| personality integration | The effective organization of old and new experience, data, and emotional capacities into the personality; the harmonious organization of the personality. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| personality inventory | Check list, usually to be filled out by a person about himself, consisting of many statements about personal characteristics which the subject checks. (12 Dec 1998) |
| personality profile | A method by which the results of psychological testing are presented in graphic form, a vignette or brief personality description. (05 Mar 2000) |
| personality test | 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) |
| personality tests | Standardised objective tests designed to facilitate the evaluation of personality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory | A questionnaire type of psychological test for ages 16 and over, with 550 true-false statements coded in 4 validity and 10 personality scales which may be administered in both an individual or group format. Synonym: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory test | A questionnaire type of psychological test for ages 16 and over, with 550 true-false statements coded in 4 validity and 10 personality scales which may be administered in both an individual or group format. Synonym: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compulsive personality | A personality characterised by rigidity, extreme inhibition, perfectionism, and excessive concern with conformity and adherence to standards of conscience either for the individual or for others. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compulsive personality disorder | <psychology> A personality disorder which is characterised by the avoidance of feelings, emotion and intimacy within a framework of strict adherence to rules and order. (05 Jan 1998) |
| multiple personality | A dissociative disorder in which two or more distinct conscious personality's alternately prevail in the same person, without any personality being aware of the other. See: dual personality. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multiple personality disorder | A dissociative disorder in which the individual adopts two or more distinct personalities. Each personality is a fully integrated and complex unit with memories, behaviour patterns and social friendships. Transition from one personality to another is sudden. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cyclothymic personality | A personality disorder in which a person experiences regularly alternating periods of elation and depression, (see bipolar illness) usually not related to external circumstances or situation. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cyclothymic personality disorder | A personality disorder in which a person experiences regularly alternating periods of elation and depression, (see bipolar illness) usually not related to external circumstances or situation. (27 Sep 1997) |
| schizoid personality | A disorder characterised by social withdrawal, emotional coldness or aloofness, and indifference to praise or criticism from others. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schizoid personality disorder | An individual who is isolated, cold and indifferent. (27 Sep 1997) |