Psychological Testing Questions and Answers

Q: Read each of the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R). And indicate your answer using the codes given below :Assertion (A) : Though not infallible, polygraph tests are administered to infer the truthfulness of the subject's responses.Reason (R) : The assumption is that lying will be associated with lesser sympathetic activation.Codes :

The assertion is true and the reason is false: (A) is true, but (R) is false.Polygraph tests are used to infer truthfulness although they are not infallible (A). The assumption behind them is that lying is accompanied by greater sympathetic arousal, shown by higher heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and skin conductance, not by lesser activation. So the reason as stated is false.Hence the options saying both are true, or the assertion is false, do not fit.

Q: Which of the following is not scored for 'Determinants' in Rorschach Ink Blot Test ?

The item not scored for determinants is Space.In the Rorschach, determinants are the features of the blot that led to the response: form, movement (human, animal and inanimate), colour and shading. Form (negative) means poor form fit, inanimate movement and human movement are movement determinants, and all are scored as determinants.Space, the use of the white background, is scored under location, as a location feature, and not as a determinant.

Q: Which of the following are the features of behavioural assessment ?1. Researcher can collect self reported samples of behaviour from respondents as they live their daily lives.2. Researcher devises explicit coding system that contains behavioural categories of interest.3. It requires high level of interjudge reliability in using the coding categories to record behaviour.4. It is applied to record behaviour in live settlings but not in videotaped behaviour.Codes :

The features of behavioural assessment are given in 1, 2 and 3.Behavioural assessment can use self-reported samples of behaviour collected from people as they live their daily lives (1). The researcher sets up an explicit coding system with the behavioural categories of interest (2), and since observers apply these categories, a high level of interjudge reliability is needed (3).Statement 4 is wrong because behavioural assessment is applied to videotaped behaviour as well as live settings. Every option that includes 4 is therefore rejected.

Q: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below :List - I (Attitude scaling technique)List - II (Feature)p. Equal appearing intervals1. Checks unidimensionality of the scaleq. Paired comparison2. Employs ‘Z’ as a measure of scale valuer. Scalogram3. Can assess multidimensional attitudess. Summated ratings4. Suitable for scaling large number of itemsCodes : p q r s

The correct code is p-4, q-2, r-1, s-3.The method of equal appearing intervals is suitable for scaling a large number of items. Paired comparison uses Z as the measure of scale value. The scalogram (Guttman) checks the unidimensionality of the scale, and summated ratings (Likert) can assess multidimensional attitudes.The other codes give the Z measure or unidimensionality to the wrong technique, so they are rejected.

141.

Read each of the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R). And indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : Though not infallible, polygraph tests are administered to infer the truthfulness of the subject's responses.
Reason (R) : The assumption is that lying will be associated with lesser sympathetic activation.
Codes :

A.Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C.(A) is true, but (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

The assertion is true and the reason is false: (A) is true, but (R) is false.

Polygraph tests are used to infer truthfulness although they are not infallible (A). The assumption behind them is that lying is accompanied by greater sympathetic arousal, shown by higher heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and skin conductance, not by lesser activation. So the reason as stated is false.

Hence the options saying both are true, or the assertion is false, do not fit.

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142.

Which of the following is not scored for 'Determinants' in Rorschach Ink Blot Test ?

A.Space
B.Form (Negative)
C.Inanimate Movement
D.Human Movement

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

The item not scored for determinants is Space.

In the Rorschach, determinants are the features of the blot that led to the response: form, movement (human, animal and inanimate), colour and shading. Form (negative) means poor form fit, inanimate movement and human movement are movement determinants, and all are scored as determinants.

Space, the use of the white background, is scored under location, as a location feature, and not as a determinant.

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143.

Which scaling methods employ Law of Comparative Judgment to obtain scale values ?

1. Method of successive intervals.
2. Summated ratings method.
3. Magnitude estimation method.
4. Paired comparison method.
Codes :

A.4 only
B.1 and 4 only
C.3 and 4 only
D.2 and 3 only

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

Thurstone's Law of Comparative Judgment gives scale values from judgements of pairs and from judgements placed in ordered categories, so it underlies the method of successive intervals (1) and the paired comparison method (4). The summated ratings method (2) is Likert's technique and uses item scores added together without that law. Magnitude estimation (3) is Stevens' direct scaling method, in which subjects assign numbers to stimuli. The answer is therefore 1 and 4 only. Option A leaves out successive intervals, and options C and D include methods that do not use the law.

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144.

The employer, who referred a case of an employee (client) to a psychologist, requested the psychologist to provide the employee's test scores and their interpretation.

A.The psychologist should firmly refuse to comply with this request.
B.The psychologist should comply with the request after informing the client.
C.The psychologist should comply with this request if the client agrees to it and gives an informed consent.
D.The psychologist should comply with this request only if the client shows criminal inclinations.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

The psychologist should comply with the request only if the client agrees and gives informed consent. Test scores and their interpretation are confidential, and the person who was tested owns the right to decide who sees them. The employer who made the referral is a third party, so it cannot be given the results without the client's permission. A firm refusal in all cases is too rigid, since a client may allow release. Informing the client is not the same as obtaining consent, and the idea that criminal inclinations would justify release is not a standard of confidentiality.

