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Effects of bogus feedback on intelligence test performance.

F L Rousseau1, S J McKelvie

  • 1Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Québec, Canada.

The Journal of Psychology
|February 2, 2000
PubMed
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Student performance on the Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT) improved over time, but bogus feedback did not impact scores. Test instructions about WPT validity also showed no effect on results.

Area of Science:

  • Psychometrics
  • Educational Psychology
  • Cognitive Assessment

Background:

  • The Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT) is widely used for personnel selection.
  • Understanding factors influencing WPT performance, such as feedback and test validity information, is crucial.
  • Previous research has explored the impact of feedback on test performance, but results can be mixed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of bogus performance feedback on WPT scores.
  • To examine how instructions regarding WPT validity influence test performance.
  • To analyze the interaction between feedback and validity instructions on cognitive test outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • 196 French-Canadian high school students completed two WPT administrations.

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  • Participants received either positive or negative bogus feedback after the first test.
  • Varying instructions about WPT validity were provided before testing sessions.

    • Main Results:

    • WPT scores significantly improved from the first to the second administration.
    • Bogus performance feedback did not significantly affect WPT scores.
    • Information about WPT validity, or lack thereof, did not moderate the effect of feedback on performance.

    Conclusions:

    • Test-retest effects appear to be a stronger influence on WPT performance than bogus feedback or validity information in this student sample.
    • The findings suggest that students may be resilient to misleading feedback when taking cognitive assessments.
    • Further research could explore these effects in different populations or with different types of assessments.