Date of Award

1963

Degree Name

Psychology

College

College of Liberal Arts

Type of Degree

M.A.

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

Following the success of Alfred Binet's test of intellectual ability, many tests with many different purposes were developed. Some of these tests are referred to as tests of ability, others seek to establish the subject's typical performance or how he is most likely to act in a given situation. Personality tests fall into this second class. The two general methods of personality are referred to as unstructured and structured techniques. The unstructured method is time-consuming. One possibility is to make many personal observations of the subject in a given situation. We may use tests called the projective technique in which the subject is presented with a picture or ink blot; he looks at it and reports what he sees there. Another possibility is to give the subject an unfinished story with the request that he complete it. The purpose of this unstructured method is to get the subject to disclose his perception of himself and his environment. The structured method allows the subject to answer with paper and pencil previously compiled questions. These questions have been designed so that the subject gives a self-report on his behavior, beliefs, and attitudes in relation to himself and his environment. It is toward this self-report questionnaire method we are directing this study.

Subject(s)

Personality.

Personality assessment.

Ability -- Testing.

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