Multidimensional scaling of terms used to describe personality.
1970
H Gerjuoy, and
B S Aaronson
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D010552
Personality Assessment
The determination and evaluation of personality attributes by interviews, observations, tests, or scales. Articles concerning personality measurement are considered to be within scope of this term.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012659
Semantic Differential
Analysis of word concepts by the association of polar adjectives, e.g., good-bad, with the concept, father. The adjectives are usually scaled in 7 steps. The subject's placement of the concept on the adjectival scale indicates the connotative meaning of the concept.