Personality Inventories

Definition

Personality inventories are questionnaires designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors assessing several personality traits at once.

Related terms

Big Five Personality Traits:

A model that describes five major dimensions of human personality—openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism (OCEAN).

MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory):

A widely used structured psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology.

Trait Theory:

A psychological framework that focuses on identifying measurable characteristics that define an individual's behavior.