Main types of psychological test

There are main eight types such as-
• Intelligence tests: Measure a persons general potential to solve problems, adapt to changing circumstances, think abstractly, and profit from experience.
• Aptitude test: Measure person’s potential or ability for acquiring a specific skill or task. It can forecast future performance.
• Achievement tests: Measure a person’s degree of previous learning, success, or accomplishment in a subject or a task.
• Creativity test: Assess novel, original thinking and the capacity to find unusual or unexpected solutions, especially for vaguely defined problems.
• Personality test: Measure the traits, qualities, or behavior that determine a person’s individuality; such test include checklists, inventories, and projective techniques.
• Interest Inventories: Measure an individual’s preference for certain activities or topics and thereby help determine occupational choice.
• Behavioral procedures: Objectively describe and count the frequency of a behavior identifying the antecedents and consequences to the behavior.
• Neuropsychological test: Measure cognitive, sensory, perceptual and motor performance to determine the extent, locus and behavioral consequences of brain damage.