IGNOU PG 2 year Psychology Viva Voice Questions

General Questions

Q. 1   What is Psychology?

Ans: Study of behaviour and related mental processes.

Q. 2   What is the purpose of Psychological tests?

Ans: To measure individual differences.

Q. 3   Define reliability?

Ans:   The test is said to be reliable when it gives consistent results over time under similar conditions.

Q. 4   Define validity?

Ans:   The test is said to be valid if it measures what it is intended to measure.   

Q. 5   How a psychological test is standardised.

Ans:   By establishing significant reliability and validity

Q. 6   What is primary data?

Ans:   The data directly collected from sample is known as primary data.

Q. 7   What is sample?

Ans:   The representative group of a population used for study.

Q. 8   What are norms?

Ans:   Norms are the accepted standards of behaviour for any given population.

Q. 9   What is the one of the important basic skills an experimenter should have regarding data handling?

Ans:   Maintaining utmost confidentiality of data and information.

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Scientific Interest Inventory

Q. 1   Who standardised Scientific Interest Inventory (SII).

Ans:   K. S. Mishra.

Q. 2   What SII intended to measure?

Ans:   It intended to measure voluntary participation in science related activities.

Q. 3   What is interest?

Ans: A preference for one activity over another.

Q. 4   How many items in SII?

Ans:   49.

Q. 5   What is the minimum and maximum score an individual can score?

Ans:   49 – 245.

Q. 6   What is the response pattern of SII?

Ans:   It is done on 5 point rating scale.

Q. 7   What is the standard time limit to complete the SII?

Ans:   No standard time limit is prescribed by test constructor, however it takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete it.

Q. 8   SII is most suitable for which type of sample?

Ans:   Students from IX to XI.

Q. 9   How scores of SII are interpreted?

Ans:   Raw scores are converted into Z-scores with the help of table given in test manual and then Z-scores are interpreted in accordance with manual.

Q. 10  What is Z Score?

Ans:   Z score are standard scores and calculated as per given formula.

 

Q. 11  What are demographics.

Ans:   The personal information provided by the subject such as name, occupation, contact number, gender etc.

Q. 12  How the level of scientific interest is assessed?

Ans:   The scientific interest is assessed using any standard psychological test which is meant to assess the level of scientific interest.

Q. 13  How grades are awarded?

Ans:   On the basis of table provided in the manual.

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Scientific Aptitude Test for College Students

Q. 1   What is aptitude?

Ans:    A condition or set of characteristics regarded as symptomatic of an individual’s ability to acquire with training some knowledge, skill or set of responses, such as ability to speak a language, to produce music.

Q.2      Who designed SATCS?

Ans:    Dr. A. K. P. Sinha and Dr. L. N. K. Sinha

Q.3      SATCS contains how many items?

Ans:    It contains 34 items in 7 parts.

Q.4      SATCS is appropriate for which level of sample?

Ans:    College students.

Q.5      How relative weights of components are calculated?

Ans:    The relative weights were determined by comparing the responses of two groups. One group contains science students and other group contains arts students.

Q.6      Which statistical analysis technique was used for comparing the responses?

Ans:    Tetrachoric correlations which is used to measure rater agreement for binary data.

Q.7      What is the maximum raw score and weighted score?

Ans:    Raw score 34 and weighted score 158.

Q.8      What is the purpose of SATCS?

Ans:    To assess the level of scientific aptitude of college students.

Q.9      Who all can use SATCS?

Ans:    Psychologists, Academic counselors, College teachers etc.

Q.10    Name the areas or characteristics assessed in the SATCS?

Ans:    Total seven areas i.e. Experimental bent, Detection of inconsistencies or illogical conclusions, Ability to deduce conclusions from the data provided, Ability to reason and solve problems, Caution and thoroughness, Accuracy of observation.

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