After looking for details regarding a specific leadership test on the Internet for a term paper in my final Industrial and Organizational Psychology course for my Ph. D in psychology, I came upon a plethora of psychological tests of all sorts. I was amazed but at the same time somewhat worried about their use - or misuse. To be precise, I'm talking about free, multiple-choice personality tests that provide results directly online and often don't take more than 15 minutes or so to complete.
Hundreds now exist on the Web.
These questions are at the essence of personality psychology. Some psychologists compare our everyday life to a play in which we put on different faces or play different roles for different audiences. The pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, and emotional traits of an individual. And this stance can be justified. Still, some psychological professional practice standards committees, decry online tests' lack of accountability.