ISSB psychological tests
Psychology Test
A question has been asked regarding psychology test as how can we prepare for it? What is it that they ask and what kind of answers they want?
The game of psychology is played everywhere, be it US Army, British Army, Indian Army or Pakistani Army. Be it ISSB or CSS, psychology tests are conducted to see if the candidate is suited for the job, whether he is capable to handle the job, whether he is mature and responsible enough or not.
To analyze this series of questions are asked and tests are conducted. Amazingly these questions no matter how well you prepare cant be deceived. They will get what psychologists need and they will provide an XRAY of your entire history, personality and life.
But there are ways by which you can dodge the tests and get the desired results.
What is required is that you practice these tests, get them in synchronization, meaning that if you answer a question in one test you should answer yes to the same type of question in another test. Psychologists analyze you by seeing exactly this whether you are lying or not by comparing the answers of different questions.
Here is a short summery of things to do to prepare for psychology tests.
1. Get to know about the kind of tests ( Ill give detail about it in another post).
2. Get to know about the kind of questions in each test.
3. Don’t cram the answers but develop a story about your self, hiding the few ugly parts which you don’t want to show in ISSB.
4. Make answers from that story so that they support each other.
Psychology test is the most important as psychologist gives his recommendation based on the tests. Meaning its one third of your ISSB relies on it.
Good And Bad Habbits
A very important question was asked by someone regarding a very important question of ISSB. This question is asked in different formats but the answer which they are looking for is related to your personality...
Questions are:
· Write 3 good and bad qualities of yourself?
· Write 3 good qualities of your friend or what do you like about your friend? (actually they are your qualities)
· Write 3 bad qualities of your friend or what is it that you don't like in your friend?
· Which are the three qualities of yours that your friends like? (your good qualities)
· Which are the three qualities of yours that your enemies like? ( your weaknesses)
What is the purpose of these questions?
The first purpose is to see if you know about your own self or not, it's a SWOT analysis of your self (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). If a person knows about him/her self he can handle any situation and has a better judgment power.
The second purpose of these questions like almost all of the questions at ISSB is to see if you are telling the truth or lies.
Since this is a PET question in ISSB its better to prepare it first. Like always, here again ill tell you to think about your self and try to come up with your answers. Because if you write your real weaknesses(bad habits) and good traits then you would be able to answer exactly the same else where if asked.
Here is what you have to think before answering these important questions...
· Don't Lie 100% . 20 or 30% is allowed :-) (write your good things which are in you and bad which are)
· Note if you are writing a bad habit it shouldn't be that bad which would make a negative impact on selectors e.g. "I lie, I cheat" etc.
· Don't try to be too positive which would clearly show you are lying, e.g. "i am very honest, i never lie" etc. (everyone lies its human nature)
· If you are very creative try to portray you negatives in a way as if they appear to be positive...e.g. "Sometimes in order to keep up with my study schedule i cut my time which i plan to spend with my family" (This is an example....DO NOT COPY....)
Here are some of the examples of good habits.
· I try my level best to be punctual.
· I try to be social.
· I respect elders as for me respect of elders is very important
And for bad habits...
· I am not regular in prayes (if offcourse you are not, if you are, you should write in good habits).
· I take a lot of tea. (Similar can be made, but such should be written at the end)
· I am a miser ( meaning Kanjoos)
I hope you have got the idea.
What you can do is write your answers and post a reply to me, to get them checked..
Word Association Test (WAT)
Word association test or WAT is one of the famous tests of psychology. The main purpose of this test is to get a clear idea about a candidates thinking. You may be wondering how can they check our thinking ? well its quite simple actually. Humans think about something if they get some time, but if there is no time at all then we act on the very first thought that comes in our mind.
What happens in this test is that you are shown a word on which you have to make a sentence. The problem is that you only have 10 seconds to think and write a sentence on that particular word. Words rage from 60 to 100 depends on policies of ISSB. Most of the words are repeated in order to see if the candidate has the same mode of thinking or not, usually after 15 20 sentences candidate's mind begins to give up thinking and he/she starts writing whatever comes in mind in split of a second, he doesn't know what he has written in the test when it finishes , the test actually get the true thinking of the candidate on the paper.
