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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2018

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How giftedness identified and what are the issues in such identification in Indian context? How is giftedness related to IQ and creativity? (Paper 2 Section A)

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Gifted Children

Gifted children are, by definition, “Children who give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership capacity, or specific academic fields, and who require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop such capabilities.”

Identifying Gifte…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2018

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Discuss the different steps in construction and standardization of psychological tests. Illustrate your answer with suitable examples. (Paper 2 Section A)

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Psychological Tests

  • A psychological test is an objective and standardized measure of a sample of behavior.
  • The development of a good psychological test requires six essential steps:
Six Essential Steps
  • The first step in test construction is planning. It involves outline of the subject matter, test content, format, instructions, length and scoring. Then…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Analyze the factors determining the efficacy of psychological tests. Discuss the limitations in the use of psychological tests. (Paper-II)

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Psychological Test

  • A psychological test is an objective proc for sampling and quantifying human behavior to make an inference about a particular psychological construct using standardize stimuli, and methods of administration.
  • There are different types of psychological tests.
  • For example, intelligence tests, personality tests, aptitude tests etc.
  • There…

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2016

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In what ways psychological tests are useful in assessing individual differences? Answer with examples. (Paper-II)

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Psychological Tests

  • Psychological tests are those tests developed for assessing different aspects of human beings. There are different types of psychological tests. Intelligence tests, personality tests, aptitude tests, attitude tests are some of the examples. Each of these tests has its own objectives and aims.
  • There self-reporting scales, multiple …

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Question 5

Appeared in Year: 2013

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Discuss on Misuses of Intelligence Tests? (200 words)

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Intelligence Test

Intelligence test measures individual՚s I. Q which is the measure of one՚s ability to think rationally, act purposefully and deal effectively with his environment.

The Potential Misuse of Intelligence Test

Over Promotion

  • That is possibility of test being oversold to its prospective clients.
  • Many testing psychological organizations exis…

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Question 6

Appeared in Year: 2021

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What are the different types of psychological tests for personality assessment? (Paper II)

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Measurement of an individual՚s personal traits is referred to as personality assessment. To understand the typical traits, information is gathered through interviews and other means, and psychological tests are given.

Methods of personality assessment can be categorized under three headings:

  • Personality Inventories,
  • Projective Techniques, and
  • Observati…

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Question 7

Appeared in Year: 2021

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Describe the different methods for making a psychological test reliable. (Paper II)

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A measure՚s reliability is its constancy. Internal consistency, consistency among things, and consistency across different researchers are the three types of consistency that psychologists take into account (inter-rater reliability) . When an instrument is used again under identical conditions with the same individuals, it will measure consistently…

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