ElloMind for Psychologists
Psychological tests and assessments
Clear, clinician-written overviews of the tests used in Indian practice: what each one measures, who it is for, how it is administered, and its Indian context. Educational only; we do not reproduce copyrighted materials.
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
A clinician's overview of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), the most widely used individually administered IQ test for children. What it measures, how it is structured, and how it is used in India.
Read the overview →IntelligenceWechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
A clinician's overview of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the most widely used individually administered IQ test for adults. What it measures, how it is structured, and its use in India.
Read the overview →Non-verbal reasoningRaven's Progressive Matrices (RPM)
A clinician's overview of Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM), a widely used non-verbal test of abstract reasoning. What it measures, its versions, and its use in India.
Read the overview →Intelligence (India)Binet-Kamat Test of Intelligence (BKT)
The Binet-Kamat Test of Intelligence (BKT) is the Indian adaptation of the Stanford-Binet scale. This page explains what it measures, what happens during the assessment, and what the results do and do not tell you — whether your child has been referred for one, or you administer it yourself.
Read the overview →Intelligence (India)Malin's Intelligence Scale for Indian Children (MISIC)
A clinician's overview of Malin's Intelligence Scale for Indian Children (MISIC), the Indian adaptation of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. What it measures, how it is structured, and its place in Indian practice.
Read the overview →Performance test (India)Bhatia's Battery of Performance Tests of Intelligence (Bhatia Battery)
A clinician's overview of Bhatia's Battery of Performance Tests of Intelligence, a non-verbal Indian intelligence battery. Its five subtests, what it measures, and where it fits in Indian practice.
Read the overview →Performance test (India)Seguin Form Board Test (SFBT)
A clinician's overview of the Seguin Form Board Test (SFBT), a quick timed performance test of visual-motor ability. What it measures, how it is scored, and where it fits in Indian assessment.
Read the overview →Adaptive behaviourVineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS)
A clinician's overview of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS), a measure of adaptive behaviour and social maturity widely used in India. How it works, and how it gives a social age and social quotient.
Read the overview →Developmental (India)Developmental Screening Test (DST)
A clinician's overview of the Developmental Screening Test (DST), the widely used Indian screening measure developed by J. Bharath Raj. How it estimates a developmental age and developmental quotient, and where it fits in Indian assessment.
Read the overview →Projective (children)Children's Apperception Test (CAT)
A clinician's overview of the Children's Apperception Test (CAT), the child counterpart of the TAT. How the storytelling method works, what it explores, and its place in Indian practice.
Read the overview →Visuo-motorBender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test (BGT)
A clinician's overview of the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test (BGT), one of the most widely administered brief tests in clinical psychology. What the design-copying task measures, and how it is used in India.
Read the overview →Cognitive screeningMini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
A clinician's overview of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the most widely used brief screen for cognitive impairment. What it covers, how the 30-point score is read, its limits, and its use in India.
Read the overview →Projective testThematic Apperception Test (TAT)
A clinician's overview of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), the classic projective storytelling test of personality and motivation. What it assesses, how it is used, and how it is interpreted, including in India.
Read the overview →DepressionBeck Depression Inventory (BDI-II)
A clinician's overview of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), one of the most widely used self-report measures of depression severity. What it covers, how it is scored, and its use in India.
Read the overview →PersonalityMinnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
A clinician's overview of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), the most widely used objective test of personality and psychopathology. What it assesses, its scales, and its use in India.
Read the overview →PersonalitySixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF)
A clinician's overview of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), a well-established measure of normal-range personality. What it measures, its sixteen traits, and its use in India.
Read the overview →Intelligence (Performance)Koh's Block Design Test (KBD)
The Koh's Block Design Test is a performance test of nonverbal intelligence, in which a person reproduces printed geometric designs using a set of coloured cubes. This page explains what it measures, what happens during the assessment, and what the results do and do not tell you, whether you have been given the test yourself or a child of yours has been referred for one.
Read the overview →Intelligence (Performance)Alexander Pass-Along Test (APT)
The Alexander Pass-Along Test is a performance test of practical intelligence, in which a person slides coloured blocks within a frame to reach a target arrangement. This page explains what it measures, what happens during the assessment, and what the results do and do not tell you, whether you have been given the test yourself or someone in your family has been referred for one.
Read the overview →Projective / DevelopmentalDraw-A-Person Test (DAP)
A clinician's overview of the Draw-A-Person Test (DAP), a quick drawing task in which a person, usually a child, draws a whole human figure. Two traditions share the name: a developmental screen and a projective personality tool. What each involves, what it can and cannot show, and how it is used in India.
Read the overview →ProjectiveHouse-Tree-Person Test (HTP)
A clinician's overview of the House-Tree-Person Test (HTP), a projective drawing test in which a person draws a house, a tree and a person, then answers questions about each. What it involves, what it is used for, and why its interpretation is treated with caution.
Read the overview →Projective (semi-structured)Sentence Completion Test (SCT)
The Sentence Completion Test (SCT) is a family of semi-projective methods in which a person completes open-ended sentence stems in their own words. This page explains what it measures, what the task involves, and what the results do and do not tell you, whether you have been asked to do one, or you administer it yourself.
Read the overview →Projective (overview)Projective Techniques (Projectives)
An overview of projective techniques, the family of personality assessment methods that use ambiguous stimuli, inkblots, pictures, unfinished sentences, drawings, on the assumption that a person projects their inner world onto them. What they are, the main types with examples, and how they are used, including in India.
Read the overview →Diagnostic interviewStructured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID)
The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID) is a semi-structured diagnostic interview a trained clinician uses to arrive at DSM diagnoses. This page explains what it is, what the interview involves, and what its results do and do not mean, whether you have been assessed with one, or you administer it yourself.
Read the overview →Behaviour rating (ADHD)Conners Rating Scale (CRS)
The Conners Rating Scale is a family of standardised behaviour rating scales used to describe attention, hyperactivity and related difficulties in children and adolescents. This page explains what it is, what completing it involves, and what its results do and do not mean, whether your child has been rated with one, or you use it in your work.
Read the overview →Depression (perinatal)Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a short questionnaire used to screen for depression during pregnancy and after a baby is born. This page explains what it screens for, what a result does and does not mean, and what happens next, whether you have been asked to fill one in, or you use it in your work.
Read the overview →AnxietyBeck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) is a short self-report questionnaire that measures how strong a person's anxiety symptoms have been over the past week. This page explains what it measures, how clinicians use it, and what its score does and does not tell you.
Read the overview →Frequently asked questions
No. These are educational overviews for professionals and the public. Most of the instruments are copyrighted and restricted, so they must be administered by qualified psychologists using licensed materials.
Reproducing copyrighted test items would breach the publisher's rights and, just as importantly, invalidate the test: exposure to items changes how a person responds. We describe what each test does, not its contents.
Yes, widely, and several have Indian adaptations with local norms. Each page notes the Indian context, including adapted versions where they exist.