ISSB psychological tests 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 se e if the candidate is suited for the job, whether he is capable to handle the jo b, 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, pe rsonality 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 s ame type of question in another test. Psychologists analyze you by seeing exactl y this whether you are lying or not by comparing the answers of different questi ons. 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 pos t). 2. Get to know about the kind of questions in each test. 3. Dont 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 b ased 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 questi on of ISSB. This question is asked in different formats but the answer which the y 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? (ac tually they are your qualities) · Write 3 bad qualities of your friend or what is it that you don't like in your f riend? · Which are the three qualities of yours that your friends like? (your good qualit ies) · 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 perso n 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 i s 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 t hen 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 y ou 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 c ut my time which i plan to spend with my family" (This is an example....DO NOT C OPY....) 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 wri te 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 checke d.. 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 a ll 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 s entence on that particular word. Words rage from 60 to 100 depends on policies o f 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 beg ins to give up thinking and he/she starts writing whatever comes in mind in spli t 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 difficul t in the sense as they have negative thought with them. If some candidate has fe ar of something he might write something related to it. In word association test its not necessary to have that word in sentence, someth ing associating to it can also be written. like for word GARDEN sentences can be 1. 2. 3. 4.
There is a garden in front of my house. Flowers are beautiful I go for jogging in the morning. There are many trees in the garden.
Now in these examples 1 and 4 are although correct but they are childish, psycho logist would not consider them that much,. Flowers are beautiful is an associati on with garden as flowers which are beautiful might be in a garden, same goes fo r jogging, a person might go for jogging in a garden. But this sentence is of mo re 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 resp ect elders means you respect your mother....( Note: if you write this sentence h ere 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 proc ess thinks of respect.) I love Pakistan is also a good sentence as Pakistan is o ur 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, psycholog ist would instantly guess that the candidate has some issue with dark, "he is af raid 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 o rder increase your speed, and increasing your thinking ability. Sentence Completion Test The second most important test in psychology analysis of a candidate is the Sent ence completion test. This test is designed on the same ideology i.e. to check a candidates 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 yo u feel is the right answer. Off course like WAT here you also have to give positi ve thinking but in some sentences its very hard to give any positive answer. Ther e 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 comp lete 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 t he candidates to write stories. These are not the stories what we read in childh ood but stories which demand concentration and serious mindset. These stories cl early put our thoughts and perceptions on paper and help psychologist make asses sment of what we are. Story writing tests are divided into two parts. In the first part we are shown a n image which is mostly a sketch, consisting of some characters or objects. It i s in Pakistani terms called story writing test. But its actual psychology name i s "Thematic Apprehension Test." We are asked to look at it carefully for 30 seco nds and then we are given 30 more seconds to think of a story which describes th e 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 Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3 Psychological tests Notes
Psychological tests · Incomplete Sentence In this test 25 incomplete sentences are to be filled in. The candidate should h ave to complete the sentence in positive and constructive manners. Exercise thes e 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. Fol lowing 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 Offer Reform Overcome Hope Fever Strict Garden Wrong Want Bold Ahead Respect Zeal Yield Insult Question Gay
Old Strength Contact Mountain Last Race Idea Bow Tear Oppose Strike Revenge Black White Hesitate Hospital Wall Night Spend Dear Lion Past Pain Swim Guilty Error Hill Care Greed Story Writing - Part 2
In the other type of story writing test, you are given a statement, a sentence o f some sort which is incomplete, giving you a vague idea about some situation, a nd you have to continue on wards and make a story out of it. I believe this test is a bit tricky and requires more concentration then imagination compared to th e above mentioned story writing test. Same way you are given 30 seconds to think and then 3 min to write a story. Some examples are: He had suffered many hardships in life and had lost all hope but _____________ After seeing her, he could not resist and _______________________________ In urdu: Wo raat ko akaylee sunsaan sarak per ja rahi the k achanak ________________ Bayroozgari aur ghar main fakoon say tang aa kay ___
