personality assessment

/ˈpʌrsnˌælədi əˌsɛsmənt/

Definitions of personality assessment

1. noun

   a questionnaire that is supposed to yield a description of a person's personality traits
   synonyms: personality inventory

   types:

   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

   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.

   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)

   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

   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

   type of:

   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