Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Let's talk about some important concepts for psychological testing in general (standardization, reliability, validity), then discuss the main types of personality tests, and how they stack up for those testing concepts.



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A couple notes: I am not tackling the issues of college admissions ethics/implications nor diving into the construct of intelligence. Those are definitely topics for another day.

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Timestamps
0:00 Personality Tests
1:04 Psychological testing
2:52 - Standardization
5:43 - Reliability
6:59 - Validity
9:05 Personality
9:30 Measuring personality
10:23 - Inventories
13:25 - Projective tests
17:08 - The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator