Mental assessments appraise different parts of the human mind and are most often used with students and candidates for employment. 

Psychometric test - any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students. TheFreeDictionary.com

Cognitive tests like the SAT or Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test evaluate intelligence and what you’ve learned; i.e. your knowledge and skills – identifying what you KNOW.

Personality tests like Myers Briggs Type Indicator^® , Predictive Index^® and DiSC^® evaluate your affective “style”, your preferences – identifying how you FEEL and what interests you.

Conative tests - The Kolbe Indexes^™ are the only tests that look at conation, evaluating the instinctive talents you were born with – identifying the way you take ACTION.