PsychIQ
PsychIQ
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34 assessments, each grounded in published research. Here is what every one of them measures and the instrument or theory it draws on.
A 42-item reasoning test modeled on the matrix, verbal, and numerical problems used in cognitive assessment. It blends Raven's-style progressive matrices (quantity and overlay/addition rules) with hard verbal analogies, abstract number series, and logical deduction. Your result is reported as an estimated IQ on the standard 100-mean / 15-SD scale. This is a challenging educational estimate, not a proctored, professionally normed test — only those yield an official IQ.
A 44-item self-report measure of emotional intelligence across five domains — Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Empathy, Social Skills, and Motivation — grounded in the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso ability model and Goleman's mixed model of emotional competence. Every item is anchored to a specific real-life moment rather than an abstract trait, so the test reads your behavior under pressure instead of your self-image on a calm day. Forward- and reverse-keyed items are balanced within each subscale to control for acquiescence and yes-saying, and each domain is scored separately so you receive a distinct band and tailored insight per domain instead of a single flattened number. For education and self-reflection, not a clinical diagnosis.
A 40-item cognitive aptitude test modeled on John B. Carroll's Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) framework, which isolates four independent abilities that predict how quickly a person acquires a foreign language: phonetic coding (mapping unfamiliar sounds to symbols and back, and holding them in memory), grammatical sensitivity (perceiving the function a word plays in a sentence regardless of its meaning), rote associative memory (rapidly bonding new sound-strings to meanings and retrieving them under interference), and inductive language learning (inferring grammatical rules from a handful of examples and applying them to new cases). The memory and induction items run inside a self-contained invented mini-language, so no real language you happen to know helps or hurts you, and the items climb in difficulty within each subscale. Every item has exactly one correct answer. Original items grounded in Carroll's published construct definitions; this is not the MLAT itself, and it is built for education and curiosity, not clinical diagnosis, admissions, or placement.
Original items grounded in the Torrance (Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking) and Guilford divergent-thinking tradition, measuring four facets of creative cognition: Fluency (the sheer volume of ideas you produce), Flexibility (your ability to shift categories and reframe a problem), Originality (how far your ideas depart from the obvious), and Elaboration (how richly you develop a raw idea into something detailed and complete). This is an educational, self-reflective measure of how you generate and develop ideas, not a clinical or IQ assessment.
A deep, multi-dimensional look at how adult ADHD traits may show up in your daily life. At its core are the 18 validated items of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1, Kessler et al., 2005), used verbatim and scorable on their own, split into Inattention and Hyperactivity/Impulsivity. Around that core, four added evidence-based dimensions — emotional dysregulation, time and procrastination, and executive load — capture the parts of adult ADHD that the classic checklist misses. Answer based on the past 6 months. This is an educational screening tool, not a diagnosis.
The full 50-item Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ), based on the instrument developed by Simon Baron-Cohen and colleagues at the Cambridge Autism Research Centre to measure where an adult of normal intelligence sits on the continuum from neurotypical to autistic traits. It covers all five published dimensions, with ten items each: social skill, attention switching, attention to detail, communication, and imagination. Following AQ convention, every item is scored 0 or 1, with both 'definitely' and 'slightly' responses on the autistic-leaning side earning a single point, for a maximum of 50. Roughly half the items are reverse-keyed so the test does not telegraph which answer is the 'autistic' one. This is an educational and self-reflection tool that reflects the AQ research framework, not a diagnosis. A high score does not mean you are autistic, and only a qualified clinician can make that assessment.
A deep, two-part self-reflection. The first part is the exact Adverse Childhood Experiences questionnaire (ACE; Felitti et al., 1998, CDC-Kaiser) — ten public-domain yes/no questions about what happened before your 18th birthday, scorable on its own as a 0-10 ACE score. The second part is original, trauma-informed reflection on how that early adversity may still echo in the present: intrusions and re-experiencing, avoidance and numbing, hypervigilance and startle, and the quiet negative beliefs ("I am unsafe, unlovable, to blame") that adversity can leave behind. Gentle, non-stigmatizing, and concrete. This is educational screening for reflection and is not a diagnosis. These questions are sensitive — go at your own pace, and stop if you need to.
A rich, evidence-based self-assessment of anxiety that keeps a validated clinical instrument at its core. The standard 7-item GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale; Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams & Löwe, 2006) is embedded verbatim and scores on its own (0-21), surrounded by original, evidence-based dimensions: Panic & Physical Symptoms, Social Anxiety, Avoidance & Safety Behaviors, and Anxiety Sensitivity (the fear of the anxiety sensations themselves). Every item asks about the last 2 weeks on one consistent frequency scale, so the validated core keeps its native meaning. This is an educational screening tool to help you understand patterns in how anxiety shows up in your body, your thoughts, and your behavior — it is not a diagnosis.
