Psychology Answers

Which of the questions used in planning credible formal assessments is most

Important because it determines most other decisions?

To provide it is a skill that should be acquired and is largely dependent on our attitude

towards our learners and their needs. It must always be constructive; never destructive

or counterproductive. It is an excellent tool for successful teaching and learning. It is our

most important opportunity to influence, shape, direct and improve the learning process

Which statement is inappropriate regarding assessment in an Ubuntu context?

a) Knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes were acquired over a long period. The

notion of an external assessment agency did not exist. Educational content was

natural, relevant, concrete, and uncomplicated.

b) Assessment focuses on the relevance of knowledge and learning to solve or

alleviate real-life problems and challenges, similar to knowledge generation for its

own sake, as practised in Western educational contexts.

c) The knowledge that children were exposed to and assessed on was drawn from

their immediate social and natural environments. They learned skills related to

community life by means of practical activities and by emulating the examples of

others. Values and attitudes were related to the customs, rituals and taboos

that shaped people’s lives and conduct.

D) None of the above

An assessment is regarded to be valid when

a) the evidence is produced by the candidates assessed and nobody else and with

no assistance from anybody else.

b) the evidence produced is enough for the assessor to make a substantiated

judgment.

c) the evidence is recently produced or relatively ‘’fresh’’.

d) None of the above.

 What was the benefit of using a pants alarm in the Azrin and Fox study?

To signal wetness immediately and for the individual change quickly so they can receive a reinforcer

To signal that it is time to return the individual to wearing a diaper while minimizing eye contact with them

To signal that the toileting plan is not working and that efforts should be focused on schedule training

To signal wetness immediately and for the individual to associate the sound with undesirable consequences

An educational psychologist believes that an individual’s reading speed (in words per minute)

and general comprehension abilities (scored out of 10) may be related to how well they do on a

timed exam. To study the relative importance of these variables and the association between them,

she runs a multiple regression and produces the following predictive model for exam score:

Exam Score = 7.78 + (0.05*Reading Speed) + (5.77*Comprehension)

Exam Score = 7.78 + (0.05*Reading Speed) +

(5.77*Comprehension) Description - An equation which reads as follows: Exam score = 7.78 add

(0.05 times Reading Speed) add (5.77 times Comprehension)

What exam score would you expect students to achieve if they have a reading speed of 250 w.p.m.

and a comprehension score of 8?

Select one:

A. 55.67

B. 66.44

C. 15706

D. 63.17

Which of the following best describes convergent validity?

Select one:

A. The degree to which a measure assesses the different facets of the construct of interest.

B. The degree to which a measure can predict future behaviour.

C. The degree to which a measure is unrelated to measures of different constructs.

D. The degree to which a measure is associated with other measures of the same construct.

Which of the following tests allows you to measure the consistency of test scores over time?

Select one:

A. Alternate forms reliability.

B. Test-retest reliability.

C. Inter-rater reliability.

D. Split-half reliability

Which of the following assumptions would you need to test before you interpret the results of a

two-way independent ANOVA?

Select one:

A. Sphericity

B. Neither sphericity nor homogeneity of variance

C. Homogeneity of variance

D. Both sphericity and homogeneity of variance

How many data points would each participant provide for an experiment which is analysed using

an Independent Two-Way ANOVA? (Hint: think about how many columns you would need to enter

their actual performance scores into when setting up an SPSS data file).

Select one:

A. 1

B. 2

C. 4

D. You can’t tell from the information provided.