Psychology / Unit 10 Psych 1156 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Self-Report Inventories
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The idea
Self-report inventories measure personality through standardized questions the person answers about themselves.
In practice
A respondent rates agreement with several hundred statements about their usual behavior.
Where people slip
Self-report inventories are efficient and vulnerable to self-presentation. Validity scales exist for this reason.
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