Personality Assessment Tests

Although, generally, personality refers to certain stable patterns of behavioral and psychoemotional traits (Samuel, 1992), there is a lack of consensus in terms of establishing a precise definition of the construct. This is because theorists differ regarding several elements associated with the structure and/or processes of personality.

For example, Allport (1961) characterized personality as having dynamic organization and both physiological and goal-striving features. Mischel (1976, p. 2), on the other hand, defined personality as:"distinctive patterns of behavior (including thoughts and emotions that characterize each individual's life." As might be expected, differences in personality theory are strongly associated with differences in how personality is assessed or tested. These differences are discussed in the next section of this overview.

A central assumption of all theories of personality is that there are individual differences in personality and these can be measured (Merrens & Brannigan, 1997). However, different

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