The use of a psychometric measuring device, test, questionnaire, technique or instrument that

assesses intellectual/cognitive ability/functioning, aptitude, interest, personality make-up or

personality functioning and which may, in terms of its content or responses required, result in

either embarrassment or anxiety to the test-taker, is constituted as being a psychological act.

According to the Health Professions Act, Act 56 of 1974, only registered psychologists are

permitted to perform psychological acts which, in relation to evaluation, testing and

assessment, are defined in Section 37 (2) (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) as being:

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Thus, according to the Health Professions Act, Act 56 of 1974, tests, measures,

questionnaires, instruments, etc. that tap psychological constructs must be used, interpreted,

and controlled by psychologists. Certain psychological tests can, however, be used by

psychometrists, psychotechnicians, and other professionals (e.g., speech and occupational

therapists) provided that:

1. the use of the test has been certified for that category of tester by the Psychometrics

Committee of the Professional Board for Psychology;

2. the tester complies with whatever restrictions may be placed on the test's use

relevant to the category of test user that he/she is registered as. For example, a

psychometrist may administer, score and preliminary interpret all psychological tests

except [projective personality techniques;]

3. the tester seeks mentoring from a psychologist where specialist input would enhance

the testing process and the understanding of the test results; and

4. the tester has been appropriately trained and has achieved the minimum

competencies required to use the test.

In view of the specific conditions under which psychological tests may be used by people

other than registered psychologists, it is necessary to classify tests to facilitate the

determination of the category of tester who may use them. The Psychometrics Committee of

the Professional Board for Psychology has been mandated by the Board to, among other

things:

Classification of a test by the Psychometrics Committee of the Professional Board for

Psychology does not impose any new restrictions on a psychological test (the Health

Professions Act, Act 56 of 1974, imposes such restrictions). Instead, classification allows for

the relaxing of conditions under which a test can be used, which makes the test more freely

available.

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The tests indicated below represent a summative list of tests that:

* have been classified by the Psychometrics Committee (from

1996 onwards) as psychological tests or

* were classified as such by the Test Commission of the Republic of South Africa (up until

1996) or the Human Sciences Research Council, with these classifications being

condoned by the Psychometrics Committee in 1998.

Some important issues need to be pointed out to the users of psychological tests, measures, and

instruments:

1. test users may find that many tests that are currently in use are not on the list. In such an

instance it means that they have either currently be under classification consideration or

they might not have been submitted for classification purposes to the Psychometrics

Committee. The onus rests on test users to refer such tests to the Psychometrics

Committee, even if they were developed overseas; and

2. it needs to be noted that even although a test may be classified as a psychological test,

the onus rests on the test user to ensure that:

* the test is valid for the purposes for which it is being used;

* appropriate norms are consulted; and

* where tests that have been developed in other countries are concerned, appropriate

research studies need to be undertaken to investigate whether the test is culturally biased

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Academic Aptitude Test (AAT)(Standard 10)

Academic Aptitude Test (AAT)(University)

Academic-Technical Aptitude Tests (ATA)

Adjective Checklist (EWL) - Part of Vienna Test System

Adolescent Self Concept Scale

African Profile Technique

Anxiety Questionnaire for Pupils (AFS) - Vienna Test System

APIL

Aptitude Test Battery for Pupils in Standards 6 and 7 (ATB Standards 6/7)

Aptitude Tests for School Beginners (ASB)

Aptitude Dimension Test

Aptitude Profile Test

Aptitude Test Battery for Adults (AA)

BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory (BarON EQ-i)

Bayley Scales II

Beck Tensor (TENSOR) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test

Benton Visual Retention Test

Blox Test (A/80)

Career Development Questionnaire (CDQ)

California Psychological Inventory (CPI)

Cattell Culture Fair Intelligence Tests

Children's Apperception Test (CAT)

Children's Apperception Test - Human Figures (CAT-H)

Children's Apperception Test - Supplement (CAT-S)

Children's Personality Questionnaire (CPQ)

Clerical Test Battery

Clinical Analysis Questionnaire (CAQ)