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145.

Which of the following is/are considered culture-fair test/s of intelligence ?

1. Raven's Progressive Matrices
2. Cattell's Culture Fair Test of Intelligence.
3. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales.
4. Goodenough-Harris test
Codes :

A.2 only
B.2 and 3 only
C.1, 2 and 3 only
D.1, 2 and 4 only

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

Raven's Progressive Matrices (1), Cattell's Culture Fair Test (2) and the Goodenough-Harris Draw-a-Man test (4) are regarded as culture-fair tests because they use non-verbal, figural material that is less tied to language and schooling. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (3) has verbal subtests that depend on language, vocabulary and general knowledge, so it is not considered culture-fair. The answer is 1, 2 and 4 only. Options A, B and C either leave out valid tests or include the Wechsler scales.

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146.

Given below are two statements, the first labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Indicate your answer using the codes given below :

Assertion (A) : In attitude scaling by Equal Appearing Intervals Method, median is usually employed to obtain scale values.
Reason (R) : In normal distribution mean, median and mode are the same.
Codes :

A.Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B.Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation.
C.(A) is true, (R) is false.
D.(A) is false, (R) is true.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

Both statements are true, but the reason does not explain the assertion. In Thurstone's Equal Appearing Intervals method, the scale value of an item is the median of the positions given by the judges, and the median is used because it is less affected by extreme judgements. It is also true that in a normal distribution the mean, median and mode coincide. But that identity is not the reason the median is chosen for scale values; the judges' ratings are not assumed to be normal. So the correct choice is the second option, both true without the explanatory link.

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147.

Which one of the following statistic is used for assessing the test-item bias ?

A.Item-remainder correlation
B.Differential item functioning
C.Construct validity
D.Multidimensional scaling

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

Differential item functioning is the statistic used to assess item bias: it checks whether people of equal ability from different groups have different chances of answering an item correctly. Item-remainder correlation shows how well an item discriminates within the test. Construct validity concerns whether the test measures the intended trait as a whole and not the bias of single items. Multidimensional scaling is a technique for mapping similarities among objects. So differential item functioning is the answer.

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148.

What is an Ipsative test ?

A.For an individual examinee, the high scores on some sub-scales are accompanied by low scores on other sub-scales.
B.A test that measures one or more clearly defined but relatively heterogeneous segments of ability.
C.A test in which the average of the sub-scales is always the same for every examinee.
D.A test which gives an estimate of how much of the total variance in a given trait is due to genuine factors.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: C

The keyed answer is that an ipsative test is one in which the average of the sub-scales is always the same for every examinee. In an ipsative measure, as in a forced-choice format, the scores are relative to the person's own other scores, so the sub-scale scores add up to a fixed total. Raising one sub-scale then lowers another. The first option states one consequence of this, but it does not define the test. The other two describe a differentiated aptitude test and an estimate of true variance in a trait, which are different ideas. This follows the official key.

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149.

Which of the following are the features of behavioural assessment ?

1. Researcher can collect self reported samples of behaviour from respondents as they live their daily lives.
2. Researcher devises explicit coding system that contains behavioural categories of interest.
3. It requires high level of interjudge reliability in using the coding categories to record behaviour.
4. It is applied to record behaviour in live settlings but not in videotaped behaviour.
Codes :

A.2, 3 & 4
B.1, 2 & 3
C.1, 2 & 4
D.1, 2, 3 & 4

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: B

The features of behavioural assessment are given in 1, 2 and 3.

Behavioural assessment can use self-reported samples of behaviour collected from people as they live their daily lives (1). The researcher sets up an explicit coding system with the behavioural categories of interest (2), and since observers apply these categories, a high level of interjudge reliability is needed (3).

Statement 4 is wrong because behavioural assessment is applied to videotaped behaviour as well as live settings. Every option that includes 4 is therefore rejected.

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150.

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below :

List - I (Attitude scaling technique)	List - II (Feature)
p. Equal appearing intervals	1. Checks unidimensionality of the scale
q. Paired comparison	2. Employs ‘Z’ as a measure of scale value
r. Scalogram	3. Can assess multidimensional attitudes
s. Summated ratings	4. Suitable for scaling large number of items

Codes : p q r s

A.p-4, q-2, r-1, s-3
B.p-2, q-4, r-1, s-3
C.p-4, q-2, r-3, s-1
D.p-3, q-1, r-4, s-2

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2014,

Answer: A

The correct code is p-4, q-2, r-1, s-3.

The method of equal appearing intervals is suitable for scaling a large number of items. Paired comparison uses Z as the measure of scale value. The scalogram (Guttman) checks the unidimensionality of the scale, and summated ratings (Likert) can assess multidimensional attitudes.

The other codes give the Z measure or unidimensionality to the wrong technique, so they are rejected.

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