Psychometric Training Involves

question 16

Multiple Choice

Psychometric training involves

• A)showing the raters how to conduct certain ratings.
• B)teaching the raters to be more considerate.
• C)making the raters aware of common rating distortions.
• D)providing the raters with a context for assigning ratings.

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Definitions:

Social Cognition Theory

A theory that focuses on how people process, store, and apply information about other people and social situations, emphasizing the role of cognitive processes in understanding social interaction.

Causal Attribution

The process of identifying the cause of an event or behavior, attributing it either to internal dispositions or to external situations.

A Priori

Knowledge or reasoning that is derived from theoretical deduction rather than from observation or experience.

Research

The process whereby scientists observe events, look for patterns, and evaluate theories proposed to explain those patterns.