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Personality meaning and personality tests

             Personality of a person can be defined as the set of behaviors that makes the person unique and different from others. Behaviors of a person is formed by the attitudes, emotions, motivation level and thought patterns of a person. Temperament, parenting style of parents and socioeconomic environment in which one is grown up also influences an individual’s personality. There are varied personality types and structures which are seen in the population. Different   tests are formulated by many experts to assess an individual’s personality traits. Some of them are mentioned below. 1)     Myers Briggs type indicator(MBTI Test) 2)     Stanford- Binet IQ Test 3)     Eysenck personality questionnaire 4)     Neo Pi-R(Big five personality test) 5)     Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory(MMPI) 6)     16 PF(Personality factor)- Cat...