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Eysenck Personality Inventory

Eysenck Personality Inventory

9.2
A set of questions people answer to see if they are outgoing or shy and how steady their feelings are
  • noun
  • /ˈaɪzəŋk pərˈsɒnəlɪti ɪnˈvɛntəri/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Inventario de Personalidad de Eysenck
  • The Eysenck Personality Inventory is widely used in psychology to evaluate a person's level of extraversion and neuroticism.

Examples

  • Tools for data collection in this research are the Eysenck Personality Inventory (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1964), used for assessing the mother's personality, and a drawing test.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Eysenck Personality Inventory (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1964).

    Academic text (2009)

  • Eysenck Personality Inventory.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Eysenck Personality Inventory assessed neuroticism, extroversion, and psychotic aspects in the mother's personality.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Researchers often implement the Eysenck Personality Inventory to gain insights into individual personality traits during studies.

  • Many therapists recommend the Eysenck Personality Inventory as a tool for understanding their clients' psychological profiles.

Synonyms

EPI
vsEysenck Personality Inventory
  • Specialized
65 9.9

A short questionnaire that measures personality traits like being outgoing or nervous

is the full formal name rather than the short abbreviation

Surface Forms

Eysenck Personality Inventory singular

Morphology

Eysenck + personality + inventory

The compound 'personality inventory' transparently combines 'personality' (traits) with 'inventory' (a list/record), so a learner who knows those words can reasonably guess it is a measure or list relating to personality. However, the proper name 'Eysenck' and the specialised sense of 'inventory' as a psychological questionnaire are not obvious to a B1 learner, so the exact meaning (a specific self-report test assessing traits) is not fully derivable.

Etymology

Eysenck Personality Inventory is named after Hans Eysenck, the psychologist who made a short list of questions to study personality. Think of inventory as a checklist: people answer simple items about being outgoing or nervous, so the name now means that specific questionnaire used to measure those traits.