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[[File:Psych test.jpg|thumb|Wesley undergoes his psych test.]]
The '''Psych Test''' was a test in the [[Starfleet Academy entrance exam]], and was a [[psychological evaluation]] based on reactions to various individual problems. Unannounced tests could take place at any time during the exam period.
 
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The '''psych test''' was a trial undergone by prospective [[Starfleet]] [[cadet]]s during the [[Starfleet Academy entrance exam]]. [[TAC officer]] {{dis|Chang|TAC Officer}} described it as "a psychological evaluation based on reactions to various individual problems." It was designed to force an applicant to face their greatest fear and evaluate their reaction to it.
   
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In [[2364]], [[Wesley Crusher]] underwent the psych test as part of his entrance exam on [[Relva VII]]. He was put in a situation in which it appeared that two crewmen were about to die in an imminent explosion, and Wesley could only save one of them. It was determined that Wesley feared this situation because, years earlier, [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]] had to make a similar choice which resulted in the death of [[Jack Crusher|Wesley's father]]. ({{TNG|Coming of Age}})
For the test, [[Starfleet]] analyzed each applicant's [[psychological profile]] to determine what they were afraid of, and the applicant was to face their deepest fear and live through it to pass the test. Despite [[Wesley Crusher]]'s anxiety, [[Lt.]] [[Worf]] stressed that the Psych Test was no more or less important than any of the other tests in the exam process. ({{TNG|Coming of Age}})
 
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==See also==
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*[[Psychosimulator test]]
 
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Revision as of 11:40, 20 December 2014

Psych test

Wesley undergoes his psych test.

The psych test was a trial undergone by prospective Starfleet cadets during the Starfleet Academy entrance exam. TAC officer Chang described it as "a psychological evaluation based on reactions to various individual problems." It was designed to force an applicant to face their greatest fear and evaluate their reaction to it.

In 2364, Wesley Crusher underwent the psych test as part of his entrance exam on Relva VII. He was put in a situation in which it appeared that two crewmen were about to die in an imminent explosion, and Wesley could only save one of them. It was determined that Wesley feared this situation because, years earlier, Captain Picard had to make a similar choice which resulted in the death of Wesley's father. (TNG: "Coming of Age")

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