A multi-dimensional depression and mood self-assessment built around the PHQ-9, the most widely used and validated depression screener in clinical practice. The nine PHQ-9 items appear word-for-word as their own scorable subscale, surrounded by four additional evidence-based dimensions: loss of pleasure and emotional numbness, the inner voice of hopelessness and self-criticism, the physical heaviness depression puts in the body, and the slow pull away from people and responsibilities. Every item asks about real, concrete moments over the last two weeks, so the profile can tell the difference between a hard patch and something heavier — and between people who hide it well and people who are quietly drowning. This is an educational screening tool, not a diagnosis.
A full-length, 30-item personality profile grounded in Paulhus and Williams' Dark Triad framework, which maps three distinct but overlapping socially-aversive traits: Machiavellianism (strategic manipulation, cynicism, and a long-game focus on self-interest), Narcissism (grandiosity, entitlement, and a hunger for admiration and status), and Psychopathy (callousness, impulsivity, thrill-seeking, and low remorse). The items are original and behaviorally anchored — written around concrete, real-life moments rather than abstract trait statements, so they are harder to game and more revealing to answer. Each subscale has ten items with roughly half reverse-keyed to control for acquiescence and yea-saying, and you receive a separate score and tailored insight for each of the three traits rather than a single number. These traits exist on a continuum that nearly everyone carries to some degree, and elevated scores are not a diagnosis. For education and self-reflection only, not clinical assessment.
A full-length, 50-item personality profile grounded in the Five-Factor Model (the Big Five / OCEAN) and adapted from the public-domain International Personality Item Pool (IPIP-50). It measures five broad trait dimensions — Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism (Emotional Stability) — with ten behaviorally anchored items each. Half of every scale is reverse-keyed to control for acquiescence and yea-saying bias, so your profile reflects what you actually do rather than how agreeable the questions sound. Scores are computed separately for each trait, giving you a distinct band and tailored insight for all five dimensions rather than a single number. For education and self-reflection, not clinical diagnosis.
An original self-reflection assessment grounded in David McClelland's Human Motivation Theory — the needs for Achievement, Affiliation, and Power — and extended with three further drivers from Self-Determination Theory and modern motivation research: Autonomy, Security, and Purpose. Across 42 behaviorally specific items — a mix of frequency-rated self-reports, belief statements, and forced-choice trade-offs designed to be hard to fake — it surfaces the unconscious primary motive that quietly steers your everyday decisions, often beneath your own awareness. This is an educational instrument inspired by published motivation frameworks; it is not the TAT, not a clinical or diagnostic tool, and not affiliated with any proprietary test.
A full-length, 40-item attachment-style assessment grounded in the two-dimensional Experiences in Close Relationships model (Brennan, Clark & Shaver; Fraley). It measures two independent dimensions — Attachment Anxiety (fear of abandonment, hypervigilance to rejection, protest behavior, reassurance-seeking) and Attachment Avoidance (discomfort with closeness and dependence, compulsive self-reliance, emotional suppression) — and locates you in one of four styles: Secure, Anxious-Preoccupied, Dismissing-Avoidant, or Fearful-Avoidant. Items are original, behaviorally specific snapshots of real relationship moments, with reverse-keyed items in both dimensions to catch agree-everything responding. For education and self-reflection only — not a clinical diagnosis.
Built on John Gottman's decades of research into what separates couples who last from those who dissolve, fused with the PREPARE/ENRICH framework clinicians use in premarital and couples work, this 42-item assessment maps the six functional systems that determine how a partnership holds up under real conditions: how you actually communicate, how you repair after a fight, how much real closeness you sustain, how aligned you are on the life you want, how you handle money, and how much trust runs between you. Instead of rating chemistry or surface preferences, it asks about the specific behaviors and the private inner experiences that research consistently ties to relationship stability — the things people recognize in themselves but rarely say out loud. Every subscale mixes items where the flattering answer is obvious with reverse-keyed items where it isn't, so the picture you get back reflects your real patterns rather than the version you'd present on a first date. Your results map your strengths and your growth edges across all six systems, with reflective guidance for each. This is an educational and self-reflective tool, not a diagnosis or a verdict on your relationship.
