EXPERIENCING PERSONALITY ASSESSMENTS AND APPLYING TO ONE’S GOALS Descriptive (

 
EXPERIENCING PERSONALITY ASSESSMENTS AND APPLYING TO ONE’S GOALS
Descriptive (non-clinical) personality assessments are often used to better understand your personality traits and individual strengths and then apply that information to better understand yourself and/or guide your development. This week you will complete three of the following online personality tests similar in kind to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R), as well as Grit Scale, Mindset Assessment, or Type A Personality Test, and analyze the role culture may have played in the results, as well as how the results might be used to help you achieve your personal goals.
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 
TO PREPARE
Review the Learning Resources about SMART goals and goal setting
Complete three of the following online personality tests, accessible through your Learning Resources, and save the results to use to complete this Assignment: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R), Grit Scale, Mindset Assessment, and Type A Personality Test.
Review the results of the three descriptive personality tests you completed.
Consider the role you believe culture played in the personality assessment you completed. 
ASSIGNMENT (2–3 PAGES, IN ADDITION TO TITLE PAGE AND REFERENCES)
Part 1: Applying Personality Assessment Results to Personal and Professional Goals 
Review the personal and professional goals that you described for this week’s discussion question.
Explain how the information you learned from the results of each of the three (3) descriptive personality assessments you completed this week might be used to help you achieve your stated goals.
Part 2: The Role of Culture in Personality Assessments
Explain the role you believe culture played in the results of the three descriptive personality assessments you completed. 
In addition to the Learning Resources, search the Walden Library and/or internet for peer-reviewed articles to support your Assignment. Use proper APA format and citations, including those in the Learning Resources.
REFERENCES/RESOURCES
 
Chu, J. P., Maruyama, B. A., Elefant, A., & Bongar, B. (2016). Diversity and assessment. In U. Kumar (Ed.), The Wiley handbook of personality assessment (pp. 134–145). Wiley. Download The Wiley handbook of personality assessment (pp. 134–145). Wiley.Credit Line: ​The Wiley Handbook of Personality Assessment by Kumar, U. Copyright 2016 by JOHN WILEY & SONS. Reprinted by permission of JOHN WILEY & SONS via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Mindset Works. (2012). Mindset assessment profile tool.Links to an external site.
Note: You will complete the  Mindset Assessment Profile Tool and save your results to use in completing this week’s Assignment. 
MindTools. (2020). SMART goals: How to make your goals achievableLinks to an external site. [Multimedia file].
Note: You will create SMART Goals in completing this week’s Assignment. 
Rohn, J. (2019). 4 Tips for Setting Powerful Goals. Success.Links to an external site.
Note: You will create SMART Goals in completing this week’s Assignment.