Words are quite simple, like flower, garden, country, mother, girl, boy or they can be difficult like lie, defeat, fear, coward, death. These words are difficult in the sense as they have negative thought with them. If some candidate has fear of something he might write something related to it.
In word association test its not necessary to have that word in sentence, something associating to it can also be written.
like for word GARDEN sentences can be
1. There is a garden in front of my house.
2. Flowers are beautiful
3. I go for jogging in the morning.
4. There are many trees in the garden.
Now in these examples 1 and 4 are although correct but they are childish, psychologist would not consider them that much,. Flowers are beautiful is an association with garden as flowers which are beautiful might be in a garden, same goes for jogging, a person might go for jogging in a garden. But this sentence is of more interest to psychologist as he would capture the idea that the candidate goes for jogging and other healthy activities ( a positive sign).
Similiarly for sentence of MOTHER
1. I love my mother
2. I Respect elders
3. I love Pakistan
are possible sentences. I love my mother would so your affectionate side, I respect elders means you respect your mother....( Note: if you write this sentence here and you write in you good habits that you respect your elders, then it would match, it would show that you truly respect elders that's why your thought process thinks of respect.) I love Pakistan is also a good sentence as Pakistan is our motherland and it would show that candidate is a true patriot.
For word like FEAR sentences can be
1. I fear Allah
2. child is afraid of dark
3. he is afraid he would fail
Now these sentences are showing a complete contrast. Fear Allah is excellent as Muslims only fear Allah and nothing else. But in case of fear of dark, psychologist would instantly guess that the candidate has some issue with dark, "he is afraid he would fail" is a totally negative sentence as it clearly shows that the candidate is not confident and is not sure of his success.
NOTE: From the above examples you might have now realized that this test is not something to be taken as a joke, psychologist develops his perception about you on the sentences you write, if you joke around by writing silly sentences it can create big trouble for you. So practice such sentences as much as possible in order increase your speed, and increasing your thinking ability.
Sentence Completion Test
The second most important test in psychology analysis of a candidate is the Sentence completion test. This test is designed on the same ideology i.e. to check a candidate’s thinking but in these tests the dimension is a bit narrower then WAT. Here half of the sentence is given and you have to complete it in a way that you feel is the right answer. Off course like WAT here you also have to give “positive thinking” but in some sentences its very hard to give any positive answer. There are mostly 6 sentence completion tests handed to a candidate, 3 in Urdu and 3 in English, each has around 24 to 30 unfinished sentences and time given to complete each of the tests is 6 minutes.
Some of the example sentences are:
1. Some times I lie because _______________________
2. Life is ___________________________________
3. These days we have to ________________________
4. Some times I wish ___________________________
5. Girls are __________________________________
6. She said to me _______________________
Story Writing - Part 1
The third most important series of tests of ISSB psychology assessment demands the candidates to write stories. These are not the stories what we read in childhood but stories which demand concentration and serious mindset. These stories clearly put our thoughts and perceptions on paper and help psychologist make assessment of what we are.
Story writing tests are divided into two parts. In the first part we are shown an image which is mostly a sketch, consisting of some characters or objects. It is in Pakistani terms called story writing test. But its actual psychology name is "Thematic Apprehension Test." We are asked to look at it carefully for 30 seconds and then we are given 30 more seconds to think of a story which describes the situation in that picture. After that 3 and half min are given to us to write a story on that scene which we have just seen.
Here are a few examples:
Try to write some stories looking at them
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Psychological tests Notes
Psychological tests
· Incomplete Sentence
In this test 25 incomplete sentences are to be filled in. The candidate should have to complete the sentence in positive and constructive manners. Exercise these latest tests taken in I.S.S.B. and complete them with suitable words.
I am not afraid of……....
Life has………………...
I am surprise…………...
He wanted……………..
To become rich………..
He could not…………..
Hardship……………...
When he was alone……
Hi is up set…………….
Money is ……………...
He tried………………...
My greatness weakness is….
Our press …………..
My sex relation………..
He needs………………
I love………………….
My ambition…………
A time will come……….
My father……………….
My school………………
A brother……………….
The boy and girl………..
Keep your………………
Every young man………
After great effort……….
My sister was………….
In simple world………..
He got………………….
In my house……………
On seeing the dead……..
Most parents……………
I can not………………..
I have usually………….
I request………………..
He does not dare……….
Marriage brings………..
During vacation………..
