Personality Assessment & EPI

12Feb08

4 Purposes of Personality test.

1. Clinical Diagnosis
2. Counselling
3. Personnel Selection
4. Psychological Research.

2 Categories of Personality Assessment

1. Self-report Inventories
2. Projective Tests

Temperament

– Biological/Inborn basis of personality
- Related to Central Nervous System
- We can try to change our temperament, but it will not.
- In difficult times, we reveal our temperament.

EYSENCK’S PERSONALITY IDENTITY (EPI)

- Hans Eysenck is a German psychologist.
- EPI is a statistical technique of factor analysis, viewing personality in 3-dimensional.

- 3 Dimensional view:

1. Neurocriticism
2. Extraversion/Intraversion

 - Neurocriticism is divided into stability (calm, even-tempered, reliable) and unstability (moody, anxious, unreliable)
- Neurocriticism is genetic basis. 2 identical twins shows the same neurocriticism identity.
- Extraversion (Happiness) and Intraversion (Research Interest)
- An introvert shows that he is more physiologically aroused, is conducted easier, and socially inhibited.

- EPI is based on theories stated that

“Personality is stable over time and consistent across situations”

- Dispositional approach to stability & consistency in a relatively enduring personal characteristic are called “types” and “traits”

- Correlation with types/traits identified by Hippocrates and Galen:

HIPPOCRATES & GALEN’s THEORY OF PERSONALITY TYPE

4 types of human being:

1. Melancholic
2. Choleric
3. Phlegmatic
4. Sanguinic

Correlation between Hippocrates/Galen’s classification and modern classification of personality types/traits:

Melancholic
- Moody
- Anxious
- Rigid
- Sober
- Pessimistic
- Reserved
- Unsocialable
- Quiet

Choleric
- Touchy
- Restless
- Aggressive
- Excitable
- Changeable
- Impulsive
- Optimistic
- Active

Phlegmatic
- Passive
- Careful
- Thoughtful
- Peaceful
- Controlled
- Reliable
- Even tempered
- Calm

Sanguinic
- Socialable
- Outgoing
- Talkative
- Responsive
- Easy going
- Lively
- Carefree
- Leadership

An example of extensive EPI Questionnaire can be found FOC here: http://www.trans4mind.com/personality/

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