Application
Assesses behaviors and attitudes relevant to successful progress in and completion of a university course.
The WSP-2 is a personality questionnaire based on the respondent’s self-assessment; it is intended primarily for use in one-to-one counseling. The inventory is also used in course entry testing (academic testing) to collect additional information relevant to academic success. The assessment of personality characteristics is an important supplement to the testing of cognitive abilities when the aim is to predict academic performance or success at work. This test yields self-assessments on the following scales: Organization, Accuracy and Conscientiousness, Independence and Initiative, Realistic Self-assessment, Motivation, Frustration Tolerance, Social Competence, Emotional Competence and Self-confidence.
Administration
Respondents indicate the extent to which particular statements apply to them, using a four-point answer scale. The previous answer can be corrected once.
Test forms
One test form.
Scoring
The following main variables are scored:
- Organization: Measure of the efficient handling of tasks and activities, e.g. through good time management or careful planning of work.
- Accuracy and conscientiousness: The extent to which the respondent’s working style is conscientiousness and accurate.
- Autonomy and initiative: The extent to which, for example, solution pathways and ideas are devised autonomously.
- Realistic self-assessment: Measure of the realistic assessment of one’s own weaknesses, strengths and achievements.
- Motivation: Measure of commitment, goal-orientation, diligence, willingness to learn and confidence in one’s own abilities.
- Frustration tolerance: The extent to which the individual becomes discouraged or insecure as a result of failure.
- Social competence: Measure of teamworking and sociability.
- Emotional competence: Measure of critical abilities and interest in communication with others.
- Self-confidence: Measure of self-assurance and presentation skills.
- Perceived cognitive skills: Measure of self-assessed flexibility in thinking which is demonstrated in, for example, the ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practice.
Scoring elements
Profile
Working time
Confidence interval
Profile analysis
Item analysis protocol
Progress chart
Special diagrammatic representation of results
Personalized Word report
Test type
Test information
modular
language-free item
parallel test form
conforms to the
additional device
high level of test
test form available for online presentation - open
links to CogniPlus
supervisor-supported
Languages
Duration
approx. 30 minutes if all subtests are presented
Age
Norms for ages 19+ (convenience sample).