How can we measure intelligence and personality?

Answer 1

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is a standardized test normed for yielding an intelligence quotient.

Personality is evaluated with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) primarily utalizedfor diagnosis.

Answer 2

You can measure "ability" because it is always discussed in a particular context, for example someones ability to perform mental arithmetic is fairly easy to determine.

IQ tests attempt to measure broad based abilities across a range of areas that psychologists have decided represent the key human mental faculties. So, for example, an IQ test might have a section to determine your Visual-Spatial ability i.e. your ability to manipulate shapes in your mind.

There are two immediately apparent problems, firstly are all human abilities recognised and secondly should they all have the same weighting (importance if you will).

At this point you must ask the question why are we testing? the reasons are numerous but generally we are seeking a test that agrees with our overall consensus of opinion. So we want the test to say that a well respected scientist or statesman is intelligent, and we want it to tell us that someone who we all think is stupid has a low IQ. Why we want this is another matter!

The trouble is its so hard to measure intellect in normal life. If you have great abilities in many areas but no ability to communicate you will be considered of low intellect. Similarly if you are great at social interaction but actually very poor in many other areas you will appear smart. A good memory is an excellent example, being able to relay huge amounts of trivial data will make you appear much smarter than someone with a poor memory who may have enormous mental faculties for analysing and creating.

This is why IQ tests are so important for employers. The story is that many years ago experts were studying a large US company that had collapsed over a fairly short time scale. The final analysis revealed that the employment of just one executive director, who performed far worse than expected, had brought down the whole business. This is where the need for the "science" of Phychometirc testing came from in an effort to replace old notions of IQ with new ones of personality tests.

Do they work, the jury is still out on that one, but there are still a lot of the wrong people in the wrong places.

Answer 3

Honestly, I do not think there is a completely satisfactory measure. At least I haven't found any in any of my course work (now on Master's degree #2). If very bright, or very dim, IQ tests won't measure, nor will it measure if the person does not have a good command of language or math.
Personality and similar tests can be manipulated as well. If they were so accurate clinical workers would not conduct "diagnostic interviews" in an attempt to fully assess clients (patients).
I hope this helps clarify--to think any test is fully reliable and accurate is either very naive or plain fool hearty, if not completely daft!

Answer 4

People normally measure that against their own intelligence and personality, and preference. If you meet someone who knows things you don't know, you find that person intelligent. If the person seem to have things in common as you, and you like and agree with the way how he/she behaves, then you would think that the person is nice. That's how it's measured most of the time. Also, if there is someone who is said to be nice and intelligent by someone has power or fame, then many people tend to agree with it. In this case, it is measured against intelligence, personality and preference of someone who you like.

Answer 5

IQ is a bit subjective, but I'd say personality is super-subjective. Someone who'd score high for working in a supermarket might be terrible as a tax inspector. You could get their closest 20 friends to rate them out of 10? But then the Kray twins might get full marks, if you see what I mean.

Answer 6

There are a lot of standardised test you can use to measure your intellegence and personality. There are many things you can choose if you just go to your guidance counselor's office. You can ask a PSYCHOMETRICIAN, like me, to let you measure your intellegence and personality. he/she can help you with this using tests.... example of these are: 16PF, DAP, OLSAT, CSAT, SCF, and others. You can have it too in the internet. Just search for "psychological tests" and you can have your IQ be tested for free.... it is still the same concept and interpretation we use in the "hands-on" testing. Good luck!!!

Answer 7

we can measure intelligence and personality by actions of that thing.

Answer 8

Maybe with scenerios of different environments ( like a training field of different areas for example) and seeing how a given number of people can cope, deal wisely with given situations or environments or get through the trials of it.

Answer 9

you can measure with test or you can see what a person has in life and what they did with it

Answer 10

They have IQ tests for that, and what they call an EQ test which is a personality test. But I know they are all flawed. I know im damn cleva, but being blonde doesnt help :-)