Edwards Social Desirability Scale

a 39-item inventory derived from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and used to measure whether respondents are truthful in self-reports or are misrepresenting themselves in a way likely to be seen as positive by others. [developed in the 1950s by Allen L. Edwards]

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Psychology term of the day

December 23rd 2024

ambisexual

adj.

1. denoting individuals or characteristics that manifest no sex or gender dominance. Compare asexual.

2. an older term for bisexual (see bisexuality), now rarely used. —ambisexuality n.