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RUNNING HEAD: Measures of Personality Research

Measures of Personality Research

If psychologists had a test that measured personality accurately and reliably, it would be on the most valuable tools. Clinical psychologists could quickly analyze their clients’ strengths and weaknesses, pinpoint sources of stress and anxiety, and determine the most effective way of helping in the struggle to cope. Guidance counselors would have a sure guide to jobs and careers, for personality is a major factor in determining whether a person will be happy and successful as a salesperson, teacher, police officer, or accountant. Research psychologists would have an invaluable aid in studying the conditions that foster or inhibit the flowering of personality.
Psychologists have spent a great deal of time, effort, and ingenuity on the creation of personality tests. They have devised several hundred tests that are useful in many ways, but they have yet to find the perfect test. Perhaps they never will because personality is such a complex matter-the product of a tangled and endless weaving together of experience beginning at birth, continuing throughout life, and unique for each individual that the difficulties in measuring it are staggering. In this paper I will attempt to show the development and use of the following assessment: The Hogan Personality Inventory and Myer Briggs.
The Hogan Personality Inventory
The Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI) is a well recognized, widely used personality inventory that was initially developed in the USA for industrial-organizational and vocational applications (Hogan & Hogan, 1995). It is based on the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality (Costa & McCrae, 1992; Goldberg, 1990). The HPI makes use of homogeneous item clusters (HlCs) to construct seven primary scales that reflect aspects of the Big Five dimensions. The British version of the HPI was recently made available for use in personnel selection. Although there are only minor...