This document provides an overview of personality tests and methods of personality assessment. It defines personality as an individual's unique inner and outer characteristics that interact with their environment. Personality tests are standardized tools that reveal different aspects of a person's psychological makeup. There are various methods of assessing personality, including interviews, observation, rating scales, personality inventories, case studies, projective techniques, and situational tests. Each method provides a different perspective on understanding an individual's personality.

1. Test of personality
presented by –
Neha Sahni

2. Content
• introduction
• meaning
• .definition
• Factors
• Classification
• Methods of personality assessment

3. INTRODUCTION
The term “personality” is derived from
the word persona or the mask.

4. MEANING
A personality test is a standardized tool or questionnaire
which reveals different aspects of an individual’s
character for psychological make-up.
Personality means once inner or outer circumstances
suitable which his environment
-Duan
Personality = inner + outer circumstances environment

5. DEFINITION
‘the aggregate of the
physical and mental
qualities of an
individual which will
interact &function in
characteristics fashion
which the
environment.
-Taylor(1982)

6. FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED
WHEN DEFINING PERSONALITY
Mainly three factors to be considered:
• Individuals are unique
• Individuals behave difficulty in different situations
• Although individuals are unique &behave according to the
situation, there is considerable commonality in human
behavior.

7. Classification of test
Test of personality
structured test non-structured test

8. Contd.
• Structured test =
In these test the subject are
exposed to a limited no. of
situation which are planned
.the subject has to respond
only as per the alternatives
given.
• Non-structured test =
In this the participant is free
to respond as per his/her
choice.

9. Additions made by Campbell in 1957
OBJECTIVE TEST
VOLUNTARY TEST

10. Contd.
• Voluntary test –
subjects respond that whether something describe
them or not as well as whether they like or dislike anything.
Ex. – personality inventory.

11. Contd.
• Objectives test –
it is a self report method in which subject gives a
short/one word correct response.
projective test
objective behavioral test psychometric test
subjective test

12. Contd.
1. projective test: - non-structured type
- associated with theories
- e.g.= research ink blot test
2. psychometric test: – structured voluntary type of test
- associated with empirical theories
- e.g. = questionnaires.

13. Contd.
Subjective test – nonstructured type of test
- associated with clinically oriented theories
- e.g. interview technique
Objective behavioral test– structured & objective type of test
-associated with empirical theories
related to behavioral data

14. Method of personality assessment
interview method
Observation method
Rating scales
Personalities
inventories
Case study
Projective technique
Situational test

15. Contd.
1. The interview method –
• Most common method
• May be structured or nonstructured
• used to collect information about an individual’s
characteristics, behavior, interest , weakness

16. Contd.
2. Observation method –
• It can be participatory & nonparticipatory
• It may be concealed or revealed.
• Give information about personality characteristics

17. Contd.
3. Rating scales –
• Involved qualitative description of some aspects of
personality.
• Traits can be set up in 5 or 7 categories – excellent, good,
average, below average &poor.

18. Contd.
4. Personality inventories-
• Also called as objective test
• Used in job recruitment, counselling & career planning.
• Some personality que. Are – MMPI
NEO-PI-R
THE 16 PF
EPQ
MBTI

19. Contd.
5. Case study –
• It provides information about individuals’-
- parents,
- Grandparents
- Home background
- Medical history
- Educational career friendships
- Marital life
- Professional details.

20. Contd.
6. Projective technique –
• Some projective technique are-
- Research ink blot test
- Thematic apperception test
- The word association test
- Sentence completion test
- Drawing & painting

21. Contd.
7. Situational test –
• Situational tests have been used to study how a person
reacts when placed in a situation closely resembling real life
or simulates one.
• The subject behavior is evaluated, usually by panel of trained
judges.