personality test

/ˈpʌrsnˌælədi tɛst/

Other forms: personality tests

Definitions of personality test

1. noun

   any test that is intended to assess personality
   types:

   projective device, projective technique, projective test

   any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations

   personality assessment, personality inventory

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

   Rorschach, Rorschach test, inkblot test

   a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots; subjects state what they see in the inkblot

   TAT, Thematic Apperception Test

   a projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture

   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

   type of:

   mental test, mental testing, psychometric test, test

   any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc