Popular Psychometric and Projective Tests
TEST Authors Description
Emotions Profile Index Robert Plutchik and EPI is a 62 item force-choice
Henry Kellerman personality test designed to yield
information about certain basic
personality traits and personality
conflicts in an individual’s life. It
reveals problem areas and provides
the examiner with insights into the
nature of the difficulties.
Sacks’ Sentence Joseph m. Sacks SSCT is a variation of the word
Completion Test association method. It is designed
to obtain significant clinical material
for the four areas of adjustment:
Family, Sex, Interpersonal
relationships, Self-concept
Raven's Progressive J. C. Raven in 1936 Ravens Progressive Matrices is a
Matrices leading global non-verbal measure
of mental ability, helping to identify
individuals with advanced
observation and clear thinking skills
who can handle the complexity and
ambiguity of the modern
workplace. Ravens offers
information about someone's
capacity for analyzing and solving
problems, abstract reasoning, and
the ability to learn – and reduces
cultural bias with a nonverbal
approach.
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Features Age Limit
The basic personality traits
measured by EPI are: Timid vs
aggressive, trustful vs
distrustful, controlled vs
dyscontrolled and gregarious vs
depressed
4 areas of adjustment:
Family – composed of attitude
towards the mother, the father
and the family unit
Sex – composed of attitudes
toward women and
heterosexual relationship
Interpersonal relationship –
attitudes towards friends and
acquaintances, colleagues at
work, superiors and people
supervised.
Self-concept – fears, guilt
feelings, goals & attitudes
towards one’s abilities, past and
future
It measures two
complementary components of
intelligence: the capacity to
think clearly and make sense of
complex data (eductive ability)
and the capacity to store and
reproduce information
(reproductive ability)
- Colored Progressive Matrices
(CPM): 5 to 11 years, elderly
- Standard Progressive Matrices
(SPM): 6 to 16, 17 years and
older -
Advanced Progressive Matrices
(APM): 12 to 16, 17 years and
older
Time Administration
From early 10 to 15 mins The person taking the test is simply
adolescent asked to choose which of the two
to adults paired words is more descriptive of
him. The choices are scored in terms
of the emotions implied by the trait
word. This can be self-administered.
The final results are presented in an
“emotion circle” with a separate
score for each of the 8 basic
emotions.
N/A No time limits The subject is asked to finish a
sentence of which first words are
given by the examiner. As in other
projective test, it is assumed that the
client reflects one’s own wishes,
desires, fears and attitudes
For children 40 to 60 mins After the instruction, the items are
and adults presented according to their
difficulty level. The person taking the
test selects one out of six or eight
answers. There is the possibility for
multiple corrections by switching to
another answer or even by returning
to the previous item. In case a
respondent is not able to select an
answer, s/he may omit the item. All
the omitted items will be presented
again at the end of the test.
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Culture Fair Intelligence Raymond Cattell This extensively researched
Test instrument measures intelligence
(or "g") that is not influenced by
cultural background or verbal or
scholastic background. CFIT is highly
reliable and valid and excellent in
testing culturally and educationally
deprived adults.
Composed of three scales: Scale children and 15 to 30 mins The test is divided into 4 subtest and
1 - for 4 to 8 years old and adults clients are instructed to choose 1
deprived adults, not group answer from the five choices given.
administrable and usually takes The test is composed of 46 items.
30 minutes; Scale 2 - for ages 8
to 14 years old and average
adults, has form A&B and
approximately take 15 minutes;
Scale 3 - for ages 14 to superior
adult, available in forms A&B,
can be administered by group
and takes 15 minutes to
administer.

Flanagan Industrial Test John Clemans The FIT battery test offers 18
Flanagan individually sold tests that are
designed to help measure distinct
aptitudes or functions important to
a variety of industrial positions. The
test is hand-scored and uses a
scoring stencil yielding 18 individual
scores. The tests maybe used
separately or in any combination.
The FIT battery test has 18 For adults: Each subtest Individual tests are relatively short
subtests: Arithmetic, Assembly, new usually takes 5 and are basically self-administered.
Components, Coordination, applicants to 15 minutes
Electronics, Expression, and existing
Ingenuity, Inspection, Judgment employees
and Comprehension,
Mathematics and Reasoning,
Mechanics, Memory, Patterns,
Planning, Precision, Scales,
Tables, and Vocabulary.

Purdue Non-Language Joseph Tiffin, Alin PNLT is a culture fair test designed PNLT is a paper and pencil test Individuals 20-25 minutes In taking the test you will find sets of
Test Grubner & Kay to measure mental ability. It which has two forms: Form A & in grade 9- 5 drawings opposite each number. In
Inaba of Purdue consists of geometric forms which Form B both having 48 items. 12 to adults each test set of 5 drawings cross out
University can be used effectively with persons the different item.
having markedly different cultural
or educational backgrounds.

16 PF 5th Edition Raymond Cattell The 16 Personality Factor
Questionnaire measure the 16
primary perosnality factor scales
identified by Cattell 45 years ago. It
has 185 items that contains the 16
personality factors as well as
Impression Management Index
which measures social desirability.
