In the subsequent exploratory descriptive study, we formulated the following investigation question: Does the 2008-I admission exam of the Major National University of San Marcos, cover all the psychometric requirements demanded by an evaluation of that kind of nature? The General Objective of the investigation is to: Identify the basic psychometric characteristics which the 2008-I admission exam of the Major National University of San Marcos has presented, consisting in the reliability of the test, the validity of the items and their analysis. The investigational design corresponds to the simple descriptive form and has permitted us to analyze the psychometric perspective of the results obtain from 18,588 postulants in the 2008-I admissions process. The instrument utilized in the investigation is the 2008-I admission exam of the UNMSM, which consisted of a total of 100 binary and dichot...

Objectives: 1. To understand behaviour styles of private and public service drivers in Lima, Metropolitan Area. 2. To detect the existence of significant differences in behaviour styles in traffic environments, within private and public service drivers of Lima, Metropolitan Area, in a global and specific manner. 3. To investigate the existence of significant differences of behaviour styles in traffic environments, within private and public service drivers of Lima, Metropolitan Area, in relation to the following variables: age, civil status, education level, geographical origin, vehicle property, driving as a main occupation, driving schedule/time length, traffic accidents record, traffic tickets, health problems, hearing problems, motor faculties, family problems and emotional problems. 4. To study the reliability and validity of the PSS questionnaire that evaluates behavior patterns of ...

In the subsequent exploratory descriptive study, we formulated the following investigation question: Does the 2008-I admission exam of the Major National University of San Marcos, cover all the psychometric requirements demanded by an evaluation of that kind of nature? The General Objective of the investigation is to: Identify the basic psychometric characteristics which the 2008-I admission exam of the Major National University of San Marcos has presented, consisting in the reliability of the test, the validity of the items and their analysis. The investigational design corresponds to the simple descriptive form and has permitted us to analyze the psychometric perspective of the results obtain from 18,588 postulants in the 2008-I admissions process. The instrument utilized in the investigation is the 2008-I admission exam of the UNMSM, which consisted of a total of 100 binary and dichot...

Objectives: 1. To understand behaviour styles of private and public service drivers in Lima, Metropolitan Area. 2. To detect the existence of significant differences in behaviour styles in traffic environments, within private and public service drivers of Lima, Metropolitan Area, in a global and specific manner. 3. To investigate the existence of significant differences of behaviour styles in traffic environments, within private and public service drivers of Lima, Metropolitan Area, in relation to the following variables: age, civil status, education level, geographical origin, vehicle property, driving as a main occupation, driving schedule/time length, traffic accidents record, traffic tickets, health problems, hearing problems, motor faculties, family problems and emotional problems. 4. To study the reliability and validity of the PSS questionnaire that evaluates behavior patterns of ...

Objectives: 1) To establish the psychometric properties of the instruments used; 2) To analyze the relationship between resilience and styles of parental socialization variables in fourth and fifth grade hight school students considering public and private schools; 3) To compare the resilience variable in fourth and fifth grade hight school students between public and private school; 4) To compare the variable resilience in fourth and fifth grade hight school students between gender; 5) To compare the parental socialization styles variable in fourth and fifth grade hight school students between public and private school; 6) To compare the parental socialization styles variable in fourth and fifth grade hight school students between gender. Type and design: It is a basic research, with a descriptive, correlation and comparative design. Materials and methods: The sample was made up of 394 ...

Objectives: 1) To establish the psychometric properties of the instruments used; 2) To analyze the relationship between resilience and styles of parental socialization variables in fourth and fifth grade hight school students considering public and private schools; 3) To compare the resilience variable in fourth and fifth grade hight school students between public and private school; 4) To compare the variable resilience in fourth and fifth grade hight school students between gender; 5) To compare the parental socialization styles variable in fourth and fifth grade hight school students between public and private school; 6) To compare the parental socialization styles variable in fourth and fifth grade hight school students between gender. Type and design: It is a basic research, with a descriptive, correlation and comparative design. Materials and methods: The sample was made up of 394 ...

From the preoccupation by the increase of the depression frequency and the diminution of the age of the people who suffer this type of problem, as well as some indicators that accompanies it and that is within the concept of psycho-social misalignment, arise the necessity to study these phenomena in the scholastic population. Objectives: demostrate the interdependent relation of the variable adjustment psycho-social and depression in students of the city of Lima, Peru, in function to the type of school (state and private) and sort. Design: Descriptive comparative and correlational. Materials and methods: The sample was constituted by 480 students of state and particular educative centers, whose ages oscillate between the 12 and 17 years. For the evaluation of the variable psychosocial adjustment, the Inventory of Adaptation of Conduct of M. Victoria de la Cruz and Agustín Cordero was us...

The theory of the Multiple Intelligence represents an innovative vision in the field of the psychology of the education, because it offers a different mark for the best alignment in the teaching-learning process, making possible that the student identifies his strong and weak intellectual points better; and that, with this information, the or the educational one selects the resources and didactic strategies so that in work group that it develops even more the strongest and improve the weak ones, always looking for the achievement of their personal satisfaction and professional success. In this perspective, the evaluation of the multiple intelligence in a valid and reliable way acquires fundamental importance, for what we decide to elaborate one when not existing in the country instruments with these characteristics; also, also interested in the problem of the first floor school yield in ...

The theory of the Multiple Intelligence represents an innovative vision in the field of the psychology of the education, because it offers a different mark for the best alignment in the teaching-learning process, making possible that the student identifies his strong and weak intellectual points better; and that, with this information, the or the educational one selects the resources and didactic strategies so that in work group that it develops even more the strongest and improve the weak ones, always looking for the achievement of their personal satisfaction and professional success. In this perspective, the evaluation of the multiple intelligence in a valid and reliable way acquires fundamental importance, for what we decide to elaborate one when not existing in the country instruments with these characteristics; also, also interested in the problem of the first floor school yield in ...

From the preoccupation by the increase of the depression frequency and the diminution of the age of the people who suffer this type of problem, as well as some indicators that accompanies it and that is within the concept of psycho-social misalignment, arise the necessity to study these phenomena in the scholastic population. Objectives: demostrate the interdependent relation of the variable adjustment psycho-social and depression in students of the city of Lima, Peru, in function to the type of school (state and private) and sort. Design: Descriptive comparative and correlational. Materials and methods: The sample was constituted by 480 students of state and particular educative centers, whose ages oscillate between the 12 and 17 years. For the evaluation of the variable psychosocial adjustment, the Inventory of Adaptation of Conduct of M. Victoria de la Cruz and Agustín Cordero was us...