Types of Personality Tests

n Self-report

n Ratings and judgments by others

n Biological/physiological measures

n Behavioral observations (including expressive)

n Interviews

n Projective tests

Issues in Measurement

n Reliability

n Internal consistency

n Test-retest

n Validity

n Construct

n behavioral (predictive)

n convergent (congruent)

n divergent (discriminant)

n external (ecological)