In: Psychology
Describe the key features of self report measures used in personality assessment.
Here is the list of self report measures and their key features.
a) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personal Inventory (MMPI):
Hathaway and McKinley developed this test as a helping tool for psychiatric diagnosis, but it also helped in identifying varieties in psychopathology.
b) Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ):
Eysenck developed this test and it assessed two dimensions of personality, called introverted extraverted and emotionally stable emotionally unstable. He later added the third dimension called psychoticism.
c) Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF):
Cattell developed this test. The test provides with declarative statements, and the subject responds to s specific situation by choosing from a set of given alternatives.
Self report measure was suggested by Allport and he believed the best method to assess a person is by asking her/ him about herself/himself.