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  2. Adjustment (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In general, a person that is well-adjusted will have the following characteristics: An understanding of personal strengths and weaknesses and a tendency to play up strengths while limiting the appearance of weaknesses; Personal respect and appreciation, a well-adjusted individual finds themselves to be inherently valuable

  3. Jenkins activity survey - Wikipedia

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    Within human psychology, the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) is one of the most widely used methods of assessing Type A behavior. The Jenkins Activity Survey is a psychometric survey of behavior and attitude designed to identify persons showing signs of Type A behavior. The test is multiple choice and self-administered.

  4. Item response theory - Wikipedia

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    IRT is based on the idea that the probability of a correct/keyed response to an item is a mathematical function of person and item parameters. (The expression "a mathematical function of person and item parameters" is analogous to Lewin's equation, B = f(P, E), which asserts that behavior is a function of the person in their environment.) The ...

  5. Maladjustment - Wikipedia

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    Maladjustment is a term used in psychology to refer the "inability to react successfully and satisfactorily to the demand of one's environment". [1] The term maladjustment can be referred to a wide range of social, biological and psychological conditions. [2] Maladjustment can be both intrinsic or extrinsic.

  6. Psychological testing - Wikipedia

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    [1] A psychological test is often designed to measure unobserved constructs, also known as latent variables. Psychological tests can include a series of tasks, problems to solve, and characteristics (e.g., behaviors, symptoms) the presence of which the respondent affirms/denies to varying degrees.

  7. Personality Assessment Inventory - Wikipedia

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    The development methodology was based on several advances that the field of personality assessment was witnessing at the time. Due to the fuzzy nature of constructs (concepts) in psychology, it is very difficult to use criterion-referenced approaches, such as those used in some parts of medicine (e.g. pregnancy tests).

  8. Personality test - Wikipedia

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    A personality test is a method of assessing human personality constructs.Most personality assessment instruments (despite being loosely referred to as "personality tests") are in fact introspective (i.e., subjective) self-report questionnaire (Q-data, in terms of LOTS data) measures or reports from life records (L-data) such as rating scales.

  9. Interpersonal circumplex - Wikipedia

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    Theoretically speaking, the most well-adjusted person of the planet could have their personality mapped at the exact center of the circumplex, right at the intersection of the two axes, while individuals exhibiting extremes in personality would be located on the circumference of the circle.