Psychological evaluation



The psychological evaluation is an examination that Doc Mitchell performs on you at the beginning of Fallout: New Vegas. During the tutorial quest, the psychological evaluation serves to mark the player's tagged skills.

Gameplay
During the quest "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" in Fallout: New Vegas, the player participates in a psychological evaluation conducted by Doc Mitchell. The test consists of a sequence of thirteen questions split into 3 sections; word-association, personality profile, and Rorschach blot tests. The responses to these questions determine which three skills are recommended for him/her to tag.

Choosing "evil" answers exclusively in the first part of the test results in the Doctor commenting that giving tests like these often reveals more than he'd hope, which isn't always a good thing.

Questions
Here are the questions, the answers, and which skill each counts towards tagging:

Question 1
"Dog"
 * Cat. - Sneak
 * Feed. - Medicine
 * Newspaper. - Melee
 * Train. - Speech
 * Kick. - Unarmed
 * Dinner. - Survival

Question 2
"House"
 * Shelter. - Survival
 * Burglarize. - Lockpick
 * Renovate. - Repair
 * Target. - Guns & Energy Weapons
 * Investment. - Barter
 * Demolish. - Explosives

Question 3
"Night"
 * Campfire. - Survival
 * Dream. - Science
 * Shroud. - Sneak
 * Sleep. - Medicine
 * Treasure. - Lockpick
 * Silencer. - Guns

Question 4
"Bandit"
 * Bribe. - Barter
 * Crush. - Unarmed
 * Stab. - Melee
 * Swiss Cheese. - Guns
 * Vaporize. - Energy Weapons
 * Reasonable. - Speech

Question 5
"Light"
 * Dark. - Sneak
 * Heavy. - Unarmed
 * Beam. - Energy Weapons
 * Flash. - Explosives
 * Inspiration. - Science
 * Torch. - Repair

Question 6
"Mother"
 * Caretaker. - Medicine
 * Genes. - Science
 * Cookie Jar. - Lockpick
 * Tantrum - Barter
 * Tattle. - Speech
 * Regret. - Repair
 * Human Shield. - Guns & Energy Weapons & Explosives

Personality profile
Difference between strongly and regular is strongly gets 2 points toward determining Tag Skills regular gets only 1 point

Question 1
First one. "Conflict just ain't in my nature."
 * Strongly Agree - Sneak & Speech & Barter
 * Agree - Sneak & Speech & Barter
 * No Opinion
 * Disagree - Guns & Energy Weapons & Explosives
 * Strongly Disagree - Guns & Energy Weapons & Explosives

Question 2
"I ain't given to relying on others for support."
 * Strongly Agree - Survival & Medicine & Repair
 * Agree - Survival & Medicine & Repair
 * No Opinion
 * Disagree - Barter & Speech & Science
 * Strongly Disagree - Barter & Speech & ''Science

Question 3
"I'm always fixing to be the center of attention."
 * Strongly Agree - Explosives & Speech
 * Agree - Explosives & Speech
 * No Opinion
 * Disagree - Sneak & Melee & Guns
 * Strongly Disagree - Sneak & Melee & Guns

Question 4
"I'm slow to embrace new ideas."
 * Strongly Agree - Survival & Unarmed & Melee
 * Agree - Survival & Unarmed & Melee
 * No Opinion
 * Disagree - Science & Energy Weapons
 * Strongly Disagree - Science & Energy Weapons

Question 5
"I charge in to deal with my problems head-on."
 * Strongly Agree - Unarmed & Melee
 * Agree - Unarmed & Melee
 * No Opinion
 * Disagree - Guns & Energy Weapons & Explosives
 * Strongly Disagree - Guns & Energy Weapons & Explosives

Inkblot 1
- Rorschach test Card 7
 * A broken chain. - Repair
 * A chemical reaction. - Science
 * A shadow in a doorframe. - Sneak
 * An oozing wound. - Medicine
 * An angry two-headed ant. - Survival

Inkblot 2
- Rorschach test Card 6
 * I see a priceless work of art. - Barter
 * It's some piece of space-age technology. - Energy Weapons
 * A ship at sea. - Survival
 * I'm too embarrassed to say what it looks like. - Speech

Inkblot 3
- Rorschach test Card 2
 * A light in the darkness. - Science
 * A bearded man. - Survival
 * A mushroom cloud. - Explosives
 * A head on a pillow. - Sneak