A 34-item relationship reflection built on Caryl Rusbult's Investment Model of commitment, which holds that whether people stay is shaped by three forces — how satisfied they feel, how poor or rich their alternatives look, and how much they have already invested — plus a fourth dimension this version tracks closely: respect and emotional safety. Items are deliberately concrete and anchored to real moments rather than abstract feelings, so the result reflects how your relationship actually runs day to day, not how you wish it looked or fear it might be. The aim is to separate the reasons you want to be here from the reasons you feel you cannot leave. This is an educational tool for self-reflection, not a diagnosis, a verdict, or advice to stay or go — only you can make that decision, ideally with people who know your full situation. If any item raises concern about your safety, please reach out to a domestic violence hotline or a trusted professional.
A 32-item inventory grounded in Gary Chapman's Five Love Languages framework — Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, and Physical Touch. Every item is built around a concrete, recognizable moment rather than an abstract preference, and forces a choice between channels so your dominant currency surfaces instead of a flattering tie. Reverse-keyed items in each language catch the difference between what you say you want and what actually lands. The result reveals your primary and secondary languages and how it feels when each runs dry. This is an educational and self-reflection tool, not a clinical diagnosis, and is not the official Chapman instrument.
A structured wellbeing audit grounded in the cognitive-evaluative model of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985) and the multi-domain architecture of the World Health Organization Quality of Life framework (WHOQOL Group, 1998). It maps eight load-bearing domains — Career, Health, Relationships, Finances, Growth, Recreation, Environment, and Purpose — through concrete behaviors and lived internal moments rather than vague self-impressions. Instead of asking whether you are "satisfied," it asks what you actually do on an ordinary Tuesday, what you quietly avoid, and what you feel at 2 a.m. Every domain carries reverse-keyed items to catch reflexive agreement, so the resulting profile shows not just how good your life feels in summary but precisely which domains are carrying you and which are quietly draining the others. Educational and reflective, not a clinical or diagnostic instrument.
A decision-weighting profile that exposes what truly drives your job choices across eight total-rewards dimensions: compensation, growth, culture, work-life balance, mission, stability, management, and location/commute. Grounded in total-rewards theory and multi-attribute utility decision analysis (MAUT / weighted-criteria decision science), it reads the concrete moments where your real priorities leak out — the offer you turned down, the spreadsheet you actually built, the thing you keep re-reading in the offer letter — rather than the priorities you'd recite if asked. Every subscale contains reverse-keyed items to catch the gap between what people say they want and what they quietly optimize for. Educational and self-reflective only — not career advice, a hiring recommendation, or a prediction of any outcome.
A research-grounded profile that maps two things at once. First, the kinds of work that genuinely pull you in, using Holland's RIASEC model of vocational interests (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional). Second, the sensory channels through which you absorb new information most naturally, using the VARK model (Visual, Aural, Read/Write, Kinesthetic). Instead of asking you to rate vague traits, this version puts you inside specific, recognizable moments — the project you'd volunteer for, the task you quietly avoid, the way you really study when no one is grading you — so your answers reveal what you'd actually do rather than what sounds good. Your top interest themes and dominant learning channel form a practical map you can use to choose fields, design how you study, and understand why some rooms energize you while others slowly flatten you. This is an educational, reflective tool, not a verdict on your future.
A 30-item self-report measure of psychological resilience — your capacity to adapt, recover, and grow under real pressure. Grounded in the Connor-Davidson resilience construct (Connor & Davidson, 2003), it maps six evidence-based dimensions: adaptability, optimism, emotion regulation, support-seeking, persistence, and meaning-making. Items are written as concrete, hard-to-fake moments rather than abstract trait statements, with reverse-keyed items in every dimension to catch automatic agreement. Items are original to this assessment; this is not the CD-RISC and reproduces none of its copyrighted wording. For education and self-reflection, not a clinical diagnosis.
A 42-item self-report measure of psychological maturity — the part of growing up that has nothing to do with your birthday. Grounded in developmental and clinical models of emotional maturity (Erikson's psychosocial stages, Gross's process model of emotion regulation, Bowen's concept of self-differentiation, and contemporary work on accountability and post-adversity growth), it assesses six dimensions: Emotional Regulation, Accountability, Boundaries, Empathy, Self-Awareness, and Resilience. Each item describes a concrete, recognizable moment rather than an abstract trait, and every dimension includes reverse-keyed items to catch reflexive agreement. Your total maps to a psychological age-equivalent between roughly 15 and 65. Items are original and written for this assessment; it reproduces no copyrighted instrument. For education and self-reflection, not a clinical or developmental diagnosis.