The test can be administered
individually or by group and uses
scoring keys.
The 16 Personality factors
included: Warmth, Reasoning,
Emotional Stabillity, Dominance,
Liveliness, Rule-consciousness,
Social Boldness, Sensitivity,
Vigilance, Abstractedness,
Privateness, Apprehensiveness,
Openness to change, Self-
reliance, Perfectionism and
Tension. It also includes the
Global Factors: Extraversion,
Anxiety, Tough-Mindedness,
Independence, and Self-Control.
Individuals 35 - 50 minutes Simple and clear instructions are
with reading printed on the testbooklet. The
ability of administrator may either read aloud
fifth grade or request the examinees to read
level to instructions silently. It uses a
adults separate answer sheet and clients
are asked to darken the circle that
corresponds to the letter of their
choice.

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Kaufman Assessment Alan Kaufman and KABC is a clinical instrument
Battery for Children Nadeen Kaufman (psychological diagnostic test) for
assessing cognitive development. It
is was developed to evaluate
preschoolers, minority groups, and
children with learning disabilities. It
is used to provide educational
planning and placement,
neurological assessment, and
research. The assessment is to be
administered in a school or clinical
setting and is intended for use with
English speaking, bilingual, or
nonverbal children.
Luscher Color Test Max Luscher The Color test is a projective test for
measuring person's psychological
state based on his/her color
preference. It also contains
indications pertaining to personal
assessment and special,
professional recommendations as
to how psychological stress and
resulting symptoms can be avoided.
Myers-Briggs Type Katharine C. Briggs MBTI is a reliable and valid
Indicator and daughter instrument that measures and
Isabel Briggs Myers categorizes your personality and
behavior. It is a test based on Jung's
inborn preferences. Used for
personality development,
counseling, leadership training, etc.
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It is comprised of four global
test scores that include:
Sequential processing,
simultaneous processing,
achievement scales, and mental
processing composite. There is
an additional nonverbal scale
that allows applicable subtests
to be administered through
gestures to hearing impaired,
speech/language impaired, or
children who do not speak
English.
Luscher Color test has 2
versions: The Full Luscher Color
Test w/c has 7 different panels
of colors, containing in all 73
color patches, consisting of 25
diff hues and shades and
requiring 43 diff selections to be
made. Then, the Quick test or
the Short color test w/c is not as
comprehensive nor revelatory
as the Full version. The Short
version contains eight colors: 4
Basic/Psychological Primaries
(blue, green, red, yellow) and 4
Auxiliary Colors (Violet, brown.
black and grey)
It identifies personality type,
made up of four basic
preferences, and provides a
positive framework to explain
how we interact with the world
and each other. The four basic
preferences are: Extraversion-
Introversion, Sensing-Intuition,
Thinking-Feeling, Judging-
Perception.
For children 35 to 85 minutes Administration of the K-ABC takes
aged two between 35 and 85 minutes. The
years, six older the child, the longer the test
months to generally takes to administer. The
12 years, six test consists of 16 subtests—10
months. mental processing subtests and six
achievement subtests. Not all
subtests are administered to each
age group, and only three subtests
are administered to all age groups.
Children ages two years, six months
are given seven subtests, and the
number of subtests given increase
with the child's age. For any one
child, a maximum of 13 subtests are
administered. Children from age
seven years to 12 years, six months
are given 13 subtests.
No Age No time limits On the Quick test, clients are
limitations presented 8 color panels in w/c he is
instructed to arrange the panel of
colors from the ones he like best to
the least liked. Then, the examiner
will re-shuffle the card and ask the
client to arrange the color panels
again from the ones he like to the
one liked less. After administration,
the examiner will record the
corresponding number of the cards
and its arrangement order.
N/A No time limits Latest versions are the ff: MBTI Step
I w/c consists 93 items, available in
print and online formats, takes
approximately 20 minutes to
complete; and the MBTI Step II w/c
has 144 items (including the 93 Step I
items), available in print and online
formats, takes approximately 35
minutes to complete.
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Otis-Lennon School Published by OLSAT is a test of abstract thinking
Ability Test Pearson Education and reasoning ability for children
Inc. Originally pre-K to 18 years old. It is a group
developed by administered test, multiple choice
Arthur Sinton Otis which measures verbal, quantitative
and Roger Lennon and spatial ability
Vineland Adaptive Sara S. Sparrow, The VABS is used primarily with
Behavior Scale Domenic V. children and adolescents from birth
Cicchetti, and to age 18 years, but may be used
David A. Balla adults suspected of having a mental
handicap based on obtained IQ. The
focus of this particular test is the
measurement of the adaptive
behaviors, including the ability to
cope with environmental changes,
to learn new everyday skills and to
demonstrate independence.
The Hand Test Edwin E. Wagner The Hand Test is a projective test
which is composed of 10 cards: 9 w/
pictures of hands and 1 blank card.
The test is designed to determine
adjustment level of individual's
aggression. It also measures acting-
out behavior among juvenile
delinquents, adult prisoners,
schizophrenics, mental retardates
and alcoholics.
