Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
noun
Min·ne·so·ta Multiphasic Personality Inventory
ˌmi-nə-ˈsō-tə-ˌməl-ti-ˈfā-zik- 
-ˌməl-ˌtī-
: a test of personal and social adjustment based on a complex scaling of the answers to an elaborate true or false test
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The Rorschach inkblot test was in use, as were the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a 567-item questionnaire, and the Thematic Apperception Test, developed by the Harvard psychologist Henry Murray.
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
noun
Min·ne·so·ta Mul·ti·pha·sic Personality Inventory
ˌmin-ə-ˈsōt-ə-ˌməl-ti-ˈfā-zik-, -ˌməl-ˌtī-
: a test of personal and social adjustment based on a complex scaling of the answers to an elaborate true or false test
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