PSY3041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Decision Analysis, Intellectual Disability, Virtual Reality

• School: Monash University
• Department: Health Sciences - Psychology
• Course: PSY3041
• Professor: jake hoskin

Document Summary

Phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them but that are, in fact, vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people. Employment interview: helps people make selection and promotion decisions in business and industry. Interviews are complicated because the applicant and employer are motivated to slant their presentation in order to make an impression, not necessarily to be honest: most research supports a structured format for the employment interview. Wesbter noted that as few as one unfavourable impression was followed by final rejection in 90% of the cases. If a test is used to make a dichotomous (two-choice) decision, then a cut-off score usually is used. Values above this score might go into the plus category, and values below it into the minus category. The plus category might indicate that the person is suitable for the job.