Assessment Methods and Techniques

Question 1

Psychological tests for assessment and diagnostic purposes

Answer 1

Beck Depression Inventory
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Rorschach Inkblot Test
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
Thematic Apperception Test
Wechsler INtelligence Scale

Question 2

Beck Depression Inventory

Answer 2

21 item test, presented in multiple choice formats that assesses the presence and degree of depression in adolescents and adults

Question 3

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality INventory

Answer 3

The MMPI is an objective verbal inventory designed as a personality test for the assessment of psychopathology consisting of 550 statements, 16 of which are repeated

Question 4

Myers-Briggs Type indicator

Answer 4

a forced-choice, self-report inventory that attempts to classify individuals along four theoretically independent dimensions. The first dimension is a general attitude toward the world, either extroverted (E) or introverted (I). The second dimension, perceptions, is divided between sensation (S) and intuition (N). The third dimension is that of processing. Once information is received, it is processed in either a thinking (T) or feeling (F) style. The final dimension is judging (J) versus perceiving (P).

Question 5

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Answer 5

Client responses to inkblots are used to assess perceptual reactions and other psychological functioning It is one of the most widely used projective tests.

Question 6

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

Answer 6

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale is designed for the testing of cognitive abilities. It provides verbal, performance, and full-scale scores for children and adults.

Question 7

Thematic Apperception Test

Answer 7

another widely used projective test. Consists of a series of pictures of ambiguous scenes. Clients are asked to make up stories or fantasies concerning what is happening, has happened, and is going to happen in the scenes, along with a description of their thoughts and feelings.

Question 8

Wechsler Intelligence Scale

Answer 8

Designed as a measure of a child’s intersectional and cognitive ability. It has four index scale and a full index score.