mapp assessment

Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential (MAPP) Assessment : 

Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential (MAPP) Assessment Heather Churney Fall 2010

What is the MAPP Assessment? : 

What is the MAPP Assessment? MAPP is a motivation-based assessment that helps you identify your strengths. When answering the "preference" questions, don't think too much about each response. You should choose the statement that you Most prefer (aside from skill, knowledge or training) and the statement you Least prefer (aside from skill, knowledge, or training) and leave one statement Blank.

How Can I Access the MAPP? : 

How Can I Access the MAPP? www.assessment.com You must create a free account to access the test You will be prompted through about 8 screens with questions you are asked to answer You will receive a free evaluation after completing the test Note: The full evaluation is only available if you pay the fee

Testing Format : 

Testing Format This assessment is only available on-line There are 71 questions In each question there are three statements and you much choose “least,” “most and leave one blank You will continue this same format for all 71 questions The test takes approximately 20 minutes

Who Should Take this Test? : 

Who Should Take this Test? This test is designed for high school or college students This can be done in a class or through the counseling office. This test is also used by employers to determine strengths and personalities of potential employees

Sample Questions : 

Sample Questions

Evaluation : 

Evaluation Gives the students 20 career paths broken into 3 sections from most compatible to less compatible By clicking on the career it will give you more detailed information on specific careers that you may want to look into

Evaluation Cont. : 

Evaluation Cont. Interpretation in the following areas: Interest in Job Content Temperament for the Job Aptitude for the Job People Things Data Reasoning Mathematical Capacity Language

Interest in Job Content : 

Interest in Job Content Those tasks you want to perform Ex. – “Heather prefers to associate with others socially, organizationally, and recreationally. In addition to assuring company with others, association is an important arena and environment for interacting with people in a variety of ways: leadership, managing, supervising, communicating, serving, caring, etc. Other traits have to be considered to determine how and why Heather is motivated to associate and interact with others.”

Temperament for the Job : 

Temperament for the Job How you prefer to perform tasks Ex. – “Heather is strongly motivated to be organizationally active with others. Heather senses and accepts a certain degree of self-assumed responsibility for the good, growth, and gain of others.” “Heather prefers and needs change and variety. Change is motivating, stimulating, and energizing. Heather looks for new options, challenges, assignments, acquaintances, relationships, and even new careers in new places. Heather tires of sameness, repetition, and routine even in activities that were interesting at the start. Once things become routine for Heather, this becomes a motivation to move on to more interesting things.”

Aptitude for the Job : 

Aptitude for the Job Expression of performing tasks Ex. – “Heather is aware of details for their own sake, and sees the linkage and relationship associating that detail with something larger, unitary, and complete. Therefore detail is seen as a piece of the picture. If not seen as part of the known picture, it is seen as most likely important for a probable picture. In other words, Heather is motivated to build or fill something meaningful with what is at hand. This is a practical, objective, manipulative, or managerial orientation related to what must be or could be managed.”

People : 

People How you relate to people Ex. – “Heather feels both privilege and responsibility to use communication (including persuasion) to voluntarily provide beneficial information to others. This includes strongly motivated benevolent and literary traits. Self-satisfaction comes almost exclusively from the subjective realization that the information, voluntarily given, has been helpful to other persons. Heather is further motivated to learn and understand the other person(s) needs wishes and listening preferences. Non-persuasive service communication can become persuasive and persistent when expressed in the interest of someone needing Heather to stand up for them.”

Things : 

Things How you relate to things Ex. – “Heather is moderately motivated to be responsible for technical, operational control of tolerances and quality; for attainment of precise standards and identification of defects. (NOTE: This is a very important preference in industries where production, maintenance, and repair require exact precision, high quality, and almost zero in allowable defects or error).”

Data : 

Data How you relate to data Ex. – “Heather is motivated to coordinate (i.e., manage, manipulate, administer, etc.) that which is at hand to achieve planned, known or strategic objectives. This means that Heather prefers to do something functional, directional, and goal-oriented with thinking processes, decisions, and actions. When and how Heather coordinates can be determined by reviewing other traits.”

Reasoning : 

Reasoning How you relate to reasoning Ex. – “Heather's mental preferences include holistic and conceptual thinking, awareness of the essential meaning of things, ability to deal with abstract variables, consideration and selection of options. The big picture is kept in mind as Heather works with ideas, plans, or activities, which is where the motivational level is derived.”

Mathematical Capacity : 

Mathematical Capacity How you relate to the applied use of math Ex. – “Heather's preferences tend to be methodically curious, exploratory, analytical and systematic, with math as an important tool for such activity. However, math is not an end in itself but used more as a tool as just stated. Heather prefers to consider proof as a primary basis for thought.”

Language : 

Language How you relate to the use of language Ex. - Heather is motivated to describe, explain, teach, illustrate, and interpret. This is a journalistic trait dedicated to inform people. Social, leadership, influential, technical, service, and functional traits are involved as well. Therefore, it is necessary to review all worker traits to more closely identify Heather's preferences relative to this trait.”

Similar Tests : 

Similar Tests KUDER Career Assessment Myers Briggs Any test that is used to find strengths and possible career paths

Conclusion : 

Conclusion Positives This is a great, fast assessment No special training is required to administer Can be given to large groups of students at one time Negatives Some of the features have to be purchased The interpretation is fairly lengthy