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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[]
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Number | Word | Choices | |
1 | "Dog" | ||
2 | "House" |
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3 | "Night" |
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4 | "Bandit"/"enemy" |
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5 | "Light" |
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6 | "Mother" |
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Personality profile[]
Rorschach test[]
Statements | |||
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Number | Prompt | Choices | Image |
1 | Tell me what you see. |
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2 | Tell me what you see. |
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3 | Tell me what you see. |
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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.[1][2]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Two bears high fiving at Fallout: New Vegas Nexus - New Vegas mods and community
- ↑ Joshua Sawyer: "Two Bears High-Fiving is a reference to a popular mod for the opening ink blot tests from Doc Mitchell."
(JESawyer Formspring)