ProScan Survey. The ProScan Survey is an instrument designed by Professional DynaMetric Programs, Inc.
(PDP) to measure the major aspects of self-perception, including an individual’s basic behavior, reaction to environment, and predictable behavior. It was originally developed beginning in 1976 by Dr. Samuel R. Houston, Dr. Dudley Solomon, and Bruce M. It classifies the following factors of human behavior:[10] Dominance: Individuals with high scores on this factor are described as concerned about getting thing done, very competitive, decisive, calculating, and risk takers. Extroversion: Individuals with high scores on this factor are described as outgoing, friendly, optimistic, and persuasive. Pace/Patience: Individuals with high pace/patience scores are described as relaxed, dependable, likable, and at ease or cooperative with their environment. Conformity/Structure: Individual with high scores on this factor are described as very precise, dedicated, careful, and concerned about what is “right.”
Donald W. Fiske. Donald W.
J. P. Guilford. Developing the views of L.
L. Thurstone, Guilford rejected Charles Spearman's view that intelligence could be characterized in a single numerical parameter and proposed that three dimensions were necessary for accurate description: operations, content and products. Guilford's career[edit] Guilford graduated from the University of Nebraska before studying under Edward Titchener at Cornell. Louis Leon Thurstone. Louis Leon Thurstone (29 May 1887 – 30 September 1955) was a U.S. pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics.
He conceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment, and is well known for his contributions to factor analysis.[1][2] Background and history[edit] Louis Leon Thurstone was born in Chicago, Illinois to Swedish immigrant parents. Thurstone originally received a masters in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1912. Thurstone was offered a brief assistantship in the laboratory of Thomas Edison. Likert scale.
A Likert scale (/ˈlɪkərt/[1]) is a psychometric scale commonly involved in research that employs questionnaires.
It is the most widely used approach to scaling responses in survey research, such that the term is often used interchangeably with rating scale, or more accurately the Likert-type scale, even though the two are not synonymous. The scale is named after its inventor, psychologist Rensis Likert.[2] Likert distinguished between a scale proper, which emerges from collective responses to a set of items (usually eight or more), and the format in which responses are scored along a range.
Technically speaking, a Likert scale refers only to the former. Likert scales and items[edit] A Likert scale pertaining to Wikipedia can be calculated using these five Likert items. An important distinction must be made between a Likert scale and a Likert item. The format of a typical five-level Likert item, for example, could be: Strongly disagreeDisagreeNeither agree nor disagreeAgreeStrongly agree. Personality Assessment Inventory. Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), authored by Leslie Morey, PhD, is a multi-scale test of psychological functioning that assesses constructs relevant to personality and psychopathology evaluation (e.g., depression, anxiety, aggression) in various contexts including psychotherapy, crisis/evaluation, forensic, personnel selection, pain/medical, and child custody assessment.
The PAI has 22 non-overlapping scales, providing a comprehensive overview of psychopathology in adults. Development[edit] The rationale behind the development of the PAI was to create an assessment tool that would enable the measurement of psychological concepts while maintaining statistical strength. The development methodology was based on several advances that the field of personality assessment was witnessing at the time. Strengths[edit] All of the constructs measured by the PAI are commonly used by psychologists and are named in such a way that they can be readily understood. Revised NEO Personality Inventory. Personality dimensions[edit] Name[edit] The original version of the measurement, published in 1978, was the Neuroticism-Extroversion-Openness Inventory (NEO-I).
This version only measured three of the Big Five personality traits. It was later revised in 1985 to include all five traits and renamed the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI). In this version, "NEO" was now considered part of the name of the test and was no longer an acronym. A mnemonic device for the five primary factors is the acronym "OCEAN," or alternatively "CANOE". History[edit] In the 1970s, Costa and McCrae were researching how personality changed with age. Throughout the mid- to late-1990s, Costa and McCrae began to realize that some items on the NEO-PI-R were out-dated or too difficult to understand for participants. Forms and administration[edit] British Psychological Society. The British Psychological Society (BPS) is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom.
The BPS is also a Registered Charity and, along with advantages, this also imposes certain constraints on what the Society can and cannot do. For example, it cannot campaign on issues which are seen as party political. Morrisby Profile. Morrisby Logo The Morrisby Profile is an integrated set of twelve tests which assess mental function. [1] The British Psychological Society's Psychological Testing Centre includes a summary of the test (1) and a summary evaluation of the test (2).
A more detailed review of the test is also available (3). 1: 2: 3: