Procedures in employment psychology

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Identifikator:: 173623112X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-112923

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Author:: Bingham, Walter Van Dyke http://d-nb.info/gnd/123042593; Freyd, Max

Title:: Procedures in employment psychology

Place of publication:: Chicago & New York

Publisher:: Shaw

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: XI, 269 S

Digitisation:: 2020

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: VII. Psychological tests

Collection:: Economics Books

PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS Strength and relative dominance of instincts, habits and ideals; sublimations Consistency of behavior tendencies Conformity to ethical patterns Independence of judgment 7. Personality Balance and integration of intellectual, emotional, and volitional tendencies Strength of tendencies to seek or to withdraw from social contacts; tendencies to introversion or extro- version; tendencies to be active or passive, domineer- ing or submissive, emotional or thoughtful, and so forth Self-consciousness: shyness, arrogance, and so forth Social effectiveness A behavioristic classification of responses is as follows (2110). Hereditary responses Explicit: grasping Implicit: changes in circulation Habitual responses Explicit: tennis playing Implicit: “thinking” Apparatus or material used. Most tests in current use in industry and in schools are of the paper and pencil sort, since these are the most convenient to administer. But for many purposes it is necessary to utilize a more elaborate equipment. 1. Paper and pencil tests A. Verbal material. Examples: Army Alpha; Thur- stone Clerical. B. Non-verbal material. Examples: Army Beta: pencil maze; Stenquist Mechanical Aptitude Test. 2. Physical apparatus tests. Examples: Form board; Sten- quist Assembly. 3. Personal tests, where the examiner is the essential part of the apparatus. Example: The Moore and Gilli- 03

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