Quick Study: Psychological Tests

Question 1

Intelligence scale for an adult (16+) that measures cognitive ability or intelligence reflected in verbal and performance abilities.

Answer 1

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition

Question 2

To assess personality characteristics and underlying thought disorders among children and adults with 10 abstract inkblot images

Answer 2

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Question 3

For children (5+) and adults; shows a series of ambiguous human figure scenes and ask to make up stories about what client sees.
This is to assess personality and analyzes the stories to gain insight of client's view of the world and attitudes towards the self and others.

Answer 3

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Question 4

To assess psychopathology and personality characteristics; only for adults and subject answers 550 True or False statements

Answer 4

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Question 5

To assess DSM-5 related disorders; 175 True or False question, only for adults.

Answer 5

Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV (MCMI-IV)

Question 6

Used to measure the severity of depression and is composed of items relating to symptoms of depression.
21 questions; for individuals 13+.

Answer 6

Beck Depression Inventory

Question 7

Simple questions to screen for cognitive impairments, commonly dementia.

Answer 7

Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE)

Question 8

To assess visual-motor skills in children and adults.

Answer 8

The BEERY VMI (Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual- Motor Integration)