I. The Five Paradigms and Their Convergences 1. The Psychodynamic Paradigm 2. The Interpersonal Paradigm 3. The Personological Paradigm 4. The Multivariate Paradigm 5. The Empirical Paradigm 6. Convergences among Paradigms: The Individual and Society II. A Collaborative Case Study 7. Personological Assessment, McAdams 8. Psychodynamic Assessment, Behrends and Blatt 9. Interpersonal Assessment, Pincus and Gurtman 10. Multivariate Assessment, Costa and Piedmont 11. Empirical Assessment, Ben Porath 12. Constructive Alternativism in Personality Assessment, Trobst and Wiggins Appendix A. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Protocol Appendix B 1. Rorschach Protocol Appendix B 2. Rorschach Scoring Appendix B 3. Rorschach Scoring Summary Appendix C. Object Relations Inventory (ORI) Protocol