PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Polygraph, Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990, Content Validity
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Chapter 4 - theoretical and measurement issues in. Aggregatin, or averaging, as a tool for assessing personality traits. That is, at any given time, for any given behavior, many factors influence why a person does one thing and not another. Personality and prediction: personality measures are used in prison systems to make decisions about inmates, used for matching people with jobs, to screen for employment, select for promotion, if they match with the job requirements. A closer look: fit for the job: horowitz case: excellent record, applied to be a probation officer, was administered the. Masculine profile: occurs equally often among normal men and women. None of the items are invasive or intrusive, and none of the scale show adverse impact on the basis of gender or race or ethnicity: consulted with 60% of the. Fortune 100 companies: found to be more successful (earned more)
