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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Participants looked at composite face images created from using images of individuals with extremely high or low scores on personality inventories, and participants were asked to guess which face had more of a particular trait.
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The first of the three assessments, the personality inventory, is what Hogan calls the bright side assessment.
—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
How might narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths stack up on this kind of personality inventory?
—Talkspace, Teen Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017
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Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The first of the three assessments, the personality inventory, is what Hogan calls the bright side assessment.
—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
How might narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths stack up on this kind of personality inventory?
—Talkspace, Teen Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017
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“Personality inventory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personality%20inventory. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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