An Organization Wishing to Use Personality as a Criterion _________________

question 54

Multiple Choice

An organization wishing to use personality as a criterion _________________.

• A) is legally protected as it has been validated for most jobs
• B) must be certain that successful and unsuccessful employees can be distinguished in terms of their personalities
• C) may legally do so only once confidence validity has been established
• D) may be in violation of ADEA requirements

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Definitions:

Somatogenic Approach

A theoretical approach in psychology and psychiatry that emphasizes the physical causes of mental disorders, focusing on genetic, neurological, or biochemical contributors.

Psychogenic Approach

Psychological factors as the primary cause behind physical symptoms or diseases.

Hypnotism

A procedure that places people in a trancelike mental state during which they become extremely suggestible.

Friedrich Anton Mesmer

An 18th-century German physician who proposed the theory of animal magnetism and is considered a precursor to the field of hypnosis.