self-report personality inventory
- noun
- Specialized
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inventario de personalidad de autoinforme
- Many employers use a self-report personality inventory during the hiring process to evaluate potential candidates.
Examples
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The second type of integrity measure, assessing more generalized patterns of behavior, is often included in standardized self-report personality inventories.
Academic text (1994) -
Given these considerations, the results obtained in this study would lead one to question the routine application of integrity testing or self-report personality inventories in employee screening.
Academic text (1994) -
The psychologist asked me to complete a self-report personality inventory to better understand my traits.
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After taking the self-report personality inventory, I discovered new insights about my behavior and preferences.
Synonyms
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9.9
A short questionnaire that measures personality traits like being outgoing or nervous
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2.8
A test that shows what kind of person someone is
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5.1
A test that measures how people think, learn, or behave
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6.5
A list of questions that asks about a person's feelings, thoughts and behaviour
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4.2
A test with questions to find out how a person thinks, feels, and behaves
A questionnaire where people answer questions about their own thoughts, feelings or actions
A questionnaire of yes or no questions that measures people's personality and behavior
A standard test people fill in to measure 16 basic personality traits
How Self-Reported
- Specialized
- Specialized
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6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
self-report + personality + inventory
The phrase is compositional: 'self-report' literally means a report provided by oneself (self + report), and 'personality inventory' is a list/test of personality traits (personality + inventory). A B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer this denotes a questionnaire/assessment about one’s own personality, a pattern common across languages and standard in English compounding.
Etymology
Self-report personality inventory comes from the simple image of a self-report—a person giving information 'about yourself'—and an inventory, a basic 'list' of traits or questions to check. That's why it means a test where people answer questions to show their 'personality'.