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Personality Assessment Paragraph

A test is a set of questions, problems or tasks designed to elicit response for use in measuring the traits, capacities or achievements of an individual. On the other hand, an assessment is to estimate or judge character, or to evaluate (Dictionary.com). Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, will determine whether it is a test or an assessment that is needed. I believe that between the two personality activities that the MBTI (results from MMDI) assessment portrays me much better than the Big Five. But, in my opinion, I feel that they both have similarities of my personality. I do feel sometimes I have a little neuroticism in me, which was indicated in the Big Five. There are times that I do stress over my insecurities and do become very emotionally distress as Factor IV describes (Big Five, 2014). I think that the Big Five would be a more reliable assessment, only because it gives a percentage of their results and also give an explanation of a high and low score (Big Five, 2014). A personality assessment would likely to be used by a psychologist to reveal a person’s characteristic type, when they are evaluating an individual. It can be used by a career planner to find what professional field may be suited for an individual. It can also be used by a future employer to assess their reliability or work ethics of a potential employee. The validity of the testing can change over an individual’s life span (Wood, Wood, Boyd, 2011). This can be due to higher education, their surroundings, life experiences or just maturity. Nevertheless I’m sure people will agree to disagree that a personality assessment is not always accurate. As Barrett’s Law #9 states, “Beware of plausible, __especially__ if it works” (Barrett, M).

References:

Wood, Samuel E., Ellen R. Green. Wood, and Denise Roberts. Boyd. //Mastering the World of Psychology //. Fourth ed. Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print.

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

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

Barrett, Matthew C., Barrett’s Laws for a Scientific Mindset.

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