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Personality Inventory

By Dawn Rosenberg McKay, About.com

Definition: A personality inventory is an assessment tool used to determine which of these personality types a person falls into: extroverted, introverted, thinking, feeling, sensing, intuitive, judging, and perceptive. It is used as part of a self assessment done for career planning purposes.
Examples:
The career counselor administered a personality inventory called the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).
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