Norberto Orozco Portales III IV 21 BSE Values Education majors

The HSPQ is a new aid for teachers,

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guidance counselors and for general clinical and research use. It is a standardized test that can be given within a class period to individuals or in groups, to yield a general assessment to personality development. Measures distinct (14) dimensions or traits of personality which have been found by psychologist to come near to covering the total personality By working with these 14 scores, the psychologist can obtain prediction of school achievement, vocational fitness, danger of delinquency, likelihood of leadership qualities, need for clinical help in neurotic

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The test is administered without a time limit but

can be complete by all, but the slowest readers finish in about 40-50 minutes per form. During the test meaning words may be explained to an examinee upon request, except for the intelligence scales no. (23, 24, 43, 44, 63, 64, 83, 84, 104, 124) The average time needed by high school pupils to finish the test will generally fall with in a class period of 50 to 60 minutes definitely better performance can insured in the slower examinees by calling out at 10, 20 and 30 minutes from the start. Individual testing can be carried out with essentially the same procedure as group testing

SCORING
Check to see that each question has been

given one and only one answers at the same time, not yet whether there are gross oddities of response which could upset the keys. Watch for the occasional child who makes all positions, or who proceeds mechanically to mark all right hand responses, etc. reject such answer sheet. Place cardboard stencil key no. 1 on the left hand side of the answer sheet adjusting it as described right to the key. All necessary instructions for applying the hand stencil key to get raw scores for 7 of the factor are

STANDARDIZATION:
Norms in Stens and Centiles
The main standard scores are stens, in

which a person can score from 1 to 10, but additionally, scores can be converted to centiles, which shows what rank the examinees would have in a group of a hundred people. To obtain the sten score or centile ranks, simply take a raw score you get from applying the scoring key and enter in the appropriate table in the tabular

INTERPRETING the SCORES

Each dimension is defined by two poles

or extremes. The left hand one description is a score at the low end of the stens (1, 2 and 3) and the right hand, at the high end (8, 9, and 10). Fourteen sources of information are really not too many to handle when one considers that a comprehensive description of personality is conveyed. The information can be packaged in even more condensed form in terms of three or four broad and therefore more

the 14 HSPQ Personality Factors

Low Sten Score Description Alphabetic High Sten Score Description Designation of Factor A boy/girl with low score is: Reserved, detached, critical, aloof, stiff Less intelligent, concrete thinking, of lower scholastic mental capacity Affected by feelings, emotionally less stable easily, upset, changeable A B A boy/girl with high score is: Warmhearted, outgoing, easygoing, participating More intelligent, abstract thinking, bright, of higher scholastic mental capacity Emotionally stable, mature, faces reality, calm, of higher ego stretch (not the same as egolistical)

the 14 HSPQ Personality Factors

Low Sten Score Description Alphabetic High Sten Score Description Designation of Factor A boy/girl with low score is: Obedient, mild, easily led, accommodating, submissive Sober, taciturn, Serious Disregards rules, expedient, has weaker super ego strength Shy, timid, threat sensitive E A boy/girl with high score is: Assertive, competitive, aggressive, stubborn, dominant Enthusiastic, heedless, happy-go-lucky Conscientious, persistent, moralistic stand, has stronger super ego strength Adventurous thick-skinned, socially bold

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the 14 HSPQ Personality Factors

Low Sten Score Description Alphabetic High Sten Score Description Designation of Factor A boy/girl with low score is: Zestful, likes group actions J A boy/girl with high score is: Circumspect individualism, reflective, internally restrained Apprehensive, selfreproducing, insecure, worrying, guilt prone Self sufficient, prefers own decision, resourceful Controlled, socially-precise, self-disciplined, compulsive, has high self concept control

Self assured, placid, secure, complacent, untroubled Socially group dependent, joiner and sound follower Uncontrolled, lax, follows own urges, careless of social rule, has low

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