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Unit 11 Psychological Testing and Projective Techniques

1. List the basic principles in psychological testing. 

• Objectivity 
• A Representative Population Sample 
• Standardization 

2. List five items of Binet-Simon Scale (1908) for age 12 years.

1. Verbal knowledge of objects - parts of body or other common objects like cup, key, string (item 7). 

2. Comparing of the lengths of two straight lines, pointing out the longer (10). 

3. Repeating three digits immediately after hearing once (11). 

4. Definition of familiar objects - house, horse, fork (14). 

5. Sentence completion - supplying the correct words to complete a sentence (25). 

3. Give three examples of performance scales

1. The Pintner-Paterson Scale - This test has 15 subtests, all are performance based. It includes form-based, puzzles, picture completion and cube test. The age range is from 4 years to 15 years. 

2. The Cornell-Coxe Scale - This also includes block design, picture completion, memory span etc. 

3. The Arthur Point Scale - This also includes mazes, form boards, cube construction and various other performance tests. 

4. List various methods used by psychologists to study personality

• Rating Scales 
• Sociometric methods 
• Psychodrama
• Personality Inventory 
• Projective methods. 

5. Name some of the personality inventories. 

Following are the examples of personality inventories: 

i) The Bell Adju::;tJ:. 'nt Inventory; 

ii) The Bemreuter Personality Inventory, 

iii) The California Test of Personality, and 

iv) MMPI. 

6. What do you mean by personality tests and projective techniques? 

Personality Tests

Galton ( 1 879) and Pearson ( 1 935) devised questionnaires and rating scales to - evaluate and test non-intellectual traits of personality. Some used word association tests to find out deeper personality traits. Personality tests were being used for scientific and clinical studies either for finding out norms or for guidance in personal and social adjustment

Projective Methods

The psychological principle involved is that in her or his stories the examinee will, probably unwillingly, give expression to his needs, values, attitudes, and feelings about persons, situations, and the world around her or him, as well as to the pressures she or he is experiencing from sources outside of herself or himself. 

7. Explain any three intelligence tests. 

• The 1905 Binet-Simon scale
• The 1908 Binet-Simon Scale 
• The 1911 Revision of the Binet Scale
• The Stanford Revision of 1916
• The Wechsler Scales

8. Explain any thee projective techniques. 

• The Rorschach's Inkblot Test 
• Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) 
• Children's Apperception Test (CAT)
• Sentence Completion

Important Points

• Binet-Simon scale - Intelligence test
• Group Tests - Army Alpha and Army Beta
• Personality tests - To test non-intellectual traits of personality
• Aptitude tests - Measure individual's ability to perform task