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personal characteristics that have been judged or evaluated; a person’s desirable or undesirable qualities
character
a person’s unique and relatively stable patterns of thinking, emotions, and behavior
personality
a stable, enduring quality that a person shows in most situations
personality trait
a style of personality defined by a group of related traits
personality type
a person whose attention is focused inward; ;a shy, reserved, self-focused person
introvert
a person whose attention is directed outward; a bold, outgoing person
extrovert
a person’s perception of his or her own personality traits
self-concept
regarding oneself as a worthwhile person; a positive evaluation of oneself
self-esteem
a system of concepts, assumptions, ideas, and principles used to understand and explain personality
personality theory
a face-to-face meeting held for the purpose of gaining information about an individual’s personal history, personality traits, current psychological state, and so forth
interview (personality)
an interview in which conversation is informal and topics are taken up freely as they arise
unstructured interview
an interview that follows a prearranged plan, usually a series of planned questions
structured interview
the tendency to generalize a favorable or unfavorable particular impression to unrelated details of personality
halo effect
assessing behavior through direct surveillance
direct observation
a list of personality traits or aspects of behavior on which a person is rated
rating scale
recording the frequency of various behaviors
behavioral assessment
simulating real-life conditions so that a person’s reactions may be directly observed
situational test
a paper-pencil test consisting of questions that reveal aspects of personality
personality questionaire
a test that gives the same score when different people correct it
objective test
the ability of a test to yield nearly the same score each time is given to the same person
reliability
the ability of a test to measure what it purports to measure
validity
one of the best known and most widely used objective personality questionnaire
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)
psychological tests that used ambiguous or unstructured stimuli
projective tests
a projective test that consists of 10 standardized inkblots
Rorsachach Ikblot Test
a projective test consisting of 10 different scenes and the the life situations about which respondents make up stories
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
