PSY 370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.4: Takers, Multiple Choice
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Designed to appear correct to someone who does not know the correct answer. Test takers who do not know the correct answer may obtain credit by guessing. Test taker can gain some advantage by guessing. Similar to multiple choice but usually used for personality and attitude tests instead of knowledge tests. Test taker must choose one of two or more words or phrases that appear unrelated but are equally acceptable. *people with similar personality traits usually prefer one response to the other. Provides a freedom of response that facilitates assessing higher cognitive behaviors: Although subjective, the scorer awards points based on how closely the test taker"s response matches a predetermined correct response. Uses highly ambiguous stimuli to elicit an unstructured response. Require test takers to demonstrate their skills and abilities to perform a group of behaviors and tasks. Setting is made as similar as possible to the setting they would actually be performed.
