Psychometric Testing — What We Measure
A catalog of validated instruments across personality, attachment, cognition, interpersonal behavior, psychopathology, and implicit motivation. All scored deterministically against published norms.
Personality
Five-Factor Personality Inventory
The most replicated structure in personality research — Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism — scored against published normative samples. 120-item full form with 30 facet scales.
Attachment Style (Experiences in Close Relationships)
Wei et al. (2007) short form. Two-dimensional adult attachment scoring (anxiety × avoidance) with quadrant classification into secure, preoccupied, dismissing, and fearful styles.
Interpersonal
Interpersonal Circumplex
32-item measure of interpersonal style across the Dominance (D) and Love (L) axes. Yields an octant classification and vector length (interpersonal intensity). Markey & Markey (2009); items from the public-domain IPIP.
Core Conflictual Relationship Theme
Free-response relationship episode narratives coded using Luborsky's (1998) standard category taxonomy for Wish, Response of Other, and Response of Self.
Need to Belong Scale
Leary et al. (2013). 10-item measure of the fundamental motivation to form and maintain interpersonal bonds. Key differential predictor for avoidant vs. schizoid features.
Cognitive
Visual Digit Span
Working-memory span task. Digit sequences are presented and recalled forward, backward, or in ascending order. Scored as raw maximum span and sequences correct.
Lexical Decision Task — Semantic Priming
Semantic-priming reaction-time task. Word vs. non-word decisions across two blocks measure associative priming and the short-vs-long prime interval (SOA), reported as within-subject priming in milliseconds.
Lexical Decision Task — Age of Acquisition
Word vs. non-word decisions on 80 words drawn from the Kuperman et al. (2012) AoA norms, split into early-acquired (≤4 yr) and late-acquired (≥9 yr) sets. Reports the AoA effect in milliseconds.
Stroop Color–Word Test
The classic colour–word interference task (Stroop, 1935). Neutral, congruent, and incongruent blocks measure per-block reaction time, accuracy, and the Stroop interference effect (incongruent − congruent RT, in milliseconds).
Emotional Stroop Test
Colour-name a mix of emotion and neutral words (Williams et al., 1996). Reports mean reaction time and accuracy for each word type plus the within-person emotional-interference effect (emotion − neutral RT, in milliseconds).
Variable Tempo Stroop (Experimental)
Colour-naming Stroop across four blocks with a shrinking inter-stimulus interval (1000–250 ms). Reports Tempo Amplification Ratio, Dynamic Inhibition, and Executive Flexibility — novel within-person constructs without published norms.
Word-Recognition Validity Test
A two-alternative forced-choice recognition task (learn 50 words, then choose the studied word over a length-matched foil). A performance-validity check reporting recognition accuracy, an exact one-tailed below-chance binomial test, a provisional 45/50 cutoff, and a VALID / QUESTIONABLE / INVALID classification.
Psychopathology screeners
Depression Screener (PHQ-9)
Brief depression-symptom screener. Decision-aid only — not a diagnosis. Spitzer, Kroenke & Williams (1999). Widely validated in primary care and research settings.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale
Spitzer et al. (2006). 7-item anxiety screener validated against structured diagnostic interviews. Decision-aid — not a diagnosis.
PTSD Checklist
Weathers et al. (2013). 20-item DSM-5 aligned PTSD symptom checklist. Widely used in VA settings and trauma research. Decision-aid — not a diagnosis.
Revised Social Anhedonia Scale
Chapman et al. 40-item measure of social anhedonia — the absence of pleasure in social contexts. Primary predictor of schizoid personality features in the Winarick & Bornstein (2015) model.
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