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Psychological Assesment Question Paper

Psychological Assesment

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Psychology

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS
APS 308/ 407: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

DATE: Tuesday 13th April 2010

TIME: 2.00 p.m ? 4.00 p.m

INSTRUCTIONS
This paper has five questions. Questions ONE (1) is compulsory Answer any other
TWO (2) questions.

Question one (compulsory)
a)
Differentiate between the following terms:
i)
Psychological assessment and Psychological testing.
ii)
Item discrimination and item difficult index.
iii)
Positive and negative skew ness
iv)
Standardization and norming
[ 12 marks]
b)
State one way in which the following personalities contributed to Psychological assessment.
i)
Francis Galton
ii)
Alfred Binet
iii)
David Weschler
iv)
Howard Gardiner
[ 4 marks]
c)
Briefly explain four threats to reliability and four ways of establishing reliability in a Psychological test. [ 6 marks]
d)
Briefly discuss the pros and cons of using projective techniques in personality assessment. [ 6 marks]
Question two
a)
Identify five rights of test takers and for each, discuss the role of the assessor in ensuring these rights are observed. [10 marks]
b)
Discuss the legal and ethical considerations in psychological assessment. [ 10 marks]
Question three
Identify five types of validity and for each, explain what it is and how it can be assured in psychological assessment. [20 marks]
Question four
Discuss five response styles to personality tests and for each, explain what can be done to address the problem. [ 20 marks]
Question five
Discuss five behavioral assessment methods and identify the strength and weaknesses of each. [20 marks]

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