Personality type approach, and different types of personality assessment process.

1. Prof. Dr. Makarand Joshi
Professor & Head
MSM’s COPE, Aurangabad

2. Type Approach Theory
Personality types
 A. Kretschmer 1925 had given the following three types of
personality.
 1. Endomorph :- A short for pump person (बुटका, ठें गणा)
 2. Mesomorph :- Muscular Athlete (सशक्त, बळकट)
 3. Ectomorph :- Highted, Thin ( उंच, सडपातळ, क
ृ श)
 B. Sheldon 1954 had classified the following three types of
personality.
 1. Piknik :- मेदप्रधान
 2. Athletic:- स्नायू प्रधान
 3. Asthenic :- अस्थी प्रधान
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3. Personality types &
Dimensions of Personality
 C. Carl Jung (कार्ल युंग) had given two types of personality.
 1. Introvert :- अंतमुलख
 2. Extrovert :- बहिमुलख
 3. Ambivert :- उभयमुख
 Dimension of personality :- व्यक्तक्तमत्वाची अंगे/ परिमाणे
 Physiological :- शािीरिक
 Psychological :- मानहसक
 Intellectual :- बौक्तिक
 Social :- सामाहिक
 Emotional :- भावहनक.
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4. Personality assessment
 1. Wholeastic Method :- समग्र मापन/ सहमष्ठ पध्दती
 2. Projection Method :- प्रक्षेपण मापन पिती
 3. Trait approach Method :- र्क्षण मापन पिती
 A. Observation
 By observing the person in different situation over a period of time
and its personality can be judged. However it's only subjective and
its accuracy depends upon the knowledge and ability of an
observer.
 हनिीक्षण :-
 व्यक्तीचे हवहवध परिक्तस्थतीतीर् हनिीक्षण करून व्यक्तक्तमत्वाचे मापन किता येते
मात्र िे व्यक्तक्तहनष्ठ असून याची अचूकता िी हनिीक्षण कर्त्ालच्या ज्ञान आहण
क्षमतेवि अवर्ंबून असते.
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5. Personality assessment
 B. Rating scale :-
 By this method certain traits of personality are divided into several classes. A number
of questions are developed and a five point rating scale is used.
For example :- questions may be how do you rate the personality of your teacher?
 a. very superior b. superior c. average d. inferior e. very inferior
 पदहनश्चयन श्रेणी
 पदहनश्चयन श्रेणी पितीमध्ये व्यक्तक्तमत्त्वाचे गुणहवशेष कािी गुणहवशेष हवहशष्ट वगालत हवभागर्े िातात
हवहवध प्रश्न हवकहसत करून पाच गुणांची श्रेणी यासाठी वापिर्ी िाते.
 तुम्ही तुमच्या अध्यापकाची व्यक्तक्तमत्वाची श्रेणी कशी ठिवार्?
 अ. अर्त्ुच्च ब. उत्क
ृ ष्ट क. सामान्य ड. कमी दिाल इ. हनक
ृ ष्ट दिाल.
 C. Interview :- interviews are a popular and common method of judging
personality but the success of the interview depends on the experience and skill of
the interviewer.
 मुर्ाखत
 मुर्ाखत िे व्यक्तक्तमत्त्व मापनाचे प्रहसि आहण सामान्य पिती आिे मुर्ाखत तंत्राची यशक्तिता िी
मुर्ाखत कि र्त्ाच्या अनुभव व कौशल्यावि अवर्ंबून असते.
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6. B. Projection / प्रक्षेपण
 या तंत्रामध्ये अस्पष्ट चेतकाच्या / संहदग्ध चेतकाच्या आधािे चाचणी
घेऊन व्यक्ती उद्दीपकार्ा हक
ं वा चेतकार्ा कशा प्रकािे प्रहतहिया देतो
याचे मापन क
े र्े िाते. व्यक्तीच्या अबोध मनातीर् प्रेिणा आहण संघषल िो
सिितेने प्रकट िोत नािी अशी माहिती प्रक्षेपण तंत्राद्वािे बािेि काढर्ी
िाते. या तंत्राद्वािे हदर्ेल्या चेतकार्ा हक
ं वा घटकांना व्यक्ती आपल्या
अबोध मनातीर् प्रेिणांच्या द्वािे प्रहतहिया देते यावरून व्यक्तीचे
व्यक्तक्तमत्व मापन किता येते. मात्र िी पिती तज्ञ व्यक्तीकड
ू नच
वापिर्ी िाते.
 Roscharch Ink Dot Test.
 TAT :- Thematic Appreciation Test.
 HTP :- House Tree Person Test.
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7. Some of the Popular Inventories :-
C. Psychological inventories :- it is frequently used it
contains many questions or statements which has to be
answered and finally the scores are calculated to understand
the personality.
Cattle's 16PF, Eysenck Personality Test ( EPI), Minnesota
Multiphase Personality Inventory (MMPI), California
Psychological Inventory ( CPI).
 A. Cattle's 16 personality factor questionnaire :- this
questionnaire was developed by the psychologist Raymond
Cattell, he has listed 16 major traits in his questionnaire
 ( consist of 287 questions) which are as follows:-
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8. Cattle’s 16 PF
 1. Reserved( हभडस्त) - Outgoing (हबन्धास्त)
 2. Less intelligent कमी हूशाि)- More intelligent ( हूशाि)
 3. Affected by feelings भावना ग्रस्त) - Emotionally stable( भावनीक क्तस्थि)
 4. Submissive( नम्र, आज्ञाधािक) - Dominant( प्रबळ)
 5. Serious (गंभीि) - Happy (आनंदी)
 6. Expedient (फायदा बघणािा) - Conscientious (प्रामाहणक)
 7. Timid (बुििा, हभत्रा)- Venturesome (सािसी)
 8. Tough minded( मनोहनग्रिी) - Sensitive (संवेदनशीर्)
 9. Trusting (हवश्र्वासू)- Suspicious (साशंक)
 10. Practical(व्यविाि चतूि) - Imaginative ( काल्पहनक हवश्र्वात िमणािा)
 11. Forthright(सिळ मागी) - Shrewd( धूतल)
 12. Self-assured (आत्महनभलि)- Apprehensive (धास्तावर्ेर्ा)
 13. Conservative( पूिाणमतवादी) - Experimenting (प्रयोगशीर्)
 14. Group dependent ( गटावि अवर्ंबून) - Self sufficient (िावर्ंबी)
 15. Uncontrolled (अहनयंहत्रत)- Controlled (संयमीत)
 16. Relaxed (हनवांत) - Tense ( तणाव ग्रस्त)
 Cattle also distinguish between surface traits and source traits. Surface traits is the
observable behavior and source traits are are the underlying traits from which the
surface traits come.
 For example :- Source traits: sensitive. Surface traits: crying.
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