“What are the different types of psychological tests?”

There are literally tens of thousands of tests that test different areas. Depending on what your question is that you want answered, the tests selected are going to be very different. Generally, psychological tests aim to measure different abilities in different areas such as a person’s aptitude in a particular area, intelligence, cognitive functions such as memory and spacial recognition, there are personality tests etc.

Well, it depends on your goal. Here is a link to help for self tests: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests

There are a variety of tests that can be given dependent upon what the issue is. There are personality tests, intelligence, etc.

Hi,

Thank you for your question. There are many different categories of psychological tests, including:

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 (WAIS)
- Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
- Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SB)

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)
- Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
- Rorschach, also known as the 'inkblot test'
- Mental Status Exam (MSE)
- Myers-Briggs

Attitude tests are used to measure how an individual feels about a particular event, place, person or object:


- Likert Scale
- Thurstone Scale

Achievement tests are used to measure how well you understand a particular topic (i.e., mathematics achievement tests):


- Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT)
- The Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT)

Aptitude tests are used to measure your abilities in a specific area (i.e., clerical skills):


- Bloomberg Aptitude Test (BAT)
- Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

Neuropsychological Tests are used to measure a psychological function known to be linked to a particular brain structure or pathway, such as intelligence, memory, language, executive function, visuospatial, and cognition:

- Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delis-Kaplan_executive_function_system>
- NEPSY

I hope this has been helpful!

Best,

Jenna Torres, PsyD

The psychological testing is in the jurisdiction of psychologists, not psychiatrists. I can tell you some, but may I recommend that you contact a psychologist for better and up-to-date correct information, please.

There are a lot of them. To be honest I am not sure if I could name all the psychological test out there. I would recommend you research online. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of test out there. If there is one particular area of interest you have you should narrow it down.

You must ask a psychologist.

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