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Self-Report Inventories

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Self-report inventories measure personality through standardized questions the person answers about themselves.

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A respondent rates agreement with several hundred statements about their usual behavior.

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Self-report inventories are efficient and vulnerable to self-presentation. Validity scales exist for this reason.