Cognitive Assessment Instruments

The documents embedded in this page are all of the cognitive assessment instruments that are available for free. Due to copyright laws, I can not publish any test that I pay for, so the links to those tests have been provided for your access to purchase. 

Audience Anxiousness Scale

Measures trait anxiety; Has good reliability and validity; self-report; created by Mark Leary(1983). Located at: http://www.duke.edu/~leary/scales.htm retrieved 18 October 2010.

Communication Anxiety Inventory

Measures state and trait PSA; has excellent reliability and validity; self-report; created by Steven Booth-Butterfield & Malloy Gould(1986). Located at  http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a911551405 retrieved 18 October 2010.

PRCA-24

Measures CA in four contexts (including public speaking); has good reliability and validity; self-report; created by James McCroskey(1982). 

Personal Report of Confidence as a Speaker Scale

Measures state anxiety; excellent validity and reliability; self-report; created by GL Paul. Located in:Robinson JP, Shaver PR, & Wrightsman LS (1991). Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes. San Diego: Academic Pr. 188-190.

Retrieved 18 October 2010.

Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety

Measure trait PSA; excellent validity/ good reliability; self-report; created by James McCrsokey(1970). Located at http://www.jamescmccroskey.com/measures/prpsa.htm Retrieved 18 October 2010.

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

Measures both state and trait PSA; excellent validity and good reliability; created by Chalres D. Spielberger. Located at  http://www.mindgarden.com/products/staisad.htm Retreived on 18 October 2010

Situational Communication Anxiety Measure

Measures state PSA; said to similar to SAI (Bodie 2010); good reliability and validity; self-report; created by V.P. Richmond(1978). Located at http://www.jamescmccroskey.com/measures/scam.htm Retrieved on 18 October 2010.