Sentence completion test

1. Sentence Completion Test

2. Consists of words or phrases , usually referred to as item stems , that people are asked to complete a sentence. How individuals go about this task tends to reflect the kind of person they are. Sentence Completion Test Method

3. Performance Based Self Report Self Descriptions Sentence Completion Test Method Often provide indirect or direct clues to their underlying attitudes, affects and concerns.

4. Sentence Completion Test Method Some Sentence Completion Test have been constructed with standard sets of items for use in general personality assessment/analysis clinical application, attitude assessment, achhievement motivation and measurement of other construct.. Example: Egocentricity Moral Attitudes Marital Satisfaction Depression

5. Sentence Completion Test Method Is used to: Assess psychological characteristics Construct formal measures of intelligence By: Herman Ebbinghaus , 1987

6. Could contribute to assessing personality characteristics as well as intellectual functioning originated with some observations . (Carl Jung, 1916) “Say the first word that comes to your mind.” Sentence Completion Test Method

7. Three types of Data: Structural - consist of such objective response characteristic, Behavioral – manner in which people work on the sentence completion task, Thematic – provides a rich array of clues to their underlying feelings and attitudes and concern. (e.g.: total time required to complete the test.) (e.g.: careful or careless) Sentence Completion Test Method

8. Can be phrased to evoke persons attitude towards specific individual. Example: Mother __________ Perspective on particular events and circumstances in their lives. Example: In school __________ Sentence Completion Test Method

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10. Sack’s Sentence Completion Test Is a 60-item test that asks respondents to complete 60 questions with the first thing that comes to mind across four areas: Family, Sex, Interpersonal Relationship and Self-concept.

11. Sack’s Sentence Completion Test Interpretation Guide: 2 - SEVERELY DISTURBED . Appears to require conflicts in this area. 1 - MIDLY DISTURBED . Has emotional conflict in this area but appears able to handle them without therapeutic aid. - NO SIGNIFICANT disturbance rated in this area. X - UNKNOWN , Insufficient evidence

12. Sack’s Sentence Completion Test Attitude towards Own Ability (2, 7, 32 and 47) 2 = feels completely incomplete and hopeless 1 = feels he has a specific ability but tends to fear difficulty = confident on his ability to overcome obstacle Interpretation Guide: