"Most personality assessment instruments (despite being loosely referred to as 'personality tests') are in fact introspective (i.e., subjective) self-report questionnaire measures or reports from life records (L-data) such as rating scales."
This topic covers various methods used to evaluate individual personality, including self-report measures, behavioral assessments, and projective tests.
"Raymond Cattell with his colleague Frank Warburton compiled a list of over 2000 separate objective tests that could be used in constructing objective personality tests."
"A major problem with both L-data and Q-data methods is that because of item transparency, rating scales and self-report questionnaires are highly susceptible to motivational and response distortion."
"The first personality assessment measures were developed in the 1920s and were intended to ease the process of personnel selection, particularly in the armed forces."
"A wide variety of personality scales and questionnaires have been developed, including the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), the Comrey Personality Scales (CPS), among many others."
"Although popular especially among personnel consultants, the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) has numerous psychometric deficiencies."
"A number of instruments based on the Five Factor Model of personality have been constructed such as the Revised NEO Personality Inventory."
"Estimates of how much the personality assessment industry in the US is worth range anywhere from $2 and $4 billion a year (as of 2013)."
"Personality assessment is used in a wide range of contexts, including individual and relationship counseling, clinical psychology, forensic psychology, school psychology, career counseling, employment testing, occupational health and safety, and customer relationship management."
"The first personality assessment measures were developed in the 1920s and were intended to ease the process of personnel selection, particularly in the armed forces."
"Self-report questionnaires are highly susceptible to motivational and response distortion ranging from lack of adequate self-insight to dissimulation."
"The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) has numerous psychometric deficiencies."
"The Big Five and related Five Factor Model have been challenged for accounting for less than two-thirds of the known trait variance in the normal personality sphere alone."
"The first personality assessment measures were developed in the 1920s."
"Personality assessment is used in individual and relationship counseling, clinical psychology, forensic psychology, school psychology, and career counseling."
"The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is often used in employment testing."
"Objective personality tests are designed to quantitatively measure factor-analytically discerned personality trait dimensions."
"Responses in self-report questionnaires are highly susceptible to motivational and response distortion, ranging from lack of adequate self-insight to dissimulation."
"The Big Five and related Five Factor Model have been challenged for accounting for less than two-thirds of the known trait variance in the normal personality sphere alone."
"The personality assessment industry in the US is worth an estimated $2 to $4 billion a year (as of 2013)."