Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
| Behavioral analysis procedures | Description | ||
| (A) | Interviews | (I) | Procedure where feedback is taken from people who know the person being assessed intimately and then categorization is done in terms of behavioral qualities. |
| (B) | Behavioural ratings | (II) | Systematic, organised and objective procedures to record behavioural phenomenon occurring naturally in real time. |
| (C) | Situational tests | (III) | Procedure in which there is face-to-face interaction with questions. It can be structured or unstructured. |
| (D) | Observation | (IV) | It provides us with information about how a person would behave in a stressful scenario. A client is asked to perform certain tasks with proper instructions and fixed role. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
(A) Interviews — this matches (III) Procedure in which there is face-to-face interaction with questions. It can be structured or unstructured. The assessor talks to the person and asks specific questions; the interview may be unstructured, to form an impression, or structured, with a set procedure for objective comparison.
(B) Behavioural ratings — this matches (I) Procedure where feedback is taken from people who know the person being assessed intimately … Ratings are taken from people who know the assessee intimately and put the person into categories of behavioural qualities.
(C) Situational tests — this matches (IV) It provides us with information about how a person would behave in a stressful scenario … The commonest is the situational stress test: the person performs a given task, playing a role, with others instructed to be non-cooperative and interfering.
(D) Observation — this matches (II) Systematic, organised and objective procedures to record behavioural phenomenon occurring naturally in real time. Behavioural observation for assessment is a sophisticated procedure that needs a trained observer and detailed guidelines, as when a clinical psychologist watches a client with family members.
NCERT (2025-26): “Interview … Interview is a commonly used method for assessing personality. This involves talking to the person being assessed and asking specific questions. Diagnostic interviewing generally involves in-depth interviewing which seeks to go beyond the replies given by the person. Interviews may be structured or unstructured depending on the purpose or goals of assessment. In unstructured interviews, the interviewer seeks to develop an impression about a person by asking a number of questions. The way a person presents her/ himself and answers the questions carries enough potential to reveal her/his personality. The structured interviews address very specific questions and follow a set procedure. This is often done to make objective comparison of persons being interviewed.…” “Observation … Behavioural observation is another method which is very commonly used for the assessment of personality. Although all of us watch people and form impressions about their personality, use of observation for personality assessment is a sophisticated procedure that cannot be carried out by untrained people.…” “Behavioural Ratings … Behavioural ratings are frequently used for assessment of personality in educational and industrial settings. Behavioural ratings are generally taken from people who know the assessee intimately and have interacted with her/him over a period of time or have had a chance to observe her/him. They attempt to put individuals into certain categories in terms of their behavioural qualities.…” “Situational Tests … A variety of situational tests have been devised for the assessment of personality. The most commonly used test of this kind is the situational stress test. It provides us with information about how a person behaves under stressful situations. The test requires a person to perform a given task with other persons who are instructed to be non-cooperative and interfering. The test involves a kind of role playing. The person is instructed to play a role for which s/he is observed.…” |