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California Psychological Inventory, Third Edition (CPI)

Title:

California Psychological Inventory

Author:

Gough, Harrison G; Bradley, Pamela

Year:

1956-1996

Publisher:

The Myers-Briggs Company

Description:

Purpose: Designed to assess personality characteristics and to predict what people will say and do in specified contexts. Population: Ages 13 years and over. Publication Dates: 1956-1996. Acronym: CPI. Scores, 36: 20 Folk Scales: Dominance (Do), Capacity for Status (Cs), Sociability (Sy), Social Presence (Sp), Self-Acceptance (Sa), Independence (In), Empathy (Em), Responsibility (Re), Socialization (So), Self-Control (Sc), Good Impression (Gi), Communality (Cm), Well-Being (Wb), Tolerance (To), Achievement via Conformance (Ac), Achievement via Independence (Ai), Intellectual Efficiency (Ie), Psychological-Mindedness (Py), Flexibility (Fx), Femininity/Masculinity (Fm); 3 Vector Scales: v. 1 (Internality/Externality), v. 2 (Norm Questioning/Norm Favoring), v. 3 (Self-Realization), plus 13 Special Purpose scales: Managerial Potential, Work Orientation, Creative Temperament, Leadership, Amicability, Law Enforcement Orientation, Tough-mindedness, Baucom Scale for Masculinity, Baucom Scale for Femininity, Leventhal Scale for Anxiety, Wink-Gough Scale for Narcissism, Dicken Scale for Social Desirability, Dicken Scale for Aquiescence.

Age Range:

13 and over

Administration:

Individual and group

Inventory:

Check with librarian

Location:

Chicago and DC (no manual)

Notes:

Foreign Language Editions: French, German, Italian, and Spanish editions available in an earlier edition.

Qualification Level:

C

Test Category:

Personality