LibGuides: PSY-8160 v1: Week 6 Resources

Week 6 Required Resources

Textbook

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Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction to Tests and Measurement

Cohen, R. J., Schneider, W.J., & Tobin, R.M. (2025). Psychological testing and assessment: An introduction to tests and measurement. McGraw.

Students should review chapters 11 (personality assessment: an overview) and 12 (personality assessment methods) for this week’s concepts. Information on personality assessment, traits, types, states, developing instruments, and the differences in objective and projective methods are examined.

HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised
Ashton, M., Lee, K. (2004). HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised [Database Record]. Retrieved from PsycTESTS. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037.t03138-000
- This document is the full HEXACO 60 question self-report form.
NEO personality inventory
BMH Learning. (2024). NEO personality inventory. [Video]. YouTube.
- A review of the NEOPI-R of the format of the test, the connection to the big five personality traits, and how the test is scored and interpreted.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Brokaw, D.W. (2024). Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health.
- A discussion of the historical changes of the MMPI are given, descriptions of the test, and what the test measures are addressed. Students should read pages 1212 – 1213 on the MMPI.
Measuring personality: Crash course psychology #22. Crash course on personality
Crash Course. (2014). Measuring personality: Crash course psychology #22. Crash course on personality. [Video]. YouTube.
- Information on personality types, trait theory, the big five and social cognitive perspectives on personality are examined. Locus of control and testing of measuring personality is also assessed. Different types of personality tests, objective and projective are reviewed.
Mini-IPIP
Donnellan, M.B., Oswald, F.L., Baird, B.M., & Lucas, R.E. (2006). Mini-IPIP [Database record]. Retrieved from PsycTESTS. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037.t01795-000
- The assessment contained is the Mini-IPIP and scoring instructions.
Handbook of personality assessment (2nd ed.)
Greene, R.L., & Weiner, I.B. (2017). Handbook of personality assessment (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. doi:10.1002/9781119311263
- This book contains specific information about the personality tests in this week’s readings. These include; the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) (Chapter 6) , the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) (Chapter 9) , the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI) based on the Five-Factor Model (FFM) (Chapter 11) , the Rorschach (Chapter 12) , the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) (Chapter 14) , sentence-completion methods (Chapter 16) , and ethical considerations in personality assessment (Chapter 4).
HEXACO-PI-R materials for researchers
Lee, K., & Ashton, M.C. (2009). HEXACO-PI-R materials for researchers.
- Within this resource there is a link to ‘Take the HEXACO-PI-R’. Students should use the 60-question English scoring key to understand the scoring and interpretation.
MMPI psychological assessment decoded – simplest explanation ever
Mister simplify. (2023). MMPI psychological assessment decoded – simplest explanation ever. [Video]. YouTube.
- The MMPI is reviewed as one of the most used personality tools, but to also diagnose mental health disorders and conditions. The tutorial reviews how the tool words, it uses, and relevance.
Big Five Personality Trait Short Questionnaire
Morizot, J. (2014). Big Five Personality Trait Short Questionnaire [Database record]. Retrieved from PsychTESTS. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037.t36090-000
- This resource contains a short questionnaire based on the Costa and McCrae’s big five theory. Students can take the assessment and score and examine which of the Big 5 traits that they score lower or higher in.
The research process
National University. (n.d.). The research process.
- This resource will guide students to finding objective personality tests in the university library.

Optional Resources

Introduction to the technique of interpretation
Tomkins, S. S., & Tomkins, E. J. (Collaborator). (1947). Introduction to the technique of interpretation. In S. S. Tomkins & E. J. Tomkins (Collaborator), The Thematic Apperception Test: The theory and technique of interpretation (pp. 43–54). Grune & Stratton. https://doi.org/10.1037/11186-004
- The authors of this chapter (chapter 4) discuss techniques in dissecting the differences in stories that are given during the administration of the TAT. Elements and phenomena are analyzed in how these can be an interpretation of a person’s values, threats, or characteristics, or conditions of the story.
Writing resources
National University. (2025). Writing resources.
- Writing resources can be applied for the weekly assignment as it includes an APA student paper template, Grammarly, how to write an introduction, thesis, conclusion, paragraph development, and information related to academic integrity.
APA and MLA styles
National University. (2025). APA and MLA styles.
- Information on APA Style Basics 7th ed. on heading, quotes, in-text citations, and references is identified in this guide.