Srividya Ivaturi

Psychometric tests are of two types: One which helps us in Aptitude assessment and the other in Personality assessment.  Aptitude Tests: Help in understanding the person's ability in certain fields, his intelligence in understanding, interpreting and putting things together. Personality Test: Help in understanding the personality types, traits and behavioral patterns. That is this helps in understand how do you react to a certain situation, what are your preferences and attitudes. The results of these tests are generally given in a form of a descriptive report. Many times, the r

I completely agree with you that only a mother / parents can understand the child better. Having said that, the career guidance tests can help parents as a support tool to validate the child's interest vs his intelligence. As per Howard Gardner, a famous psychologist, human brain learns and interprets the learning in 8 types:  Verbal-Linguistic Logical - Mathematical Visual - Spacial Bodily - Kinesthetic Musical - Rhythmic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalistic Most of the popular Career Tests are designed to analyze these expertise, from the perspective to understand and analyse