“a personality inventory is a direct test of personality, as contrasted with a projective test”
- Synonyms:
- personality assessment
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self-report inventory, self-report personality inventory
a personality inventory in which a person is asked which of a list of traits and characteristics describe her or him or to indicate which behaviors and hypothetical choices he or she would make
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CPI, California Personality Inventory
a self-report personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI; consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc.
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EPI, Eysenck Personality Inventory
a self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism)
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MMPI, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
a self-report personality inventory consisting of 550 items that describe feelings or actions which the person is asked to agree with or disagree with; many scales estimating traits and qualities of personality have been developed using MMPI items
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16 PF, Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
a self-report personality inventory developed by Raymond B. Cattell to measure the 16 personality dimensions that emerged from his factor analysis of a wide range of traits
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personality test
any test that is intended to assess personality
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questionnaire
a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information