A 42-item situational assessment that maps which of five core emotional wounds runs deepest in you: Abandonment, Rejection, Humiliation, Injustice, and Betrayal. Grounded in Lise Bourbeau's five-wounds model and the early maladaptive schema framework of schema therapy (Jeffrey Young). Every item is original and describes a specific everyday moment, reaction, or choice rather than diagnosing you, and each subscale includes reverse-keyed items to balance the picture. Scores are weighted to surface your primary wound and the secondary wound layered beneath it. Built for self-understanding and reflection, not clinical diagnosis.
An original 36-item self-report of dispositional authenticity grounded in Wood, Linley, Maltby, Baliousis and Joseph's (2008) person-centred model — the interplay of authentic living (acting in line with your real values and feelings), resisting external influence (not letting others' expectations overwrite you), and low self-alienation (knowing and trusting your true self). It maps these processes across four arenas where the pressure to perform differs sharply: work, close relationships, wider social settings, and time alone. The result estimates the overall percentage of your life lived as the real you, and shows where you stay true versus where you quietly switch into a version others expect. Items are original to this assessment and reproduce no copyrighted scale. For education and self-reflection only — not a clinical or diagnostic instrument.
A 36-item self-report diagnostic that maps the six engines of self-defeating behavior: procrastination, perfectionism, fear of success, self-handicapping, avoidance, and comfort-zone clinging. Grounded in the self-defeating behavior literature — Baumeister and Scher's framework of counterproductive behavior, Berglas and Jones's self-handicapping theory, Hewitt and Flett's multidimensional perfectionism model, Steel's procrastination research, and the experiential-avoidance tradition (Hayes). Each subscale carries forward- and reverse-keyed items to control acquiescence bias. Items describe concrete moments rather than abstract traits, so the score reflects what you actually do under pressure rather than how you'd like to see yourself. For educational and self-reflection purposes only — not a clinical diagnosis.
A 30-item educational self-reflection tool grounded in Dr. Stephen Porges's Polyvagal Theory, which describes the autonomic nervous system as moving through three hierarchically organized states: the ventral vagal state (safety, social engagement, calm connection), the sympathetic state (mobilized fight-or-flight activation), and the dorsal vagal state (immobilized shutdown, collapse, and numbness). Every item is written as a concrete, body-level moment rather than an abstract trait, so the test reads your lived physiology instead of your self-image. Each of the three states is measured by ten original items — including reverse-keyed items in every subscale to catch automatic agreeing — and the instrument yields both an overall regulation profile and a breakdown of which state currently runs you. Items are written specifically for this assessment and reproduce no copyrighted instrument. This is a framework for understanding patterns, not a medical or clinical diagnosis.
Mindfulness is not a mood or a personality trait you either have or lack — it is a measurable quality of attention: how often you are actually in the room where your life is happening, and whether you can meet what shows up without flinching into judgment or sliding into autopilot. This 32-item instrument is grounded in the dispositional mindfulness literature and measures four facets of everyday awareness. Present-moment attention asks whether your mind is where your body is. Non-judgment asks whether you can watch a thought or feeling without instantly grading it as wrong. Awareness of inner and outer experience asks whether the early, quiet signals — a tightening jaw, a shift in someone's voice, the edge in your own mood — register before they become problems. Freedom from autopilot asks whether routine quietly drives while you ride along. It does not measure how much you meditate; it measures how you move through ordinary, unguarded days. The items are deliberately specific and a little uncomfortable, because vague self-flattery tells you nothing. Answer for how you actually are, not how you'd like to sound.
A 36-item assessment built on the Silvera, Martinussen & Dahl (2001) Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS), which models social intelligence as three distinct facets: Social Information Processing (decoding and predicting other people's feelings, motives, and behavior), Social Skills (entering social situations and adapting one's behavior fluidly), and Social Awareness (reading the room, sensing how one is landing, and catching when one is being misread). Items are original and grounded in the published TSIS construct definitions; they deliberately favor concrete, behaviorally revealing moments over abstract self-flattery, and include hard real-world social scenarios where the wise answer is not the obvious one. Forward- and reverse-keyed items are balanced within each facet to control acquiescence bias. Educational and reflective, not a clinical or diagnostic instrument.
A full-length, 48-item character-strengths profile grounded in the VIA (Values in Action) classification of 24 character strengths organized under six universal virtues: Wisdom, Courage, Humanity, Justice, Temperance, and Transcendence. Each strength is measured by two original, behaviorally anchored items — one forward-keyed and one reverse-keyed — written from the published construct definitions rather than copied from any proprietary instrument. Instead of asking whether you 'value' a trait, each item drops you into a specific, recognizable moment and asks what you actually do, so the result is harder to fake and harder to flatter. Your six virtue scores are reported separately, and your highest-scoring strengths surface as your likely signature strengths. For education and self-reflection, not clinical diagnosis or hiring.