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It has 21 subtests organized in
five areas: verbal
comprehension, verbal
reasoning, pictorial reasoning,
figural reasoning, and
quantitative reasoning.
The scale measures adaptive
behavior in four major domains,
Communication, Daily Living
Skills, Socialization, and Gross
Motor Skills. Communication
=Receptive Communication,
Expressive Communication,
Written Communication
Daily Living Skills =Domestic
Skills, Personal Skills,
Community Skills
Socialization =Interpersonal
Relationships, Play/Leisure,
Coping Skills. The Gross Motor
Skills Domain is measured with
children to age five years and
with older children and adults
suspected of deficiencies in this
area. Also, the VABS includes a
Maladaptive Behavior Scale, for
use in identifying the presence
of behavior problems in children
thought age 18.
The first 9 cards of the hand test
portray rough outline drawing
of hands in different position
while the last card is blank.
For children 30 to 40 minutes On the test, students are asked to:
(except Follow directions, Detect likeliness
preschool) and differences, Recall words and
to 18 years numbers, Classify items, Establish
old sequence, Solve arithmetic
problems, and Complete analogies.
From birth Survey Interview The updated forms of the Vineland
to 18 years and Adaptive Behavior Scale comes in
old and Parent/Caregiver three editions, the Survey Form, the
adults with Rating Forms 20- Expanded Form, and the Classroom
mental 60 minutes Edition. Survey Form – This is the
problems edition that is closest in content to
the original version of VABS that was
published in 1984 by the American
Guidance Services. It has 297 items
distributed over the four domains.
The child’s parent or primary
caregiver answers the items, usually
within 20 minutes to an hour.
Expanded Form – This edition is
most useful to teachers and
psychologists who are planning the
IEP of the special child. With 280
questions added to the first 297
questions of the survey form for a
total of 577 items. This edition can
be completed within 60 to 90
minutes. Classroom Edition – This
edition is composed of 244 items
that evaluates a child’s adaptive
behavior inside the classroom. The
teacher answers the questions but
only a qualified professional can
interpret the scores.
N/A Usually takes 10 The cards are presented to the client
- 15 minutes one by one. The subject is asked to
tell what the hand could be doing (on
the drawing) and when the last card
is reached, the subject is asked to
"imagine a hand and tell me what it
might be doing."
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Rorschach Ink Blot Test Hermann Rorschach Ink blot test is a
Rorschach projective test used to analyze
personality and emotional
functioning. It is the second most
widely used forensic test after
MMPI.
Bender Gestalt Visual Lauretta Bender Bender Gestalt II is a brief test of
Motor Test II visual-motor interpretation that
may provide interpretative
information about an individual's
development and psychological
functioning. Scores on the test are
used to identify possible organic
brain damage and the degree
maturation of the nervous system.
Mini Mental State Currently under MMSE or Folstein test is a brief 30-
Examination the copyright of point questionnaire test that is used
Psychological to screen for cognitive impairment.
Assessment It is commonly used in medicine to
Resources screen for dementia. It is also used
to estimate the severity of cognitive
impairment and to follow the
course of cognitive changes in an
individual over time, thus making it
an effective way to document an
individual's response to treatment.
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Rorschach is composed of 10 ink
blot cards: 5 achromatic cards (I,
IV, V, VI, VII) and 5 chromatic
cards (II, III, VIII, IX, X).
Responses are tabulated, scored
and summarized on the
Structural Summary Form. 3
different scoring methods can
be used: Beck's, Klofper's, and
Exner's scoring method.
The Bender Gestalt Test is used
to evaluate visual maturity,
visual motor integration skills,
style of responding, reaction to
frustration, ability to correct
mistakes, planning and
organizational skills, and
motivation. The Bender-Gestalt
II includes supplemental tests of
simple motor and perceptual
ability helps identify specific
visual-motor deficits.
This test can also be used to
assess neurological damage and
emotional disorders.
The examination has been
validated in a number of
populations. Scores of 25-30 out
of 30 are considered normal;
the National Institute for Health
and Care Excellence (NICE)
classifies 21-24 as mild, 10-20 as
moderate and <10 as severe
impairment. The MMSE may not
be an appropriate assessment if
the patient has learning,
linguistic/communication or
other disabilities (eg, sensory
impairments)
5 years old no time limits It is administered individually by
to adults presenting to the client the 10 ink
blot cards one at a time. There are 2
phases of administration: Response
phase (the client has to give at least
2 responses for each card) and the
Inquiry Phase (the client is asked
about the location and the
determinants of his responses).
From 3 Typically 5 - 15 The test consists of 14 figures, each
years old minutes to on its own 3"x5" card. The patient is
and above adminis-ter shown each figure and asked to copy
it onto a piece of blank paper. After
which the results are scored based
on accuracy and other observations
such as physical demeanor, drawing
technique, test-taking behavior, and
attitude.
N/A takes about 10 The MMSE could be administered by
mins the physician, a nurse or an assistant
trained in the administration of such
tools. The person administering the
MMSE needs to be sensitive when
the patient shows embarrassment
about their inability to answer these
questions. Patients should be
assured by telling them that this is
another way of telling how the
treatment is affecting their brain
tumor.
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