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Cpsy-A USN: 21MSAH 16 PF Specific problem: It is to determine personality type of subject with Cattell’s 16PF questionnaire Form A. Basic concepts: Preliminaries: Name: JJ Age: 24 Gender: F Condition: Date: 03-03- Materials required: Cattell’s personality questionnaire Answer sheet Profile sheet Stencil Procedure: Before the administration of the test, it was ensured that a good rapport is established with the respondent. The subject was told that the current scale assesses the attitudes and interests of the individual. It consists of 187 items and the subject was informed that all the questions are to be answered and the time taken to fill in the answers should be as soon as possible. After this, Form A of 16 PF was given to the subject in order to get filled. The subject was also informed that there is no right or wrong answer for the same and was assured that the results obtained will remain confidential as it is only for practical purposes. Later the subject was thanked for giving valuable time, cooperation, and patience and was asked to leave and scoring was done with the help of the manual by the experimenter. Instructions: Seat the subject comfortably and create a rapport with the subject. Give him the questionnaire. Ask the subject to fill in his personal details in the space provided. Tell the subject not to open the booklet unless he is asked to do so. Now instruct the subject as follows: - “Inside the booklet, there are some questions to see what attitude and interest you have. There are no right and wrong answers because everyone has the right to his own views. There are three possible answers to each question. You have to select the best possible answer. Give the first natural answer that comes to your mind. Don’t skip any questions. Answer as honestly as you can.” Further instruct the subject not to mark anything on the questionnaire booklet. All markings should be made on the answer sheet”. Now ask the subject to open the booklet and start answering Result table:
Cpsy-A USN: 21MSAH FACTOR RAW SCORE
STEN
SCORE
SCORE
DESCRIPTION
WARMTH(A) 11 5 AVERAGE
REASONING(B) 7 4 LOW
EMOTIONAL STABILITY(C) 9 2 LOW
DOMINANCE(E) 11 5 AVERAGE
LIVELINESS(F) 14 4 LOW
RULE-CONSCIOUSNESS (G) 14 7 HIGH
SOCIAL BOLDNESS(H) 14 6 AVERAGE
SENSITIVITY(I) 12 4 LOW
VIGILANCE(L) 10 7 HIGH
ABSTRACTEDNESS(M) 12 6 AVERAGE
PRIVATENESS(N) 11 7 HIGH
APPREHENSION(O) 8 4 LOW
OPENNESS TO
CHANGE(Q1)
7 5 AVERAGE
SELF-RELIANCE
(Q2)
13 7 HIGH
PERFECTIONISM(Q3) 9 4 LOW
TENSION (Q4) 10 4 LOW
Interpretation : The current practical aims to measure the personality traits of the subject by trying to get an insight to the attitudes and interests of the subject using the 16PF test, Form A developed by Cattell(1949). The subject is a 24-year-old female college student who lives in Bengaluru. It was ensured that the proper rapport and instructions were carried out to get the best results. In factor A which is WARMTH, the subject obtains a raw score of 11and sten score of 5 which is average, indicating a low score description. This further suggests that the subject is reserved, detached, critical and cool. The subject likes to work alone and doesn’t like to compromise on their views. In factor B, REASONING, the subject scored a raw score of 7 and a sten score of 4 indicating lower scholastic mental capacity. A score indicates low intelligent, concrete thinking. She is not likely to perform better on tasks involving higher cognitive judgments. In factor C, EMOTIONAL STABILITY, the subject obtained a raw score of 9 and a sten score of 2 indicating low emotional stability. It also indicates that her frustration tolerance
Cpsy-A USN: 21MSAH In Factor Q3, PERFECTIONISM, the subject obtained a raw score of 9 and a sten score of 4 suggesting low score description. The subject comes across to be the one who is undisciplined and careless. In Factor Q4, TENSION, the subject obtained a raw score of 10 and a sten score of 4 suggesting “low ergic tension”. The low score indicates that the subject appears to be relaxed,tranquil, torpid. The subject is likely to be calm and will not get frustrated. Some of the past research were studied and it was found that the following researches are in sync with the above discussion: MANGALAM et al (2013) used a Hindi version of Cattell's 16 Personality Factors (16-PF) Questionnaire to examine the personality correlates of accident-proneness of auto-rickshaw drivers in the Indian city of Ranchi on 50 male drivers aged 18-50 years, chosen at random from a list of licensed auto-rickshaw drivers. In accident-prone drivers, there was a significantly higher frequency of breaking rules, exceeding speed limits, substance use, and a trend towards a higher frequency of carrying extra persons (i.e., more than recommended). There was a significant inverse relationship between accident-proneness and 16-PF factors like reasoning, rule consciousness, apprehension, and emotional stability. KANNIYAN et al. (2015) sought to compare the personality traits of sportsmen from various games and sports to those of non-sportsmen. Subjects included 32 athletes from various sports and 12 men who did not participate in sports. The 16 PF (personality factor) questionnaire was used to collect the subjects' personality traits. Significant differences in personality traits such as aggression, realism, apprehension, radicalism, and control were discovered. When compared to non-athletes, athletes had moderately higher scores on most personality traits. When it comes to personality trait O (apprehension), the findings show that athletes were more self-assured than non-athletes. The high level of self-assurance generally reported for the sports category may be related to their various achievement behaviors, which influences their motivation to compete in sports. References: Kanniyan, Abdusalam., George, Abraham, & Valiyakath, Shafeeq. (2015). Personality traits: an analytical study between sedentary males and sports males. Science, Movement and Health, 15(1), 5-9. Manglam, M. K., Sinha, V. K., Praharaj, S. K., Bhattacharjee, D., & Das, A. (2013). Personality correlates of accident-proneness in auto-rickshaw drivers in India. International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics, 19(2), 159-165.
