Contents
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Introduction, Lionel Shriver
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Mental Meddlers, Oisín Wall —
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Classic Psychological Tests Lowenfeld Mosaic Tests – 24 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 26 The Szondi Test – 30 The Odor Imagination Test – 32 The Faces Test – 33 The McAdory Art Test – 34 Psychological and Intelligence Test Kit for Children – 37 Make a Picture Story Test – 38 Pictorial Completion Test – 41 Intelligence and Perceptual Speed Tests – 43
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Inkblots
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The Thematic Apperception Test
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Test Your Personality: Check Your Mood The Coexistence Scales – 90 Personality Inventory – 96 Personality Tree – 97 The Story Test – 98 Moods – 99 The Feeling Test – 100 Modern Life Frustrations Test – 106 The Wilson-Patterson Attitude Inventory – 112
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Writers Imagine Questionnaires Charles Boyle: The CB Identity Questionnaire – 115 Robert McCrum: Six Types of Reading for a Better Kind of Life – 116 Kate Pullinger: Everyday Guilt Test – 119 Neil Bartlett: The Sex Questionnaire – 120 M. H. Yorke: The “Matter in the Wrong Place” Test – 124 Will Eaves: A Likely Story – 128 Charles Boyle: The Shyness Questionnaire – 131 Paul Thek: Questions from “Teaching Notes” – 135 Patricia Duncker: How Angry Are You? – 136 Derek Linzey: Dream Awareness Survey – 139 Derek Linzey: Digital Dependency Index – 140 Derek Linzey: Ego Health Checkup – 141
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Further Tests Word Association Test – 144 Sentence Completion Test – 146 What Would the Title of Your Autobiography Be? – 148 The Color Test – 149 Which Musical Instrument Would You Be? – 152
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Relationship Tests The Family Relationship Test – 154 The Relationship Test – 156
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Drawing Completion Tests The House-Tree-Person Test Drawing Completion Test 1 – Drawing Completion Test 2 – Drawing Completion Test 3 –
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The Abstract Image Test —
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Commentaries and Feedback
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