Multiple-Choice Items in a Test Should Have

question 2

Multiple Choice

Multiple-choice items in a test should have

• A) only implausible distracters
• B) one out of five incorrect answers
• C) only plausible distractors
• D) a different number of alternatives

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Definitions:

Collective Unconscious

A concept in Jungian psychology referring to the part of the unconscious mind shared among beings of the same species containing archetypal images.

Neo-Freudian

Psychologists who were influenced by Freud's theories but developed their own distinct psychological theories and concepts.

Jung

Refers to Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology and introduced concepts like archetypes and the collective unconscious.

Denial

A psychological defense mechanism where an individual refuses to accept reality or facts, thus avoiding a psychologically uncomfortable truth.