Testing

Question 1

Frontal assessment battery

Answer 1

• to test for dysexecutive syndrome
• Including sections for Abstract reasoning, mental flexibility, motor programming, conflicting instructions, Go-No-Go, prehension behaviour

Question 2

Abstract reasoning

Answer 2

How are an apple and a pear different and similar?

Question 3

Mental flexibility

Answer 3

-verbal fluency number of words beginning with letter L in one minute

Question 4

Motor programming

Answer 4

• Luria’s motor series

- the hand movement one

Question 5

Conflicting instructions

Answer 5

-‘ when I tap twice, you tap once’

Question 6

Prehension behaviour

Answer 6

-Tell patient not to take your hands. Place their hands palm up on their knee’s and then touch them

Question 7

Perseveration

Answer 7

• repetition of a particular response (such as a word, phrase, or gesture) regardless of the absence or cessation of a stimulus.
• It is usually caused by a brain injury or other organic disorder.

Question 8

National Adult reading test

Answer 8

• tests pre-morbid intelligence

- consists of irregularly spelt words that must be read correctly

Question 9

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Answer 9

The most widely used IQ test, for both adults and older adolescents, in the world

Question 10

Tower Of London test

Answer 10

• assesses executive functioning and planning

- similar to tower of Hanoi

Question 11

Raven’s progressive matrices

Answer 11

• nonverbal group test typically used in educational settings.
• measures abstract reasoning and regarded as a non-verbal estimate of fluid intelligence.

Question 12

Stroop test

Answer 12

• shows words that are the names of colours but printed in a different colour
• must say the colour they see

Question 13

Sally Anne Test

Answer 13

BarenCohen- test for Autistic children- Sally puts a marble in a basket and leaves the room. Anne takes the marble and puts it in the box. Where will Sally look for the marble?

Question 14

Projective personality test

Answer 14

- assess unconscious material. Quite abstract
Rorschach Inkblot
Thematic Apperception Test
Draw-A-Person test
Sentence completion tests

Question 15

Objective personality tests

Answer 15

-very structured and clear questions and aims.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF)
NEO Personality Inventory
Esyenck personality test (EPQ)

Question 16

Thurstone scale

Answer 16

• attitude scale

- rank how much they agree or disagree with a statement ( this has already been ranked by experts)

Question 17

Likert scale

Answer 17

-respondents are asked to indicate a degree of agreement or disagreement with each of a series of statements.

Question 18

Semantic Differential Scale

Answer 18

• personality test

- scales polar ends of personality

Question 19

Goldstein Scheerer Object Sort Test

Answer 19

• used to assess abstract thinking and how well concepts are formed.
• The patient is required to sort objects by colour or material, copy block patterns with coloured cubes.