Describe the impact of social and culture variability on the administration and interpretation of projective tests.
Projective Personality Assesment
- Define the term projective in projective methods of personality assessment.
- Summarize the features of projective methods of personality assessment, and provide at least three examples of these types of measures.
- Explain the assumptions on which projective methods are based, and provide an analysis of empirical research testing the validity of the assumptions you identified.
- Appraise the research exploring the technical adequacy (i.e., reliability and validity) of projective tests.
- Describe the impact of social and culture variability on the administration and interpretation of projective tests.
Section 3: Synthesis, Conclusions, and Recommendations
- Write a brief one-paragraph scenario for a fictitious client. Include the following information: presenting concerns (reason for referral), age, gender, ethnicity, language(s), and any other significant information (e.g., military status, health issues, marital status, sexual orientation, etc.).
- Debate the arguments supporting and opposing the use of projective and objective personality assessments with your identified client.
- Select a minimum of one objective and one projective measure to use with your client. Compare the use of the selected projective and objective personality measures with your identified client. Note: It is common for there to be a delay between the time a test publisher updates a test and the time the textbook and other authors can update their information about the new version of the test. Be sure to do online research to make sure you are recommending the most current version of the tests. If there is a newer version than the version discussed in the textbook or other readings, recommend the newest version.
- Analyze the advantages and limitations of each assessment measure you selected.
- Compose recommendations to improve the validity of personality assessment.
