ALCARAZ, PAUL JOSHUA T.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
KINDS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
INTELLIGENCE TEST
Intelligence tests are used to measure intelligence, or your ability to understand your environment, interact with it, and learn from it. Intelligence tests include:
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is a test designed to measure intelligence in adults and older adolescents. It is currently in its fourth
edition (WAIS-IV). The original WAIS (Form I) was published in February 1955 by David Wechsler, as a revision of the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence
Scale that had been released in 1939. The fourth edition of the test (WAIS-IV) was released in 2008 by Pearson.

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), developed by David Wechsler, is an individually administered intelligence test for children
between the ages of 6 and 16 inclusive that can be completed without reading or writing. The Fifth Edition (WISC-V) is the most current version. The
WISC-V takes 4865 minutes to administer and generates a Full Scale IQ (formerly known as an intelligence quotient or IQ score) which represents a
child's general intellectual ability.

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale is an individually administered intelligence test that was revised from the original Binet-Simon Scale by Lewis M.
Terman, a psychologist at Stanford University. The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale is now in its Fifth Edition. It is a cognitive ability and intelligence
test that is used to diagnose developmental or intellectual deficiencies in young children.
PERSONALITY TEST

Personality tests are used to measure personality style and traits. Personality tests are commonly used in research or to assist with clinical diagnoses. Examples
of personality tests include:

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is the most widely used and researched standardized psychometric test of adult personality
and psychopathology.Psychologists and other mental health professionals use various versions of the MMPI to develop treatment plans; assist with
differential diagnosis; help answer legal questions ; screen job candidates during the personnel selection process; or as part of a therapeutic
assessment procedure.
Thematic Apperception Test
The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective psychological test. Proponents of this technique assert that a person's responses reveal
underlying motives, concerns, and the way they see the social world through the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people.
Rorschach, also known as the 'inkblot test'
The Rorschach test also known as the Rorschach inkblot test, the Rorschach technique, or simply the inkblot test) is a psychological test in which
subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both.

ATTITUDE TEST
Attitude tests such as the Likert Scale or the Thurstone Scale, are used to measure how an individual feels about a particular event, place, person, or object.

Likert Scale
A Likert scale is a psychometric scale commonly involved in research that employs questionnaires. It is the most widely used approach to scaling
responses in survey research, such that the term is often used interchangeably with rating scale, or more accurately the Likert-type scale, even
though the two are not synonymous. The scale is named after its inventor, psychologist Rensis Likert.
ACHIEVEMENT AND APTITUDE TEST
Achievement tests are used to measure how well you understand a particular topic . Aptitude tests are used to measure your abilities in a specific area .
Achievement tests include:
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test Second Edition (WIAT-II; Wechsler, 2005) developed by David Wechsler, assesses the academic
achievement of children, adolescents, college students and adults, aged 4 through 85. The test enables the assessment of a broad range of
academics skills or only a particular area of need. The WIAT-II is a revision of the original WIAT (The Psychological Corporation), and additional
measures. There are four basic scales: Reading, Math, Writing, and Oral Language.

Peabody Individual Achievement Test

The Peabody is a standardized, nationally norm-referenced achievement test. It is individually administered by a trained examiner, with assessment
completed in the following content areas: General Information, Reading Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics, and Spelling.
Aptitude tests include:

Bloomberg Aptitude Test

The BAT is a global standardized online exam that assesses your abilities as a critical thinker across a variety of competencies. It then enables you to
showcase your strengths relative to thousands of other test takers to 25K+ recruiters at elite global investment and financial institutions.

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a multiple choice test, administered by the United States Military Entrance Processing
Command, used to determine qualification for enlistment in the United States Armed Forces. It is often offered to American high school students when
they are in the 10th, 11th and 12th grade, though anyone eligible for enlistment may take it.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
Neuropsychological tests are used to detect impairments in your cognitive functioning that are thought to be a result of brain damage. For example, if you were to
have a stroke, you might have a neuropsychological test to see if there is any resulting cognitive damage.. Other examples include:

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a neuropsychological test of "set-shifting", i.e. the ability to display flexibility in the face of changing
schedules of reinforcement. The WCST was written by David A. Grant and Esta A. Berg. The Professional Manual for the WCST was written by
Robert K. Heaton, Gordon J. Chelune, Jack L. Talley, Gary G. Kay, and Glenn Curtiss.
Benton Visual Retention Test
The Benton Visual Retention Test (or simply Benton test or BVRT) is an individually administered test for people aged from eight years to adulthood
that measures visual perception and visual memory. It can also be used to help identify possible learning disabilities among other afflictions that might
affect an individual's memory.