the person, not other factors. (376 Words)
Q. No. 5 Explain the classification of projective techniques. Discuss the strengths and
weaknesses of projective techniques.
Answer: Classification of Projective Techniques
The classification of projective techniques based upon the responses of the examinees, has been
provided by Lindzay. He has divided projective techniques into the following five categories
1. Associative techniques are techniques in which the respondent is presented with a
stimulus and asked to respond with the first word that comes to his/her mind. E.g. the
Rorschach test, the Holtzman Inkblot test and the Word Association test. The reaction time
and the responses are analyzed for studying personality.
2. Completion techniques are projective techniques that requires the respondents to
complete an incomplete stimulus situation, like, to complete sentences, or drawings. E.g.
Sack’s Sentence Completion test, Madeline Thomas Completion Stories test. Responses
given by the examinee are interpreted and analyzed to find some hidden aspect of the
personality.
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Q. No. 17 Guilford’s trait theory
Answer: As per Guilford’s, an individual personality is nothing but the individual’s unique pattern
of traits. Trait, for him, is any distinguishable, relatively enduring way in which one person differs
from another.
It is important to note that Personality is not the sum total of seven traits but rather a whole or
single entity which can be looked at from at least seven different angles. These seven traits are
Physiological traits, Morphological traits, needs, interests, attitudes, aptitudes, temperaments.
(77 Words)
Q. No. 18 Idiographic approach to personality
Answer: The term “idiographic” comes from the Greek word “idios” meaning “own” or “private”.
Psychologists interested in this aspect of experience want to discover what makes each of us
unique. Hence, in this approach, each individual is examined deeply and no general laws are
considered important, that are beyond the individual to be studied. (53 Words)
