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personality inventory

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A questionnaire that is scored to yield a profile of the particular traits or characteristics that make up the respondent's personality.

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personality inventory

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(Psychology) Psychol a form of personality test in which the subject answers questions about himself. The results are used to determine dimensions of personality, such as extroversion

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personality inventory - a questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person's personality traits; "a personality inventory is a direct test of personality, as contrasted with a projective test" personality assessment personality test - any test that is intended to assess personality questionnaire - a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information 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