1. Measuring Personality Part Deuuuuuux

2. Aptitude Tests Aptitude: One’s special skills. i.e.: we might say that he/she has an aptitude for medicine, law, carpentry…etc.

3. Aptitude Tests Mechanical Comprehension: - Attempts to predict success in fields involving repair of cars, HVAC, electricians, etc…

5. Aptitude Tests Verbal Skills: -Measures one’s interest in and knowledge about words -Someone who does not score well in this area would not do well in a job requiring a lot of reading or writing. *Questions involve finding spelling errors & grammar mistakes as well as defining words.

6. Aptitude Tests Clerical Speed & Accuracy: -Attempts to measure some of the skills necessary in clerical office jobs -Usually a timed speed test *Usually computerized test measuring how many words typed per minute & how many errors typed. Knowledge of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc…

7. Achievement Test Tests that measure the amount of specific material remembered from the classroom; Used as a predictor of one’s success in a higher educational setting (college/grad school). Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT): -Test designed to measure ability to do college level work. *ACT/LSAT/MCAT

8. Vocational Interest Tests These tests have some of the highest validities in psychological testing. Over 50% of people in some studies have been looked at 20 years after taking their initial VIT & have reported that they are still satisfied in their selected occupations *Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory: Most widely used VIT, based on answers of people successful in certain fields

9. Alternatives to Testing Interviews – we all know what they are…but they do involve several problems…

10. Who would you hire for your sales position? Why?

11. Halo Effect: Situation in which a person who has one positive characteristic is assumed to have other positive traits Reverse Halo: Situation in which a person with one negative characteristic is assumed to have other negative traits Standoutishness: doing or wearing something so startling it distracts observers from noticing one’s real abilities

12. Situational Assessments This is the process of looking at how the circumstances surrounding an event influence people responding to that event…in other words…secret observation of people in their natural environment (Naturalistic Observation) *Think Candid Camera…

13. Creativity Mental processes that result in original, workable ideas IQ tests fail to detect the “spark” that motivates a person to do an exceptional job in finding better ways of handling problems or in inventing something new Psychologists believe the avg. person must deviate from the expected in order to come up with creative products Most people use a set: a tendency to solve problems in the same way over & over. *i.e.: “Why didn’t I think of that?”…after you see the solution to a problem *Psychologists’ definition of creativity is to break set: come up with unusual, unexpected ideas; use something in a way different from the way in which it is normally used.