PSYC 3250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Concurrent Validity, Ipsative, Job Satisfaction
8 Dec 2015
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Using vocational interest test information to help civilians make better educational and career plans. Measured interests by comparing criterion groups with a common comparison group. Edward k. strong found that the choices people made on a paper-and-pencil interest test could be used to accurately discriminate which occupations they entered. Designed to alert counselor to possible interpretive problems that might change the validity of the results or greatly reduce their usefulness a validity indicator . Leadership style scale: assesses the type of leadership role that people would like to have in their work setting. Risk-taking-adventure scale: assesses examinee"s preferences for physical risk and adventure (identifies people who feel uncomfortable attempting new activities without more careful planning/experience this would reflect a general tendency to. Play it safe and act in more conservative ways) (3) general occupational theme scales: categorizes different occupations: matching people to jobs based on their environmental type. Holland created a hexagon of 6 major interest areas.