My friends……………..
My mother is…………..
My friends……………..
If he fails………………
My home work………...
My disappointment…….
She smiled…………….
Pakistan need…………
My principle………….
Friend in difficulties…….
When she saw me………
On seeing this way………
Lead………………..
My father beat me………
My self………………..
If I had a gun…………..
The rich man…………
It is very strange………
Always………………
Television is…………..
On the road……………
When sitting alone……..
Leader is……………….
My wish is…………….
My hero……………….
When he come suddenly…
He always……………….
My discourage is………..
Begging is………………
My neighbors…………
Health and riches……..
I hate…………………
Pakistan army is………
He is sorry for…………
His health……………...
Only trouble is…………
When he saw beautiful….
She is angry because……..
The new generation………
No one came……………..
He finally………………...
He was caught……………
When he was happy……...
The business man………..
Soldiers are………………
He refused to…………….
Crush……………………
Bad people……………..
Poor people…………….
Our forces………………
Army life……………….
In extreme difficulties…..
He is always willing to….
When she grew old……..
From away of his house….
He became important when
His family is…………
If it is necessary I will……
To gain property he………
A large portion of hi time……
To gain popularity………….
The teacher feels…………
Our leaders are……………..
Pakistani girls are………….
Young girls are……………
College girls are…………
University girls are……….
Fashionable girls are……..
Fashion is………………..
His wife………………….
His sister………………..
His daughter……………
His mother……………..
Girls were……………..
His heart sank because……..
To express his anger……….
It was very clear that……….
Best time of his life………..
· Word Association Test
In this test candidate have to make sentences with words displayed on projector. Number of words is 100 and time duration between two words is 9-10 seconds. Following are the most popular words used in I.S.S.B.
Work
Atom
Country
Army
Step
Company
Love
Duty
Girl
Eat
Decide
Beat
Fight
Lie
Give
Enjoy
Careful
Success
Trust
Solve
Story
Break
Fear
Defeat
Enemy
Garden
Faith
Help
Cinema
Money
Peace
Fine
Delay
Character
Travel
Journey
Ghost
Respect
Duty
Life
Poor
Use
Climb
Problem
Attempt
Happy
Books
Rest
Short
Design
Cooperate
Discipline
Plan
Neglect
Life
Win
Honesty
Machine
Afraid
Load
Think
Hobby
Obtain
Idea
Religion
Morality
Innovation
Attack
Continues
Punctuality
Protect
Task
Slip
Drop
Snake
Lion
Award
Achieve
Assist
Action
Agree
Avoid
Alone
Ambition
Attempt
Appeal
Air
Arrived
Bed
Blood
Patient
Beautiful
Cut
Copy
Home
Able
Excuse
Luck
Good
Knife
Danger
Bad
Officer
Sad
Soldier
Regarded
Cannot
Drink
Begin
Holiday
Playground
Fellow
Dictatorship
Sick
War
Father
Mother
Sister
Brother
System
Nature
Difficulty
Health
Impossible
Urge
False
Knowledge
Sports
Affection
Company
Meet
Secure
Responsibility
Love
Understand
Tried
Boat
Failure
Science
Space
Sky
Goal
Busy
Unfair
Regular
Adventure
Climb
Tie
Fly
Light
Pressure
Dig
Rest
Shine
Defense
Confidence
Serious
Humble
Take
Curse
Time
Democracy
Award
Risk
Defeat
Continue
Custom
Music
Movies
Film
Enjoy
Interest
Fast
Train
Fortune
Marry
Loyalty
Ask
Problem
Struggle
Worry
Trouble
Hard
Smoke
Death
Run
Differ
Find
Pay
Cost
Look
Dislike
Matching
Pity
Victory
Trick
Drive
Study
Tackle
Jump
Lose
Sacrifice
Secret
Rent
Snatch
Genius
Efficiency
Childhood
Challenge
Beauty
Foreign
Admire
Advice
Coward
Shoot
Kill
Unable
Criticize
Persist
Progress
Football
Confuse
Defend
Lovely
Begin
Adopt
Single
Joy
Quick
Rule
Refrain
Pleasure
Soldier
Gallant
Insist
Provide
Society
Relax
Loyal
Regret
Lonely
Heart
Need
Flower
Chair
Power
Sward
Interview
Adversity
Influence
Young