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personality test

n.

A test, usually involving a standardized series of questions or tasks, used to describe or evaluate a subject's personality traits.

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personality test,

any of a variety of standardized tests used in the evaluation or assessment of various facets of personality structure, emotional status, and behavioral traits. Compare achievement test, aptitude test, intelligence test, psychologic test. See also Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.

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personality,

n 1. the sum total of a patient's ideas, emotions, and behavior, including the rational and irrational, the conscious and unconscious, and the defensive and learned behavior patterns. It develops from both genetic factors and environmental factors. Thus the patient brings to a dental office an individual personality syndrome. It may be a well-adjusted, stable personality; a depressed, anxious, neurotic personality; or a manic, schizophrenic, psychotic personality. Patients have a broad spectrum of healthy and disordered personalities.
n 2. the characteristics of a person by which other people evaluate him or her.

personality assessment,

n See personality test.

personality disorder,

n a disruption in relatedness manifested in any of a large group of mental disorders characterized by rigid, inflexible, and maladaptive behavior patterns that impair a person's ability to function in society.

personality test,

n a standardized test used in the evaluation of various facets of personality structure, emotional status, and behavioral traits.

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personality test

Psychology Any psychological test–eg, Rorschach ink-blot test or multiple choice California Psychological Inventory–designed to objectively measure certain facets of a person's personality and possibly predict the ability to function in the workplace; some experts believe that PTs are of little use and poorly predictive of future behavior; CF IQ test