Honesty Blind Spots

This metric shows two indirect personality proxies related to selective disclosure and self-serving presentation. The questionnaire does not evaluate specific statements, omitted details, factual accuracy, intent, or deception:

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Integrity Blind Spots

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Omission Tendency

Not elevated

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Fabrication Tendency

Not elevated

Only unusually high patterns receive a score here.

This metric doesn't measure honesty directly, but rather reveals the "blind spots" in your integrity—the unconscious styles you might lean toward when not telling the full truth. The metric analyzes your tendency toward two different styles:

Omission:The tendency to withhold certain facts, not necessarily to deceive, but often as a defensive strategy to avoid conflict or awkward situations.
Fabrication:The tendency to embellish or exaggerate facts to make them more persuasive or exciting. This skill can be useful in fields like sales and marketing that require highlighting benefits, but it carries the risk of eroding trust if not used cautiously.

What this means

Omission:
A cautious and socially reserved pattern that may relate to being selective about what you share. It does not show that you withheld information or intended to deceive.
Fabrication:
A combined pattern of lower straightforwardness and lower modesty that may relate to self-serving or embellished self-presentation. It does not show that you invented facts.

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Shows two indirect personality proxies related to selective disclosure and self-serving presentation. The scores do not record lies, withheld facts, intent, or observed behavior.