9.5.4 Personality Tests

The Congruence Personality Scale Form 1 (CPS-1) is an example of a personality test used to facilitate career decision-making. 

The CPS-1 assesses how a person prefers to relate to others, how people react to pressure, how dependable they are in performing tasks, how they approach problem solving and how they behave in a group.

It is designed to assess the following personality traits:

• Social Orientation - assesses individual differences in people's preferences for social activity and social interaction;
• Cognitive Orientation - assesses individual differences in people's preferences for thinking about and solving problems;
• Interpersonal Orientation - assesses individual differences in people's preferences for relating to other individuals and how they handle conflict with others;
• Task Orientation - assesses individual differences in people's preferences for how they approach tasks; and
• Emotional Orientation - assesses individual differences in people's reaction to stress and pressure.