Measurement, Testing,

Case study description

Include the following demographic and personal information for your hypothetical subject: fictional name, age, ethnicity, gender, marital status, number of children, educational level and income level.

Clearly describe the client’s presenting problem. Why are they being referred for a personality assessment? What personality disorder might they have?

Be sure to clearly discuss the client’s current level of function and presenting problem. What are their symptoms?

Case study questions – Use AT LEAST 2 peer reviewed sources for this section; you may number these if you like.

1. What is the most appropriate personality instrument for evaluating the primary presenting problem? Be sure to select an adult personality test (see p.30). Include information about how the personality assessment is administered and interpreted. What kind of data do you get from that specific test?

2. What are the strengths regarding what this instrument can tell us about the client and his/her issues? What type of data can this test provide?

3. Why is this the most appropriate instrument? (Be sure to include appropriate reference to source materials.)

4. What are the limitations of what this instrument can tell us about the client?

5. Discuss some of the concerns or issues that might arise in a workplace setting with an individual who has this personality disorder. Elaborate on how this disorder could affect the workplace culture/climate in regards to behavior, interpersonal and group interactions, and productivity.

6. In your discussion of the assessment process, including administration and interpretation, consider professional competencies that reflect the professional characteristics, culture of a given work setting and how these practices are essential to an effective multicultural competency environment.

Fine article

1. Describe the primary reason why many organizations include integrity testing during the process of hiring new employees.

2. Describe the differences between overt integrity tests and personality-based integrity tests, including when an organization would choose one over the other type.

3. Discuss the guidance the author provides in regards to fairness and adverse impact from integrity tests.

Meyer & Kurtz article

Discuss the following in essay format:  Address the historical use of the terms objective and projective to classify a personality test, as well as problems with such classification.

Naugle article

1. Discuss how psychological test publishing companies monitor the competencies of those who purchase and utilize assessment instruments they sell.

2. Using Table 2 - Assessment Legislation via a State-by-State Basis (pp 38-39), look up your home state and describe what in types of assessment activities the legislation allows a counselor to engage.

3. Describe why the authors contend that professionals who possess the appropriate coursework, experience and supervision, but are not licensed psychiatrists or psychologists, are being discriminated against when it comes to laws regarding psychological testing.

Scroggins et al article

1. Why had many industrial psychologists traditionally rejected the use of personality testing while many human resources manager maintain an optimistic and enduring faith in the ability of them to discriminate between good and poor job candidates?

2. Discuss how military psychology and the role of psychological services were considered essential to the nation’s defense efforts during World War II?

3. Describe three ways in which the use of personality tests in employment selection is considered controversial?

You need AT MINIMUM 6 peer reviewed sources and you may use the text (= 7 sources minimum).

I hope this is useful! Updated: January 2017