personality inventory
noun
: any of several tests that attempt to characterize the personality of an individual by objective scoring of replies to a large number of questions concerning his or her own behavior compare minnesota multiphasic personality inventory
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The first of the three assessments, the personality inventory, is what Hogan calls the bright side assessment.
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Trey Williams, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
Participants completed an online questionnaire and rated 24 different paintings before filling out a personality inventory that related back to the Big Five Model.
—Brianna Randall, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2021
Holle and his colleagues measured this and other personality traits using a test called the Big Five personality inventory.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2012
How might narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths stack up on this kind of personality inventory?
—Talkspace, Teen Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017
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Trey Williams, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
Participants completed an online questionnaire and rated 24 different paintings before filling out a personality inventory that related back to the Big Five Model.
—Brianna Randall, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2021
Holle and his colleagues measured this and other personality traits using a test called the Big Five personality inventory.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2012
How might narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths stack up on this kind of personality inventory?
—Talkspace, Teen Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017
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