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GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 60

Psychometrics · Foundations of Psychological Measurement: Scales and items, item construction and analysis, intelligence, performance, ability and aptitude tests, personality questionnaires · 2 marks · Multiple select

Characteristic feature(s) of an aptitude test is/are:

  1. Evaluate the effects of an unknown, uncontrolled set of experiences
  2. Rely heavily on content validation procedure
  3. Evaluate the potential to profit from training
  4. Evaluate the outcome of training

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Correct answer: (A) Evaluate the effects of an unknown, uncontrolled set of experiences; (C) Evaluate the potential to profit from training

Explanation

An aptitude test measures the effect of a person's earlier, uncontrolled experiences, and it is used to predict how well the person will profit from later training. Tests that evaluate the outcome of training are achievement tests, and those rely heavily on content validation.