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. 

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