To Predict Effectively the Job Success of Various Applicants for a Specific

question 21

Multiple Choice

To predict effectively the job success of various applicants for a specific work position, psychologists would recommend the development of

• A) set points.
• B) task leadership.
• C) structured interviews.
• D) human factors psychology.

Discuss the reliability and standardization of psychological tests.

Explain divergent thinking and its role in creativity.

Discuss the relationship between heredity, environment, and intelligence, including controversies around race and IQ.

Understand the basics of cognitive biases and heuristics and how they can impact decision making and beliefs.

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Definitions:

Control Group

A group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and is then used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Masking

A method used in research where the participants and/or researchers are unaware of which individuals are in the control group and which are in the experimental group, to prevent bias.

Confounding

A situation in which the effect of two variables on a third is not clearly distinguishable.

Validity

The accuracy with which a study reflects the true situation.