On objectivity and validity of oral examinations in psychology – A replication

A hierarchy of requirements applying to practising psychologists is the basis of a concept for oral examinations in psychological assessment. A study on the objectivity of oral examinations was replicated. We found very high correlations between the evaluations of examiner and assessor and high correlations between the examinees’ self-evaluations after the exam. Examinees’ selfevaluations before the examinations correlated at about 0.48 with the marks in the oral examination. The results concerning preparation do not uniformly show that preparation in a group and mutual examination lead to better marks compared to preparation alone.