Personality Assessment. Methods and Practices

Part 1 Foundations of personality assessment: history and theories; historical foundations; theories of personality; psychometrics I - statistical methods and test construction; measurements and statistics; constructing and item-analyzing assessment instruments; sources and standards for personality assessment instruments; psychometrics II - standardization, reliability and validity; standardizing and equating tests; reliability; validity; administration, interpretation and reporting; instrument selection and administration; interpreting assessment findings; psychological assessment reports. Part 2 Observing, interviewing and rating: observations and interviews; observations; psychometric procedures and instruments for behaviour analysis; interviews; application blanks and biographical inventories; checklists, rating scales and attitude measurement; checklists; rating scales; attitude measurement. Part 3 Personality inventories: rational-theoretical and factor-analyzed inventories; psychometric characteristics; early personality inventories; contemporary rational-theoretical inventories; single-construct inventories; health-related inventories; factor-analyzed inventories; perspective on factor analysis in personality assessment; criterion-keyed inventories; Minnesota multiphase personality inventory; the CPI and other MMPI-related inventories; the MCMI and other Millon inventories; inventories based on combined strategies; measuring interests and values; interests and personality; criterion- and content-validated interest inventories; values and personal orientations. Part 4 Projective techniques: associations, completions and drawings; concepts and examples; association techniques; completion techniques; projective drawings; the Rorschach and other inkblot techniques; format and foundations; five major systems and alternative approaches; Exner's comprehensive system; computer-based scoring and interpretation; psychometric issues and future prospects; the TAT and other apperception techniques; administering the TAT; an illustration - testing juvenile delinquents; scoring and intepreting TAT stories; psychometric issues and research; TAT modification and other apperception tests. Part 5 Other personality measures, applications and issues: physiological, perceptual and cognitive measures; physiological measures; perceptual measures; cognitive measures; issues and prospects in personality assessment; older issues in personality assessment; continuing controversies; newer methods, measures and areas of assessment; prospects for the future of pesonality assessment.