Environmental and Examinee Factors (Psychology tests and Measures)

Running Head : Environmental and Examinee Factors that Influence Test Scores Negatively

Environmental and Examinee Factors that Influence Test Scores Negatively

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Environmental and Examinee Factors that Influence Test Scores Negatively

Attainment tests are an important aspect of measuring knowledge demonstrated or the outcomes that following instructions in a specific program . Intelligence tests determine an individual 's abilities being a reflection of experience gained in other means not necessarily part of school curriculum . However , examinee performance in these tests has been noted

to vary from one kind of environmental setting to the other due to a number of both environmental and examinee factors (Pinku Birenbaum 1997 . For instance , environmental factors such as climatic stress due to global warming have over time impacted greatly on the conditions under which psychological tests are taken . Test environments vary substantially from place to place and also due to the cognitive demands of an assessment task . Recently , there have been extensive studies conducted to analyze the impact of test environments on mental performance . Much emphasis has especially been laid on the test environments that impact negatively on performance in tests and which are responsible for the misrepresentation of the competence of one 's mind

Test anxiety

Test anxiety encompasses the behavioral , physiological and psychological responses that reflect apprehension regarding a possibility of failing during an evaluative test . Studies have indicated that there is a direct correlation between test anxiety and poor test scores (Gregory , 1996 However , there are two categories of test...