A-AS Level (CIE) Psychology: Specimen Questions with Answers 146 - 148 of 299
Question 146
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Personal unconscious- The reservoir of material that was once conscious but has been forgotten or suppressed Collective unconscious-The deepest level of psyche containing the accumulation of inherited experiences of human and pre-human species
Question 147
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Short Answer▾The Person-Positivity Bias: Looking for the good in others-Explain (4 Marks)
Explanation
- This bias, which has been as shown to apply to a wide range of situations, reflects the tendency to rate others in a predominantly positive way.
- One simple explanation is that a Pollyanna principle operates to colour out perceptions.
- According to this view we enjoy being surrounded by a pleasant world and thus we hope a propensity to view people through rose coloured glasses- any appropriate responses
Question 148
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Short Answer▾Write short notes on
- K-R formula 20 (Mark 2)
- Spearman Brown formula (Mark 2)
- Cronbach alpha (Mark 2)
Explanation
- Kuder-Richardson formula 20- An index of reliability that is relevant to the special case where each test item is scored 0 or 1 (example right or wrong)
- Spearman-Brown formula- A formula for adjusting split-half correlations so that they reflect the full length of a scale
- Cronbach alpha- An index of reliability that may be thought of as the mean of all possible split-half coefficient, corrected by the spearman formula