Formal Assessment is ______
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Standardized and Objective
Option (1) Standardized and Objective — Correct. Formal assessment is objective, standardised and organised, and psychologists are trained to make it. Its result does not depend on who does the assessing.
Option (2) Open to subjective interpretation — Incorrect. This describes informal assessment, which varies from case to case and from one assessor to another and is therefore open to subjective interpretations.
Option (3) Dependent on the assessor — Incorrect. Varying from one assessor to another is again the mark of informal assessment; a standardised procedure gives the same result whoever uses it.
Option (4) Not scientific — Incorrect. A psychological attribute is said to exist in a person only if it can be measured by scientific procedures, and formal assessment is that scientific measurement.
NCERT (2025-26): “Assessment of Psychological Attributes … Our assessment may be informal or formal. Formal assessment is objective, standardised, and organised. On the other hand, informal assessment varies from case to case and from one assessor to another and, therefore, is open to subjective interpretations.…” |