Psychology is a science that arouses interest in people seeking self-knowledge. For those eager to understand their essence, this science provides a wide range of different diagnostic techniques. The most popular of these are tests. Psychological tests can be divided into several groups, depending on what they diagnose.
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Tests for the diagnosis of the human cognitive sphere. They determine the degree of formation of mental processes that contribute to the knowledge of the external world. These are memory, attention, perception, speech, thinking, intelligence. The methods differ depending on the age of the test taker. To diagnose the development of memory, the following are often used: the “7 words” technique, Schulte tables. For the study of attention, the most popular is the Bourdon proof test. The conclusion about the development of thinking is made on the basis of studying the degree of development of its processes: classification, inference, logical chain, etc. Diagnosis of intelligence is often done with an IQ test. A conclusion is made about the degree of development of speech, offering to tell about oneself or to continue the story. As a rule, the diagnosis of mental processes is carried out by a psychologist for further corrective work with a person, in some cases - with professional selection.
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Tests that diagnose the emotional-volitional sphere. They are aimed at determining the level of anxiety, susceptibility, emotional stability-instability, aggression, the degree of formation of volitional processes, self-esteem, sensitivity, empathy, adaptation in a team, stress resistance, etc. Like all methods, they have their own differences, depending on the age of the test taker. The most used: the method for determining the level of aggression Bass-Darka, the method for determining stress resistance and social adaptation of Holmes and Rage, differential scales of emotions according to K. Izard, self-assessment of the mental state of the SAN and many others.
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Tests aimed at studying personality traits: character and temperament, performed social roles, psychological and social age, and others. To study the type of temperament, the method of G. Eysenck is often used. Luscher's color test, Maslow's test, will help you understand your character. There are many professional and amateur tests for knowing your personality.
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A non-standard direction in psychology that came from Japan gave people the opportunity to get acquainted with fascinating projective diagnostic techniques. The name of this direction is cocology. A person is offered a plot with specific conditions in which he must choose a way of his behavior or imagine the end of this story, or answer the questions posed. The choice made by a person is interpreted in accordance with the associations that have arisen.
