M.A.

Psychology

Practical Guidelines for the ODL Students

The first semester of MA Psychology Programme has a practical course DPSY550-

Psychological Assessment. The course contains six practicals, the detailed information of which
has been shared with the concerned students through handbook of the course available on LPU e-
Connect log-in as per the following path:

LPU e Connect ------- e-Resources ------- Academic ------ e Books ------ e-Book :: Year 1, Term 1
DPSY550

Please note - It is mandatory for the students to refer the Handbook carefully to develop an
overview about psychological testing and experiments.

Please refer below the details of the practicals:

List of Practicals/ Experiments:

1. General Mental Ability - To measure general mental ability by using Jalota's Test
2. Personality - To assess the personality by using 16 PF by Cattell
3. Long Term Memory and Short Term Memory - To find out the effect of rehearsal of
paired-associates on the LTM and to study the effect of different time intervals and
association values on STM recall
4. Self Actualization Inventory - To assess the level of self- actualization of the students
using self-actualization inventory by K.N. Sharma
5. Levels of aspiration - To assess the aspiration level of an individual by using Bhargav's
aspiration scale
6. Family Environment Scale (FES) - To assess the family environment by using scale
developed by Dr. Harpreet Bhatia and Dr. N. K. Chadha

The student should be conversant with all the six practicals of the course. Out of these 6
practicals, each student shall be allocated one practical for the conduction and submission of the
report to the University. Students need to perform the practical strictly as per the practical
allocated to them in the allocation key, which shall be made available through their respective
LPU e-Connect log-ins.

 The student has to administer the allotted practical as per the guidelines given in the
allocation key.
 Before the conduct of practical, students are advised to read the instructions for the
concerned practical carefully as given in the SLM/ e-Book of the applicable course. For
example, in the practical “To assess the personality by using 16 PF by Cattell”, the age
range of the individual should be 16 years and above & reading level should be 5th grade;
meaning thereby that the scale “16 PF by Cattell” cannot be conducted on individuals of
less than 16 years age and illiterates.
 The student has to describe the allotted practical in detail in the form of a practical report.
The report should contain the details of each participant of the study/ survey which
include his/ her contact no., e-mail ID and the result of the test administered after scoring,
in a tabular form. Along with that, the responses can be shown graphically.
 For evaluation by the University, the report is to be uploaded on the concerned interface
of the e-Connect by the due date to be notified through LPU e-Connect.
 Students are advised to attend the virtual live orientation session/ Recorded video content
on Practical guidelines for better understanding, the details of which shall be
communicated to students through e-Connect. The details about the conduct of each
practical would also be explained during the Personal Contact Programme (PCP)
classes. Students are advised to attend the same as per the schedule communicated by the
University.
 As far as the final evaluation of the practicals is concerned, the student shall prepare for
all the six practicals enlisted in the course as the examiner can ask questions from any of
these six practicals in viva voce.

Note: The report should strictly be in 3 pages only. The student can submit the report in single PDF
file after signing, scanning, sequencing and merging all the pages of the report.

Format for Writing Practical Report

 Student Details: Student’ Name and Registration Number

  Practical Title: Practical Title as per the allocation key
 Aim: The main objective or purpose of the practical
 Tool Used: Tool used for the administration
 Administration of the test: A brief explanation of the administration of the test
 Results & Discussion: Report the result in tabular form after scoring the responses of the
participants and various implications of obtained results to be discussed in detail.

Learning Outcomes (What I have learnt): Write down at least 3 learning outcomes