Psychological Tests and Inventories Lecture Notes

A comprehensive list of psychological and cognitive tests, including their full names and what they measure.

AGCT (Army General Classification Test)

Measures general cognitive ability for military classification.

BDI (Beck's Depression Inventory)

Measures the severity of depressive symptoms.

BPI (Basic Personality Inventory)

Assessment of personality traits and psychological adjustment.

CFIT (Culture Fair Intelligence Test)

Measures nonverbal reasoning and fluid intelligence.

CISS (Coping Intervention for Stressful Situations)

Measures coping styles under stress.

CPI (California Psychological Inventory)

Measures personality traits relevant to social interaction.

DAT (Differential Aptitude Test)

Assessment of multiple aptitudes including verbal, numerical, and mechanical.

DRS (Dispositional Resilience Scale)

Measures psychological hardiness and resilience.

EPPS (Edwards Personal Preference Schedule)

Assessment of personal preferences and needs.

FIT (Flanagan Industrial Test)

Measures mechanical and industrial aptitude.

GSE (General Self Efficacy Scale)

Measures the belief in one's ability to cope with challenges.

GZTS (Guilford Zimmerman Temperament Survey)

Measures temperament and personality dimensions.

HTP (House Tree Person Test)

A projective assessment of personality and emotional state.

KABC (Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children)

Measures cognitive ability in children.

LOTR (Life Orientation Test - Revised)

Measures optimism versus pessimism.

MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator)

Measures personality type based on Jungian theory.

MCMI (Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory)

Measures clinical personality patterns and psychopathology.

MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)

A broad measure of personality and psychopathology.

PANAS (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule)

Measures emotional states (positive and negative affect).

PKP (Panukat ng Katalinuhang Pilipino)

A Filipino intelligence test.

PNLT (Purdue Non Language Test)

Measures nonverbal intelligence.

PPP (Panukat ng Pagkataong Pilipino)

A Filipino personality test.

PUP (Panukat ng Ugali at Pagkatao)

A Filipino personality and behavior assessment.

RPM (Raven's Progressive Matrices)

Measures abstract reasoning and nonverbal intelligence.

SB-5 (Stanford Binet)

Measures general intelligence across age groups.

SCII (Strong Campbell Interest Inventory)

Measures vocational interests.

SSCT (Sacks Sentence Completion Test)

A projective personality assessment.

STAT (Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test)

Measures analytical, creative, and practical intelligence.

SWLS (Satisfaction with Life Scale)

Measures global life satisfaction.

TAT (Thematic Apperception Test)

A projective measure of motives and personality.

TCTT (Torrance Test of Creative Thinking)

Measures creativity and divergent thinking.

TIS (Thurstone Interest Inventory)

Measures vocational interests.

TTMA/TMA (Thurstone Test of Mental Alertness)

Measures general mental alertness and reasoning.

WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)

Measures adult intelligence.

WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)

Measures child intelligence.

WGCTA (Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal)

Measures critical thinking and reasoning.

WPDS (Woodworth Personal Data Sheet)

Personality screening for emotional stability.

WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)

Measures intelligence in preschool and primary children.