Cognitrone (COG) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Columbus Picture Analyses of Growth towards Maturity

Communication and Insights Analysis Questionnaire (CIAQ)

Computerized Adaptive Test of General Reasoning Ability (GSAT Senior)

Concentration under Monotony Test (Q1) - Austrian Road Safety Board

Conceptual Reasoning Test (A/138)

Continuous Symbol Checking Test (CSC)(A/84)

Continuous Attention Test (DAUF) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Decision Reaction Test (DR2) - Austrian Road Safety Board

Decision Preference Analysis

Deductive Reasoning Test (B/112)

Developmental Test of Visual Perception (Frostig)

Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery)

Differential Aptitude Tests: Forms R, S, K & L

Differential Interest Test (DIT) - Part of Vienna Test System

Discus Behavioural Profile System

Electronic Diagnostic Systems (SADF)

ESSI Reading and Spelling Tests

Experience of Work and Life Circumstances Questionnaire (WLQ)

Eysenck Personality Inventory

Eysenck Personality Profiler (EPP)

Factors of Aggressiveness Questionnaire (FAF) - Part of Vienna Test System

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Family Assessment Device

19 Field Interest Inventory (19FII)

Fifteen Factor Questionnaire (15FQ)

Fifteen Factor Questionnaire Plus (15FQPlus)

Figure Classification Test (A/121)

Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behaviour (FIRO-B)

Form Series Test (Industrial Version)(A/79)

General Scholastic Aptitude Test (GSAT)

Gesell Developmental Test

Giessen Test (GIESS) - Part of Vienna Test System

Giotto Integrity Questionnaire

Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test

Graz Assertiveness Test (GAT) - Part of Vienna Test System

Group Test for 5/6 and 7/8 year-olds

Grover-Counter Scale of Cognitive Development

Guidance Test Battery for Secondary Pupils (GBS)

Hamburg Neuroticism and Extroversion Scale (HANES) - Vienna Test System

High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ)

High Level Battery (B/75)

High Level Figure Classification Test (A/129)

High School Interest Questionnaire (HSIQ)

Hypothesis Formation Test (HYPO) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Individual Scale for Southern Sotho-speaking pupils

Individual Scale for General Scholastic Aptitude (ISGSA)

Individual Scale for Northern Sotho-speaking pupils

Individual Scale for Tswana-speaking pupils

Individual Scale for Xhosa-speaking pupils

Individual Scale for Zulu-speaking pupils

Industrial Test Battery (ITB) - includes

Anomalous Concept Test (ACTA)(A/133),

Anomalous Figure Test (AFTA)(A/134), and

Series Induction Test (SIT)(A/135).

Integrity Profiles (IP-200)

Intelligence Structure Test (IST 70) - Vienna Test System

Intermediate Battery (B/77)

Interpersonal Relations Questionnaire (IRQ)

Intra- and Interpersonal Relations Scale (IIRS)

IPAT Anxiety Scale

Jackson Personality Inventory – Revised (JPI-R)

Jung Type Indicator

Jung Personality Questionnaire (JPQ)

Junior South African Individual Scales (JSAIS)

Junior Aptitude Test (JAT)

Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory

Kolby Conative Index (KCIA)

Learning Potential Computerised Adaptive Test (LPCAT)

Life Role Inventory (LRI)

Line Labyrinth Test (LL5) - Austrian Road Safety Board

London House Personnel Selection Inventory (PSI-3)

McCarthy Scales of Children Abilities

Miller Assessment for Pre-Schoolers (MAP)

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Short Form (MMPIK)

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Movement Assessment Battery for Children

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Meyer Interest Questionnaire (MB-10)

Non Verbal Matrices Intelligence Test (M30) - Austrian Road Safety Board

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Number Combination Test (ZVT) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Neo Personality Iventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R)

Neo Professional Development Report (NEO-PD-R)

Neo Five Factor Inventory ( NEO-FF-I)

Occupational Interest Profile (OIP)

Occupational Personality Profile (OPP)

Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ)

Organisational Personality Construct Scale

Orpheus Personality Questionnaire

Paper and Pencil Games (PPG)

Paranoid Depressiveness Scale (PDS) - Vienna Test System

Pattern Relations Test (B15/1)

Perceptual Motor Survey (Kephardt)

Personal, Home, Social and Formal Relations Questionnaire (PHSF)

Picture Vocational Interest Questionnaire for Adults (PVI)

Picture Motivation Tests (PMT)

Porteus Mazes

Potential Index Batteries (PIB)

Predictive Index (PI)

Programmer Aptitude Battery (PAB)(A/137) - includes

Procedures Test,

Matrices Test I, and

Matrices Test II.

