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Definition of Personality test
1. Noun. Any test that is intended to assess personality.
Specialized synonyms: Projective Device, Projective Technique, Projective Test, Personality Assessment, Personality Inventory
Medical Definition of Personality test
1. Any of the category of psychological test's designed to test the characteristics of the personality, emotional status, mental disorder, etc., in contrast to an intelligence test. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Personality Test
Literary usage of Personality test
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Role of Psychological Tests in Education in South Africa: Issues by Kenneth Owen (1998)
"Depending on the purpose for which the test was developed, a personality test
measures certain constructs that have usually been identified on a theoretical ..."
2. EXPOSED Turn Up the Heat by Bruce F. Bowman (2006)
"When were you first aware Bruce F. Bowman would be given a true or false personality
test, the MMPI-2, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2? ..."
3. The Federal Service by Lewis Mayers (1922)
"Since the method of testing personality is almost invariably to bring the candidate
before an examining board for interview, the personality test suffers ..."
4. Military Recruiting: Dod Could Improve Its Recruiter Selection & Incentive edited by Carol R. Schuster (1998)
"... Force Uses a personality test to Screen Prospective Recruiters Recruiter
Screening Continues During the Training Process Enhanced Recruiter Selection ..."
5. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"... been validated in a variety of populations and cultures using the NEO-Personality
Inventory (NEO-PI), a personality test designed to assess normal adult ..."
6. Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel: Levels Needed for Cognitive And by Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2006)
"Other work using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI, the most
widely used personality test in the US) test and a set of French fatigue, ..."
7. Environmental Epidemiology by National Research Council (U. S.), National Research Council (1991)
"Profile of Mood Mood testing on 6 Affect States dimensions: anger, vigor, tension,
depression, fatigue, confusion 17. Minnesota Multiphasic personality test ..."