http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/browse/18/30?thumbs=yes&f_last_id=&browseby=list This is a file listing from PocketKnowledge This is a file listing from PocketKnowledge en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:14:09 EDT Various: PocketKnowledge Digital Archiving http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/viewfile/69 Developed in 1954 and revised just once in 1959, the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule is still a widely-used assessment of "normal" personality. The instrument examines fifteen independent "manifest needs" of normal personality, one of which is heterosexuality. This paper argues that the EPPS should be removed from all counselors' assessment repertoires, as it does harm not only to LGBTQ test subjects, but also to society in general, as its administration to any client perpetuates heterosexism and the supremacy of the binary gender system. Developed in 1954 and revised just once in 1959, the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule is still a widely-used assessment of "normal" personality. The instrument examines fifteen independent "manifest needs" of normal personality, one of which is heterosexuality. This paper argues that the EPPS should be removed from all counselors' assessment repertoires, as it does harm not only to LGBTQ test subjects, but also to society in general, as its administration to any client perpetuates heterosexism and the supremacy of the binary gender system. Suzanne E. Bonfiglio Suzanne E. Bonfiglio Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:06:00 -0400 EPPS, personality assessments, heterosexism, sexual discrimination, gender discrimination, counseling ethics, cultural psychology, assessment, references, resources http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/viewfile/69 http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/browse/18/30?thumbs=yes&f_last_id=&browseby=list http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/viewfile/68 Developed in 1954 and revised just once in 1959, the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule is still a widely-used assessment of "normal" personality. The instrument examines fifteen independent "manifest needs" of normal personality, one of which is heterosexuality. This paper argues that the EPPS should be removed from all counselors' assessment repertoires, as it does harm not only to LGBTQ test subjects, but also to society in general, as its administration to any client perpetuates heterosexism and the supremacy of the binary gender system. Developed in 1954 and revised just once in 1959, the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule is still a widely-used assessment of "normal" personality. The instrument examines fifteen independent "manifest needs" of normal personality, one of which is heterosexuality. This paper argues that the EPPS should be removed from all counselors' assessment repertoires, as it does harm not only to LGBTQ test subjects, but also to society in general, as its administration to any client perpetuates heterosexism and the supremacy of the binary gender system. Suzanne E. Bonfiglio Suzanne E. Bonfiglio Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:06:00 -0400 EPPS, personality assessments, heterosexism, sexual discrimination, gender discrimination, counseling ethics, cultural psychology, assessment http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/viewfile/68 http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/browse/18/30?thumbs=yes&f_last_id=&browseby=list