In order to contrive answers to work in a candidate’s favour they need to know two things:

What characteristics the employer is looking for in psychological terms
How to manipulate their answers to achieve the appropriate result

Given this, it is very unlikely that a candidate would be able to contrive answers in their favour with the [...]

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CONSTRUCT VALIDITY
A psychometric instrument is said to be valid if it measures what it claims to measure. This questionnaire is valid as it measures the dynamics of Jung’s psychological types. The dominant attitude and function as well as the auxiliary functions are predicted and represented in each profile, and the factor structure supports the [...]

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Peoplemaps is based on the psychology of Dr C.G. Jung - the Swiss psychologist who assesses that people could be identified by their ‘attitude’ to the outside world, which would either be extravert or introvert - and more often than not, somewhere in the middle of these two attitudes.
The ‘attitudes’ that are measured eg, intraversion [...]

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People are complex The environment and other people working with them could influence behaviour change on a regular basis. Behaviour has reasons, not causes and if we understand the reasons why, in most areas will be more committed.
Psychological type gives a snap shot of the preferred behaviour that comes almost unconsciously to most people. This [...]

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Validity is concerned with the extent to which an assessment instrument actually measures what it is designed to measure. It implies comparison between the assessments and some external criteria. Reliability is concerned with the consistency of assessments.
PeopleMaps is a Jungian profile designed to measure personality. The measures used are Jung’s rational and irrational preference scales, [...]

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Good item analysis provides a psychometric tool with its accuracy. The length of questionnaires does not generally have an effect on the accuracy of any profile. There is an exception to this, and it is that there are some concerns in the psychometric community about lengthy questionnaires. The concern is that there could be a [...]

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The theory underpinning PeopleMaps comes from the work of Carl Jung, the Swiss psychologist who believed every individual was unique. His theory focuses on the cognitive aspects of personality i.e. how people think; take on board information to make their decisions and sense of the world.
He created categories of psychological type through a combination of [...]

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What is personality profiling?The way that a person performs in a job does not solely depend upon their ability - personality also plays a very important part. Personality profiling, sometimes referred to psychometric testing, is a means of measuring an individual’s personality in a work situation. It is not a measure of intelligence or ability, [...]

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