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=Prompt: Personality Assessments= After completing the Personality Assessments Activity, you may earn up to 20 additional points for writing an academic paragraph: Do you think the results describe you very well? Why or why not? Compare and contrast the two tests and the accuracy of their description of you. Possible details might include:
 * What’s the difference between an assessment and a test?
 * Which assessment do you believe is more valid (i.e. closer to the real you)?
 * Which assessment do you believe is more reliable? (i.e. consistent over time?)
 * What type of research would use personality assessments?
 * Assuming the results are reliable and valid, what would cause a person’s scores to change over time?
 * Suggested terms: validity, reliability, assessment, test, trait, type, nature-nurture debate

Personality Assessment A test is a procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something, especially before it is taken into widespread use. An assessment is the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something. Assessment is the correct term used when describing the personality assignment. I believe that the MMDI was closer to the real me. It had many more explanations of how my personality could have been. For the most part it hit it right on the nail. I also feel that the MMDI was more reliable because I felt like they were asking a lot of the same questions in different ways to see if you were consistent. You could use personality assessments for fun or if you were a psychologist trying to figure out some ones personality so you could help them with issues they had. If the results are, in fact, reliable and valid there are many factors of why a person's scores could change over time. For instance, age and maturity can play a big role on how a person acts or feels about certain situations. Of course there are many more factors but age and maturity are probably top 2.

References:

Myers, Steve. "MMDI." // Team Technology //. Google, n.d. Web. <[]>.

"Five Factor Personality Test." // Personality Test //. Dr. Tom Bucannon, n.d. Web. <[]>.

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