What Best Defines an Approach to Collecting and Combining Applicant

question 41

Multiple Choice

What best defines an approach to collecting and combining applicant information in which data are collected from objective sources such as tests or biographical inventories, and the decision maker examines these data to form an overall, subjective impression of the applicant's suitability for the job?

• A) the pure judgment approach
• B) the trait rating approach
• C) the profile interpretation
• D) the pure statistical approach

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Definitions:

Social Information Processing

Involves how individuals perceive, interpret, and respond to social information in their environment, affecting their social interactions and outcomes.

Social Comparison

Social Comparison is the process by which individuals evaluate their own abilities, qualities, and situations against those of others to form judgments about themselves.

Job Characteristics Model

A theory that proposes that the nature of an individual’s job or the characteristics of the work can influence their motivation, satisfaction, and performance.

Kelly's Covariation Model

A theory that explains how people attribute causes to events based on the consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus of the information available.