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Personality Assessments

When you hear the word assessment you often think of it as a test, however there is a difference between the two. A test involves the use of formal tests such as questionnaires or checklists, while an assessment can include numerous components such as norm-referenced psychological tests, informal tests and surveys, interview information, school or medical records, medical evaluation and observational data (Eabon, Michelle, Abrahamson, Dan). When I took the assessments I found that Five Factor Model better explained me. I believe that the MMDI assessment would be more reliable over time. I say this because it explores less of the social aspects that the Five Factor Model did and explores more about your beliefs and work habits. Psychologists often use personality assessments to help reach a diagnosis and treatment plan for a new patient. A persons scores might change over time due to change in personal beliefs, personal epiphanies, or a change in age. The change in scores would support the studies of the nature-nurture debate. The nature-nurture debate is the debate over whether intelligence and other traits are primarily the result of heredity or environment (Mastering the World of Psychology, pg. 223). Based on this debate, a change in environment would undoubtedly change the score. There has been much learned about this, and there is much more to learn about this.

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. <[]>.

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"Understanding Psychological Testing and Assessment." //Http://www.apa.org//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 July 2014.

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