Personality tests
Question 1
Personality tests help one have a better understanding of an individual’s traits and temperaments. The tests may be of use to the person undertaking it, managers, employers, physicians, and other people to whom the information may be of use. People may respond dishonestly on the tests for their different reasons depending on the context. In a job application setting, for example, the tests are used by employers to be able to know the kind of person one is (Nikolaou & Oostrom, 2015). A person may lie to portray themselves better than they are for them to stand a better chance of being hired. An individual may also cheat to avoid to be embarrassed during counseling and not want to deal with the consequences. In a clinical setting, for instance, the individuals may be in denial and may, therefore, cheat in a test to seem fine.
Question 2
Lying in a personality test has its effects as it gives rise to certain issues. If lying is detected in a personality test, the test makers may ask an individual to repeat the test. In some organizations, the fake tests are excluded, and therefore, in a job setting, for example, one may not be hired. One may tend to think they know what the organization is looking for and therefore manipulate their answers, which may end up to be unsuitable. As a result, one misses out on a chance that would have been available if one was honest. Also, the chances of one getting a job on fake pretense are very slim . in any case, an individual is hired in a position that he is not qualified; the persons end up to be miserable and may also be fired in the long run. The psychometrics would be concerned with the fake personality tests since they use the tests to measure the mental capacities, which would be made impossible if people were to lie.
References
Nikolaou, I., & Oostrom, J. K. (Eds.). (2015). Employee recruitment, selection, and assessment: Contemporary issues for theory and practice. Psychology Press.