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HMPYC80 2017 Mock exam feedback
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Mock Examination FeedbackQuestion 1
The required response is 1. If your answer is 2, of if you do not respond to this question, your
examination will be nullified.
This is a declaration of honesty. The declaration of honesty is the first step in the legal process
that will follow in a case of cheating. You declare that you are aware of these requirements and
that you agree to it. Of course many students try to see how they can work together in groups
(physical or by means of social media). Clearly you are not allowed to do so. We have to inform
you that your responses may be subjected to integrity testing. We use statistical analyses of the
entire class’s submissions that enable us to flag cases of possible cheating. Identified cases are
submitted for further analysis and those flagged as high probable cases of cheating are
submitted for full investigation. So what may start out as a nice exchange of answers in a
WhatsApp group may end up in a nullified examination and getting expelled from studying at the
university again.
Question 2
Best response: Lettie, Sarah, Jan
The purpose of the EEP is to change individuals’ attitudes towards their environments.
T|herefore Lettie’s answer is correct. A positive change in attitudes will result in improved
engagements with environments. Sarah’s answer is not incorrect, but Lettie’s answer is better
because it focusses more clearly on the core purpose of the EEP. Jan’s answer is least correct
because his response is aimed at involvement in environmental care projects, which is only one
aspect of environmental engagement.
Question 3
Best response: Nzamo, Jan , Lettie
The intention of the Mapokeng district council is to improve the physical wellbeing of
communities. This means communities have to become involved in environmental care projects,
which happens when communities’ attitudes towards their environments change. The SA-EEP
is meant to change environmental attitudes. Therefore the SA-EEP is fit for purpose. Nzano
offers the best response. Jan’s response is second best. He correctly identifies the intention of
the council and that of the SA-EEP, but he fails to understand the relationship between physical
well-being and positive environmental attitude. Lettie’s respons is incorrect. The purpose of the
SA-EEP is not to improve physical wellbeing.
Question 4
Best response: Bongi, Jan, Lettie
Jan‘s response is correct but not comprehensive because he does not link the ways in which
people engage with their environments to the concern of the Mapokeng district council. The
response offered by Bongi is better because it identifies the necessity of a link between
improving the ways in which people engage with their environments and improving the physical
wellbeing of communities, which addresses the communities’ neglect of their environments.
Lettie does not seem to be aware of how the different elements relate in this research scenario.
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,Question 5
Best response: Lettie, Jan, Sarah
The content domain of a psychological activity such as a programme or a questionnaire is the
collection of all tasks and questions that can be utilised for respondents to demonstrate their
knowledge and skills in the particular domain of the psychological activity. Lettie’s response is
better than the response offered by Jan because Jan refers to a particular part of the domain,
and not the whole domain. Sarah’s response is incorrect. It refers to the participants, and not to
the tasks and questions they are required to respond to.
Question 6
Best response: Bongi, Nzamo, Lettie
Bongi’s response is correct and better than the response offered by Nzamo. Although Nzamo’s
response is correct it not comprehensive because it refers to one factor of the psychological
construct and not the whole construct. Lettie’s response is incorrect. It refers to people who are
likely to participate in the SA-EEP, and not the construct measured by the EAQ.
Question 7
Best response: Lettie, Jan, Bongi
The SA-EEP is valid if it correctly implements the theory it is based on. Therefore Jan is correct
in suggesting that one should look at how the SA-EEP relates to the theory of environmental
attitude change. However the response offered by Lettie is better because it provides more
detail of what it means to relate the SA-EEP to the theory of environmental attitude change.
Bongi offers a different approach. It is not wrong to compare the SA-EEP and the CA-EEP if one
assumes the validity CA-EEP. However, there is no guarantee that the CA-EEP would be valid
in the South African context. Therefore Bongi’s response is least acceptable.
Question 8
Best response: Bongi, Nzamo, Sarah
Bongi offers the best response. The effect of the SA-EEP has to be determined in terms of how
people change in terms of the underlying theory. Nzamo’s response is correct but incomplete.
Apart from not mentioning the underlying theory it does not take change into account. It merely
observes how people respond after completing the programme. Sarah’s response is incorrect.
Question 9
Best response: Jan, Bongi, Sarah
The EAQ should cover the theory of environmental attitude change and therefore should
incorporate environmental knowledge, environmental awareness and sensitivity to context.
Jan’s response is the best answer. Bongi’s response is correct also, but it does not indicate on
what grounds the tasks or questions should be constructed. Sarah’s response is incorrect.
Question 10
Best response: Sarah, Jan, Bongi
Sarah’s answer is best. Respondents’ responses on the EAQ have to be analysed to see how
well the EAQ succeeds in measuring the theory of environmental attitude change in terms of its
factors, namely Environmental knowledge, Environmental awareness and Sensitivity for context.
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, Jan offers the second best response. However the correlation between the EAQ and the PIQ is
not meaningful if the EAQ is not a valid measure of the theory of environmental attitude change.
Bongi’s response has merit but he does not provide sufficient information to make his approach
a practical solution.
Question 11
Best response: Sarah, Lettie, Jan
Sarah refers to the criterion related validity of the EAQ. Lettie’s response is about the content
validity of the EAQ. Both responses are correct and refer to important aspects of validity.
However content validity is a basic form of validity that precedes other forms of validity such as
construct validity and criterion related validity. In other words, EAQ will not have criterion related
validity if it does not have content validity. Therefore Sarah’s response is more comprehensive
than Lettie’s response. The response offered by Jan is incorrect. The issue at hand is the
validity of the EAQ, not the validity of the SA-EEP.
Question 12
Best response: Sarah, Lettie, Jan
Sarah’s response is correct. High internal consistency indicates that the questions of the scale
repeat measures in a reliable manner. Lettie’s response refers to test- retest reliability. The EAQ
is repeated. However the response is not correct because the SA-EEP occurs between the
repeated measures and is likely to affect the second measure. The response offered by Jan
does not refer to reliability. The correlation between the EAQ and the PIQ refers to criterion
validity, and not reliability.
Question 13
Best response: Nzamo, Jan, Sarah
EAQ is a way to operationalise the theory of environmental attitude change. Therefore Jan is
correct, but Nzamo offers a better response. It incorporates Jan’s response and correctly adds
additional information, namely the observation of the effect of the SA-EEP. Sarah’s response is
incorrect.
Question 14
Best response: Bongi, Jan, Lettie
Jan’s response is correct, but Bongi provides a more comprehensive response, linking the effect
of the programme to behaviour change. Lettie’s response is incorrect. The purpose of the
project is to change behaviour, not to determine how much change is required.
Question 15
Best response: Jan, Lettie, Nzamo
Nzamo’s response is incorrect. The responses offered by Lettie and Jan are both correct, but
Jan’s approach is better than the one suggested by Lettie because it offers better protection
against unwanted influences that may obscure the true effect of the Environmental Engagement
Programme. The difference between pre SA-EEP and post SA-EEP scores includes the impact
of the SA-EEP, but there maybe other influences that we are not aware of that contributes to the
difference. Jan’s response is better because it controls for unwanted influences.
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