Personality Tests
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Standardized objective tests designed to facilitate the evaluation of personality. |
Personality Tests Categories.
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Personality Inventory - Check list, usually to be filled out by a person about himself, consisting of many statements about personal characteristics which the subject checks. |
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Projective Techniques - Techniques whereby personality attributes are revealed through the subject's responses to relatively unstructured, ambiguous, or vague stimuli. These responses represent projections of the subject's own fears and needs. |
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Word Association Tests - Lists of words to which individuals are asked to respond ascertaining the conceptual meaning held by the individual. |
Personality Tests Definitions and Terms
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