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On Turner's assessment of the personality assessment system
Author(s) -
Saunders David R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198207)38:3<616::aid-jclp2270380327>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - psychology , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , personality , context (archaeology) , personality assessment inventory , personality test , principal (computer security) , social psychology , psychometrics , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , test validity , paleontology , computer science , biology , operating system
There are four principal flaws in the Turner, Willerman, and Horn (1976) assessment of the Personality Assessment System. (1) The methodologies employed are entirely linear and therefore fail to address the central innovative idea of the PAS, which is that personality can be accounted for through the interactions of abilities. (2) The specific hypotheses advanced, which are alleged to be deductions from the PAS, are based at best on an oversimplified understanding of the theory. (3) The sample employed is biased strongly toward overcompensation; this fact and its predictable consequences have gone unrecognized. (4) The MMPI clinical scales have been assumed to furnish reliable and valid measurement in an allegedly normal group. Viewed in the context of these problems, Turner's results are entirely consistent with the PAS. Indeed, strong support may be adduced from Turner's data for a global hypothesis of communality between the PAS and the 16PF.