Blog Article on Various Personality and Assessment Theories

Personality Theory Blog Personality Theories and Conducting Assessment According to the humanistic psychologist's theory of personality, people in their endeavor, try to reach superior levels of mental functioning and personal growth that they also evaluate through objective measures and individual reflections. Even though objective measures are not biased, they do not offer a lot of information. An objective measure of personality is one that uses research to get results.

For instance, a pen and paper pre-employment test is very likely an objective measure, other examples of which include: the Second Edition (MMPI-2), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and other major assessments of personality/intelligence (Heffner, 2015). Humanistic psychologists use objective tests to understand better how the patient views his/herself.

In these tests, choices that when chosen by the patient will give a clear description of the patient are presented as compared to the unstructured and structured personal interviews that provide just a hint of who the person is, as far as personality is concerned. There are Big Five personality traits, which are used by psychologist to understand how a patient views him/herself and the areas that need personality development or improvement. The psychologists can then determine why the patient has such a view of himself.

Through personal interviews and objective tests, the humanistic psychologist will be able to identify, analyze and subject to change the negative traits that impede personal growth and performance, efficiently and accurately (Personality Assessment and Theories, 2015). What stood out to you about personality assessment practices? Each personality development theory presents its own method of assessment. Some theories consider assessment as a channel to investigate spontaneous thoughts or dreams; others state that assessment practice is critical in measuring behavior, while some say it can be used to verify a cognitive pattern.

Nevertheless, all of them are categorized into three: projective, objective and subjective (Heffner, 2015). The concept of ability to measure personality was outstanding. Reflect on Current Research Trends that Utilize this Information and how the Interpretation of these Findings may Vary across Cultures Various cultures all around the globe have different beliefs, customs and values that influence what research methodologies and study approaches are going to be used for personality assessments.

For the purposes of determining the shifts in personality, different aspects of psychology have helped to determine various factors of influence, such as evolutionary perspectives, biological approaches, etc. (Matsumoto, 2013). The perspectives are utilized in several different cultures and based on the culture; one might find a dominant perspective. For instance, Evans (2012) argued that the Japanese culture was aligned to the biological approaches of personality, in that, according to the Japanese, a personality/character of an individual is determined by his or her blood type.

This belief influences the methods of doing personality research in the country, and how different industries do business, particularly those dealing in products related to blood types. However, Evans (2012) noted a downside of the belief; there was discrimination against "unwanted" blood types. These different kinds of influential psychological factors are important when working with people from different cultures (Fletcher, 2014). Questions and Responses What is the origin of it all? According to Hippocrates, a great physicist, in 400 BC, the balance of body fluids brings about different personalities.

The personality terminologies he came up with are still in use today. It was not until 1856-1939 when Sigmund Freud started publishing about psychoanalysis, describing it as a method of inquiry and also treatment of the mind (1923/62). What other theories exist? Some of these theories entails; Trait Theories Carl Rogers and Person-Centered Theory (Social-) Learning Theories Maslow's Holistic Theory Psychoanalytic Theory (Kasschau, 1985). How do personality theorists define personality? A theory refers to a structure that reflectively and cognitively explains a reality.

These structures are often verbal when studying personality traits even though graphical, symbolic, mathematical and even computer models have been used to illustrate various theories. Personality The diverse nature of a person, that trait that points out an individual as different from others, is what we commonly call personality i.e. the individual differences. Some theories explain the type of attribute and tests of comparison to different personalities of.