personality inventory
Noun: A standardized questionnaire or assessment tool designed to systematically measure and describe an individual's characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving—their personality traits. It contrasts with indirect, projective tests of personality.
A personality inventory is typically administered in psychological, clinical, or occupational settings. Respondents answer a series of questions about their preferences, behaviors, and reactions, often using a Likert scale (e.g., "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree"). The results yield a profile describing the individual on various trait dimensions.
- As part of the hiring process, candidates completed a personality inventory to assess their suitability for team-based roles.
- The psychologist used a well-validated personality inventory to help the client understand their interpersonal style.
- Research studies often employ a personality inventory to correlate specific traits with behavioral outcomes.
- Objective Assessment: A personality inventory is considered an objective test because it uses standardized questions and scoring, unlike subjective projective techniques.
- Trait Taxonomy: Many inventories are built upon established trait models, such as the Five-Factor Model (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism).
- Personality Test: A broader term that can include both inventories and projective tests.
- Self-Report Inventory: A more specific term emphasizing that the individual reports on their own characteristics.
- Trait Inventory: A type of personality inventory focused specifically on measuring personality traits.
- Personality assessment
- Personality questionnaire
- Psychometric inventory
Not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. The term is used in its literal, technical sense.
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a questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person's personality traits
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a personality inventory is a direct test of personality, as contrasted with a projective test
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