PSY 3711 Lecture 14: 14. Personality, attitudes, and study skills 10.25.2018
Document Summary
Grit = conscientiousness: no difference in predictive power. Study skills third most important in predicting future success. The combination of personality and cognitive ability work better than either by themselves. Letters of recommendation: lessons learned, have the letter writer provide ratings, have multiple letter writers. Interviews are largely poor predictors: appear to have some utility for interpersonal skill assessment, structured interviews are a major upgrade. Personality measures with paired comparisons: new measurement models using forced choice or paired comparisons offer faking resistant assessment of personality characteristics. What is least like you: driven to succeed, kind to other people, curious about new ideas. Book smarts vs. street smarts: miller analogies test as a predictor of success in graduate school (book smart world) and job performance (real world street smart) Social class: to what extent is the predictive power of test scores due to social class, some claim admissions test are just wealth tests.