An original, CBT-grounded self-reflection instrument based on the cognitive distortions described by Aaron Beck and David Burns. Instead of asking whether you "think negatively," it drops you into specific, recognizable moments — the unanswered text, the one critical comment in a sea of praise, the plan that falls through — and asks how your mind actually moves. It maps nine classic thinking traps: all-or-nothing thinking, overgeneralization, mental filtering, catastrophizing, mind reading, personalization, should-statements, emotional reasoning, and labeling. Built for self-awareness and psychoeducation; it is not a diagnosis or a substitute for therapy.
An original 30-item conflict-style assessment grounded in Thomas-Kilmann conflict-mode theory, which maps how you handle disagreement along two axes: assertiveness (how hard you pursue your own concerns) and cooperativeness (how much you attend to the other person's). Their intersection defines five modes — Competing, Collaborating, Compromising, Avoiding, and Accommodating. Instead of asking how you'd like to think you behave, every item drops you into a concrete, slightly uncomfortable moment — the second a plan gets challenged, the silence after you've been overruled, the text you draft and delete — and asks what you actually do. Reverse-keyed items in every mode guard against simply agreeing with everything. The result surfaces your go-to move, the modes you under-use, and where your default helps versus quietly costs you. Educational and reflective only; it is not therapy, relationship advice, or a clinical evaluation.
This assessment measures future-self continuity — how vividly you can picture the person you'll become, how much they still feel like you, and whether that bond actually changes what you do today. It is grounded in Hal Hershfield's research on future-self continuity and the wider psychology of prospection and intertemporal choice, which finds that people who experience their future self as a real, similar, and cared-for continuation of who they are now make wiser long-horizon choices about money, health, and follow-through — while those who relate to their future self as a stranger discount the future and quietly shortchange the person they're about to be. It uses 30 original items across five facets: Vividness (how clearly you can picture future you), Connectedness (how much future you still feels like the same self), Similarity (how alike present and future you feel), Positivity (the warmth and hope you feel toward future you), and Behavioral Consequences (whether the bond shows up in saving, health, and persistence). Each facet includes reverse-keyed items to catch acquiescent answering. Your result estimates the point on your own timeline where future you starts to feel like a stranger. This is an educational, reflective profile — not a clinical or diagnostic measure, and not a substitute for professional advice.
An original self-honesty assessment grounded in Paulhus's Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR) and the self-deceptive enhancement literature. Most validity scales measure how much you spin OTHER people; this one turns that science inward to ask how much you spin yourself. It maps four engines of self-deception — honestly-held but inflated self-views (Self-Deceptive Enhancement), the quiet refusal to look at inconvenient truths (Denial & Avoidance), the after-the-fact reasons that make your behavior sound fine (Rationalization), and the parts of yourself you genuinely can't see (Blind Spots) — using concrete, real-life moments rather than abstract traits. It returns a single Self-Honesty score plus a profile across the four engines. Educational and reflective, not a clinical diagnosis.
An original depth-psychology self-awareness assessment grounded in Jung's concept of the shadow (the disowned material the conscious persona refuses to integrate), the Johari Window's "blind area" (what others see that you do not), classic ego defense mechanisms (Anna Freud; projection, rationalization, denial, reaction formation), the mechanism of projection, and experiential avoidance from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Hayes and colleagues). It maps five facets of the unseen self through concrete, everyday moments rather than abstract traits: persona-shadow distance, the blind spot between self-image and impact, projection of disowned traits onto others, habitual defensive maneuvers, and the avoidance of inner experience. Each subscale includes reverse-keyed items to counter agreement bias, and items were written specifically for this assessment to reflect these published construct definitions without reproducing wording from any copyrighted instrument. For self-insight and reflection only; it is not a clinical or diagnostic tool.
A reflective instrument built on Schwartz's theory of basic human values. Rather than asking which ideals you endorse — almost everyone endorses the flattering ones — it probes the concrete moments where values get tested: where you spend your free hour, what you do when no one is watching, the tradeoffs you actually make under pressure. It maps six core value orientations (Self-Direction, Achievement, Benevolence, Universalism, Security, Stimulation) and then measures the alignment gap — the distance between the values you hold and the life you are presently living. Educational and reflective, not a clinical or diagnostic instrument.
PsychIQ assessments are for education and self-reflection. They are not medical diagnoses and do not replace evaluation by a qualified professional.