Psychological evaluation

The psychological evaluation is an examination that Doc Mitchell performs on the Courier at the beginning of Fallout: New Vegas. During the tutorial quest, the psychological evaluation serves to mark the player character's tagged skills.
==Background==
During Ain't That a Kick in the Head, the starting quest for Fallout: New Vegas, the player character participates in a psychological evaluation conducted by Doc Mitchell. The test consists of a sequence of thirteen questions split into three sections; word-association, personality profile, and Rorschach blot tests. The responses to these questions determine which three skills are recommended for them to tag.
Choosing "evil" answers exclusively in the first part of the test results in the doctor commenting that giving tests like these often reveal more than he'd hope, which isn't always a good thing. Following are the questions, answers, and which skill each counts towards tagging.
==Characteristics==
===Word association===
Statements	Statements 	Statements	Statements
Number 	Word 	Choices 	
1 	"Dog" 	
* Cat - Sneak
* Feed - Medicine
* Newspaper - Melee Weapons
* Train - Speech
* Kick - Unarmed
* Dinner - Survival	
2 	"House" 	
* Shelter - Survival
* Burglarize - Lockpick
* Renovate - Repair
* Target - Guns & Energy Weapons
* Investment - Barter
* Demolish - Explosives	
3 	"Night" 	
* Campfire - Survival
* Dream - Science
* Shroud - Sneak
* Sleep - Medicine
* Treasure - Lockpick
* Silencer - Guns	
4 	"Bandit"/"enemy"	
* Bribe - Barter
* Crush - Unarmed
* Stab - Melee Weapons
* Swiss Cheese - Guns
* Vaporize - Energy Weapons
* Reasonable - Speech	
5 	"Light" 	
* Dark - Sneak
* Heavy - Unarmed
* Beam - Energy Weapons
* Flash - Explosives
* Inspiration - Science
* Torch - Repair	
6 	"Mother" 	
* Caretaker - Medicine
* Genes - Science
* Cookie Jar - Lockpick
* Tantrum - Barter
* Tattle - Speech
* Regret - Repair
* Human Shield - Guns, Energy Weapons, Explosives	
===Personality profile===
Statements	Statements 	Statements 	Statements	Statements 	Statements
Number 	Word 	Choices 	Choices 	Choices 	Image
Number 	Word 	Agree/Strongly Agree	No Opinion	Disagree/Strongly Disagree	Image
1 	"Conflict just ain't in my nature." 	
* Sneak
* Speech
* Barter	 	
* Guns
* Energy Weapons
* Explosives	
2 	"I ain't given to relying on others for support."	
* Survival
* Medicine
* Repair	 	
* Barter
* Speech
* Science	
3 	"I'm always fixin to be the center of attention."	
* Explosives
* Speech	 	
* Sneak
* Melee Weapons
* Guns	
4 	"I'm slow to embrace new ideas." 	
* Survival
* Unarmed
* Melee Weapons	 	
* Science
* Energy Weapons	
5 	"I charge in to deal with my problems head-on." 	
* Unarmed
* Melee Weapons	 	
* Guns
* Energy Weapons
* Explosives	
===Rorschach test===
Statements	Statements 	Statements	Statements
Number 	Prompt 	Choices 	Image
1 	Tell me what you see.	
*A broken chain. - Repair
*A chemical reaction. - Science
*A shadow in a doorframe. - Sneak
* An oozing wound. - Medicine
*An angry two-headed ant. - Survival	
2 	Tell me what you see.	
*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	
3 	Tell me what you see.	
* A light in the darkness. - Science
*A bearded man. - Survival
*A mushroom cloud. - Explosives
*A head on a pillow. - Sneak	
==Notes==
*If one chooses the human shield during the word association section of the test, Doc Mitchell will comment on how disturbing the answers are. This is the only answer which will trigger this response.
*If one answers question 3 with "campfire" Doc Mitchell will say "enemy" for question number 4.
==Behind the scenes==
*The inkblot test presented by Doc Mitchell corresponds to the real life Rorschach test.
*After many cases of players stating that the third inkblot resembled two bears doing a high-five gesture, a mod was created that changes one of the available choices to "two bears high-fiving." After Obsidian took notice of its popularity, when developing the Honest Hearts add-on, they included a nod to it where a Courier with the Wild Wasteland trait can encounter a character named Two-Bears-High-Fiving outside of Angel cave when first arriving there.Two bears high fiving at Fallout: New Vegas Nexus - New Vegas mods and communityJoshua Sawyer: "Two Bears High-Fiving is a reference to a popular mod for the opening ink blot tests from Doc Mitchell."(JESawyer Formspring)
==Gallery==
Aint That a Kick in the Head.jpg|Doc Mitchell giving a male Courier the evaluation
Psych eval lady Courier.jpg|Lady Courier eval
==References==
 
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