Neuropsychological testing evaluates cognitive function, including general intelligence, attention, memory span, and judgment and motor, sensory, and speech ability. Patients who have experienced a traumatic brain injury, brain damage, or organic neurological problems (for example, dementia ) are administered neuropsychological tests. They may be used in an educational or vocational setting to determine personality strengths and weaknesses, or in the legal system to evaluate parolees. Personality tests are administered for a wide variety of reasons, from diagnosing psychopathology (e.g., personality disorder, depressive disorder) to screening job candidates. Intelligence testing may be used with adults to determine vocational ability (e.g., in career counseling) or to assess adult intellectual ability in the classroom. Achievement and ability testsįor children, academic achievement, ability, and intelligence tests may be used as tools in school placement, in determining the presence of a learning disability or a developmental delay, in identifying giftedness, or in tracking intellectual development. Psychological tests are used to assess a variety of mental abilities and attributes, including cognitive skills, motivation, personality traits, and neurological functioning.
Psychological tests are written, visual, or verbal evaluations administered to assess the cognitive and emotional functioning of children and adults.
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