Personality Assessment
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The determination and evaluation of personality attributes by interviews, observations, tests, or scales. Articles concerning personality measurement are considered to be within scope of this term. |
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by a professional; differentiate from PERSONALITY INVENTORY (by the person himself); DF: PERSONALITY ASSESS |
Personality Assessment Categories.
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Q-Sort - A personality assessment technique in which the subject or observer indicates the degree to which a standardized set of descriptive statements actually describes the subject. The term reflects "sorting" procedures occasionally used with this technique. |
Personality Assessment Definitions and Terms
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