Psychological testing is a procedure for identifying important factors in an individual’s functioning in life:

 

• Personality characteristics

• Strengths of personality, value, character, and intelligence

• Interpersonal functioning

• Vocational adjustment

• Marital adjustment

 

Psychological testing is done by a psychologist and usually includes the following:

 

• A clinical assessment completed by a psychologist

• Objective psychological tests; answers to objective questions in the form of standardized tests.  These are usually completed by the client without outside input.

• Subjective psychological tests.  These are tests administered to the client by the psychologist.