SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST SCORING GUIDELINES
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Score your completed sentences as follows
P → If your response indicated a positive, humorous, or hopeful attitude
C → If your response indicates conflict, antagonism, pessimism, emotional
disturbance.
• N → If your response is neutral; that is, it is not clearly positive or conflictive
Examples
• Boys ___________
P → are friendly and easy to get along with.
C → are a pain in the butt.
N → are usually taller than girls.
Then,
• Evaluate and tally the number of P, C, and N responses
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• C=
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• Compute the total score by adding 50 to the number of C responses and subtract
from this sum the number of P responses. Do not mark any omissions if there are
any.
(C + 50) – P = TOTAL SCORE
Total Score ___________
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Scores can range from 0 to 100. A low score below 50 would indicate that you
have a generally positive outlook on life and that you view life optimistically.
A high score above 50 indicates that your outlook on life is somewhat negative
and that you view life rather pessimistically.
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Which items were the most difficult? Why?
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Does your score correspond to your own assessment of your level of adjustment?
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What are some cautions that should be considered when interpreting the results?
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Does situation or disposition play a role in a person’s responses?
DOODLE ACTIVITY SCORING GUIDELINES
 Square objects denote masculinity, while round objects denote femininity.
 Objects with sharp protrusions indicate feelings of aggression.
 Precise dimensions, neatness, and order suggest an intense need to have order in
their lives, often to the point of being obsessive-compulsive.
 Precise dimensions, neatness, and order suggest an intense need to have order in
their lives, often to the point of being obsessive-compulsive.
 Sharpness and clarity of form indicate high intelligence.
 Numerous circles or circular strokes indicates that the person is dependent on
others, non-assertive, or effeminate.
 People who shade doodles with crossing vertical and horizontal lines are typically
obsessive personality types.
 Multiple edges with few curving lines suggest that the person is overtly
aggressive and poorly adjusted.
 Filling in (shading) of letters, circles, etc. is associated with a person who is
obsessive-compulsive, tidy, neat, or usually very controlled.
 Houses indicate a feeling of security.
 Animals:
 Well integrated and adjusted people often draw pictures of common
domesticated animals such as dogs, cats, horses, etc.
 Phobic patients tend to draw bugs, spiders. And mice.
 Large animals are often drawn by males who feel the need to be more
masculine.
 Boats may indicate a fixation or dependency on one’s mother.
 Drawings of people with long necks are related to feelings of dependency.
 Drawings displaying a high level of creativity and imagination usually reflect a
person with creative potential.