Question

Which Method is not a projective method for Personality Measurement?
1. Schedule
2. Questionnaire
3. Interview
4. Formative assessment

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Formative assessment

Projective  techniques of personality measurement are the tests which are designed to:

• reveal those central aspects of personality that lie in the unconscious mind of an individual.

• evaluate a person's interests, attitudes, pattern of thought, etc while giving responses to ambiguous test materials.
• There are different kinds of techniques or tools in fashion to measure personality. The questionnaire, interviews, schedule, etc are the most common tools of personality measurement.

'Questionnaire method: 

• it is a technique of personality measurement where the source of data is the subject himself/herself.
• it comprises a series of questions prepared by the researcher that is answered and filled in by all the respondents(child).
• in the questionnaire, the researcher uses different forms of questions, such as closed-ended, open-ended, or partially closed-ended questions. 

​Interview method

• A method of personality assessment in which the interviewer asks questions to the clients and the client is allowed to answer either in a structured or an unstructured fashion.

Schedule

• It is used as a supplementary device in observations and interviews.
• It is a tool of collect data that comprises a series of questions to be asked from the respondents.
• It contains close and open-ended questions to evaluate personal behaviour and social situations.

Formative assessment

• The purpose is to diagnose the strength and weaknesses of the students.
• The results are used for further improvement of instruction and student's better progress.
• It refers to continuous evaluation by means of unit tests, assignments, etc.
• It is done during the course of instruction as it is focused on improving the achievements of learners.