Personality Assessment is a proficiency in professional psychology that involves the administration, scoring, and interpretation of empirically supported measures of personality traits and styles. It is conducted through behavioral observations, paper‐and‐pencil tests, and projective techniques. A personality test aims to assess aspects of a person’s character that remain stable across situations, referred to as their personality.
Commonly used personality tests are:
1.Projective tests: A projective test is one in which the person is asked to respond to ambiguous stimuli in order to reveal hidden emotions and internal conflicts.
2. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory: was designed to help identify personal, social, and behavioral problems in psychiatric patients.
3. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: was designed to assist a person in identifying their personality preferences.
4. Keirsey Temperament Sorter: is a self-assessed personality questionnaire designed to help people better understand themselves and others.
5.Enneagram: personality test will show you which of the 9 personality types suit you best.
6. DISC Profile: is a psychometric test, using a four-dimensional model of normal behavior.
Benefits of Personality Testing:
- More and more people are also using personality testing to evaluate their business partners and potential spouses.
- Salespeople use personality testing to better understand the needs of their customers and gain a competitive edge in closing sales.
- Guidance counselors use personality tests to help students make appropriate career choices.
- Lawyers use personality testing for criminal behavior analysis, litigation profiling, witness examination and jury selection.
