In everyday language, the term validity is typically used to describe something as being trustworthy or legit. It's meaning in psychology suggests something similar—it's all about whether we can trust ...

“You should be skeptical,” says Simine Vazire, a personality researcher at the University of California, Davis. “Until we test them scientifically we can’t tell the difference between that and ...

Psychological testing and evaluation consists of a series of tests that help determine the cause of mental health symptoms and disorders, to determine the correct diagnosis and follow up with the ...

Developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers in the 1960s, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) sorts personalities into four different pairs or psychological types. Measured on a ...

Though most of the really good personality tests are expensive, there's little point in shouldering the (often considerable) expense when you're interested because you're a writer. It would be ...

For decades, personality tests have been used by big corporations to evaluate employee candidates during their hiring process. But more and more, I am seeing early-stage companies using these tests to ...

As a result of the psychological examinations given to the Freshman class at Yale under the direction of Dr. J. E. Anderson of the Yale Psychological Department, it was found that the average of the ...

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I’m irresistibly drawn to personality tests — but not for the reasons you might think. While I enjoy taking these tests myself, my real interest comes from seeing my friends consider their answers.