title: Two assessments, by and for the assessor.
abstract: In this article, I describe 2 assessment experiences, 1 in graduate school and the other more recently, which taught me important personal lessons. Both of the experiences helped me grow as a psychologist and helped me in my own personal life as well. Both experiences dealt with highly personal central issues in my life; the first concerning the development of empathy and the second, important issues centering around aging and death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0900, USA. bhhandler@aol.com
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Handler
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D003643:Death; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011584:Psychology; D014481:United States