Psychological Map

Questionnaire to Assess the Risks of Suicide (FBS) - Part of Vienna Test System

Questionnaire: Assessing Willingness to take Risks (FRF) - Austrian Road Safety Board

Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM)

Rorschach cards

Rotate and Flip Test (RAFT)(A/136)

Rothwell-Miller Interest Blank (RMIB)(C/134)

Scholastic Aptitude Test Battery for Pupils in Standards and 5 (SATB Standards 4/5)

Scholastic Aptitude Test Battery for Pupils in Standards 2 and 3 (SATB Standards 2/3)

School-readiness Evaluation by Trained Testers (SETT)

Self-Concept Scale

Self-Directed Search Questionnaire (SDS)

Senior Aanlegtoets vir Swaksiendes (SAT-S)

Senior Academic-Technical Aptitude Test (SATA)

Senior Aptitude Tests (SAT)

Senior South African Individual Scale - Revised (SSAIS-R)

Sexual Adaptation Functioning Test (SAFT)

Short Questionnaire for Problem Detection (KFP30) - Part of Vienna Test System

Siegmund System for Computerized Testing (pending final classification)

Signal Detection (SIGNAL) - Vienna Test Catalogue

South African Vocational Interest Inventory (SAVII)

South African Individual Scale for the Blind (SAISB)

South African Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (SAWAIS)(C/35)

Situation-Specific Evaluation Expert Batteries (SpEEX Batteries)

Spielberger Trait/State Anxiety Scale

Strong Interest Inventory (SII)

Structured-Objective Rorschach Test (SORT)

Suid-Afrikaanse Groeptoets vir Swaksiendes: Intermediêr (SAGS:I)

Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA)

TAT cards (Murray)

Technical Aptitude Test Battery for Low Literates (TAB)

Test to Examine Reactive Stress Tolerance (RSTS) - Austrian Road Safety Board

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Thomas International Personal Profile

Three-dimensional Point Tracking (3PTR) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Three-dimensional Contour Tracking (3KTR) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Toets vir Bestuurskennis

Trade Aptitude Test Battery (TRAT)

TRAM-1

TRAM-2

Two-dimensional Contour Tracking (2KTR) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Two-dimensional Point Tracking (2PTR) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Two-dimensional Labyrinth Tracking (2LTR) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Two-hand Co-ordination (2HAND) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Values Scale (VS)

Vienna Matrices Test (VMT) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Vigilance (VIGIL) - Vienna Test Catalogue

Vocational Interest Questionnaire for Pupils in Standards 6 to 10 (VIQ)

Wechsler Pre-School and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised (WPPSI-R)

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III)

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R)

Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R)

Work Orientation Scale

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TESTS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED/ADAPTED (PROVISIONALLY CLASSIFIED)

Assessment of Competencies and Traits (ACT) & Managerial Assessment of Proficiency (MAP)

(03-03-26)

Complexity Navigation Test (CNT)

Critical Reasoning Test Battery (CRTB1)(CRTB2)

Culture-fair Abilities and Motivation Test (C-FAM)

D.i.S.C. Dimensions of Behaviour, Personal Profile System

First View Assessment

General Reasoning Test Battery (GRT2)

Graduate Reasoning Test Battery (GRTB)

Locus of Control Questionnaire

Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential

Prevue Assessment

Profile XT

Profiles Step One Survey

Technical Test Battery (TTTB2)

Test of Encounter Stress (TESS)

Total View Assessment

Values and Motives Inventory