Psychological tests are measurement tools used to quantify behavior and understand predictions about behavior. There are three main types of psychological tests: tests of maximal performance like intelligence tests, behavior observation tests like projective tests, and self-report measures like questionnaires. Intelligence tests like the Wechsler scales measure cognitive abilities while projective tests like the Rorschach inkblots and Thematic Apperception Test reveal unconscious aspects of personality. Other tests include the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for personality typing, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for psychopathology screening, and NEO Personality Inventory for the big five personality traits.

1. PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST AND ITS
TYPES

2. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST?
A measurement device or technique used to
quantify/measure behavior or help in the
understanding and prediction of behavior.

3. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
VS.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSESSMENT

4. TYPES OF TESTS
Three general categories:
1. Tests of Maximal Performance
2. Behavior observation
3. Self-report measures

5. TESTS OF MAXIMAL
PERFORMANCE
• Wechsler intelligence test
• Luscher color test

6. TESTS OF MAXIMAL PERFORMANCE
Measures of
intelligence
are maximum
performance
tests
Wechsler
intelligence
test: 3 types
1. WAIS:
Wechsler adult
intelligence
scale- for adult
and the most
commonly
used includes
11 subsets 6
verbal and 5
performance.
2. WISC:
Wechsler
intelligence
scale for
children.
3. WPPSI:
Wechsler
preschool and
primary scale
of intelligence.
Wechsler intelligence test

8. LUSCHER COLOR TEST

9. LUSCHER COLOR TEST
• invented by Dr. Max Lüscher in Basel,
Switzerland.
• Max Lüscher believed that perception of
color is objective, but that color likings are
subjective, and that this difference allows
subjective states to be objectively
measured by using test colors.
THE TEST
After subjects placed the cards in order
from most liked to least liked, they were
asked to evaluate the level to which
their personalities matched the
descriptive statements formed by
Lüscher of each color.

10. LUSCHER COLOR
TEST

11. • 3rd and 4th Position These two show the situation in
which he actually feels himself to be.
• 5th and 6th these show that their characteristics are not
being rejected, but simply set aside and not currently in
use, they could be brought into use at any time if need
to be.
• 7th and 8th Position These colors represent a “turning
away from”. These are the colors that are most disliked.

12. MEANING OF COLORS
•BLUE
Communication, Peace and calm,
Honesty, Spirituality, Wisdom.
Green
Harmony and balance, healing, growth,
hope.
Yellow
Mind and intellect, happiness and fun,
communication of new ideas,
Red
Energy, action, desire, passion.
Violet
Imagination, inspiration, individuality.
Gray
Neutrality, compromise, control.
Brown
Stability, structure, security.
Black
Mystery, power and control, intimidation.

13. BEHAVIOR
OBSERVATION
Projective test
(inkblots)
the Myers–
Briggs Type
Indicator (MBTI)
Thematic
Apperception
Test

14. Projective
Test

15. PROJECTIVE TEST
• Originated by Hermann Rorschach, a Swiss psychiatrist and
psychoanalyst.
• designed to reflect unconscious parts of the personality that
"project" onto the stimuli.
• individuals are shown 10 inkblots one at a time and asked to
report what objects or figures they see in each of them.interpretation reflects needs, feelings,
emotions, experiences, prior
conditioning, thought processes and so
forth.

16. THE MYERS–BRIGGS TYPE
INDICATOR (MBTI)
Developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel
Myers.
Test is based on a series of questions that gather information on
how a person usually responds or relates to various situations.
The answers are calculated to determine the person’s individual
personality type.

18. FOUR CATEGORIES
Favorite World: Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or your own inner
world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I)
Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take in or
do you prefer to interrupt and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or
Intuition (N)
Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and
consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called
Thinking (T) or Feeling (F)
Structure: In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things
decided or do you prefer to stay open to new information and options? This is
called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P)

19. THEMATIC
APPERCEPTION
TEST
What do you see in this picture?
Write a story based on this
picture in 4 minutes.

21. THEMATIC
APPERCEPTION TEST
• Reveals the inner self of an individual
• The candidate organizes material
from his own personal experiences.
• The psychologists read your stories
and frame an opinion about your
personality.

22. SELF-REPORT MEASURES
MMPI-2 Minnesota
Multiphasic
personality inventory
NEO Personality
Inventory

23. MMPI-2 MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC
PERSONALITY INVENTORY
• First published in 1943, and the second
revised version the MMPI-2 was
published in 1989.
• Includes 567 True or false questions.
Clinical scales include;
• depression, schizophrenia and
hypochondriasis, hysteria,
Psychopathic Deviate, etc.

24. SAMPLE TEST ITEMS
• I wake up fresh & rested most mornings.
• I think I would like the work of a librarian.
• I am easily awakened by noise.
• I like to read newspaper articles on crime.
• A person should try to understand his dreams and be
guided by or take warning from them
• I enjoy detective or mystery stories

25. Clinical Scales
Scale 1.
Hypochondriasis
Scale 2.
Depression
Scale 3. Hysteria
scale 4.
Psychopathic
Deviate

27. NEO PERSONALITY INVENTORY
designed to identify what makes individuals unique in their
thinking, feeling, and interaction with others.
measures five broad personality dimensions: neuroticism,
extroversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.

28. THE BIG FIVE
Neuroticism: Anxiety, Aggression,
Depression, Self-Consciousness,
Extraversion: Warmth, Sociability,
Excitement-Seeking, Positive Emotions
Openness: Fantasy, Aesthetics, Feelings,
Ideas
Agreeableness: Trust, Straightforwardness,
Selflessness, Modesty
Conscientiousness: Competence,
Dutifulness, Achievement Striving

30. SAMPLE ITEMS FROM THE NEO
PERSONALITY INVENTORY
list of sample item from three of the five scales:
1. Neuroticism Frightening thoughts sometimes come into my
head.
SD D N A SA
2. Extroversion: I don’t get much pleasure from chatting with
people.
SD D N A SA
3. Openness: I have a very active imagination.
SD D N A SA

31. AREA OF
APPLICATION
The NEO PI has applications in
occupational assessment for selection and development
counseling
research