In a Research Study Described in Your Text, Trained Graphologists

question 72

Multiple Choice

In a research study described in your text, trained graphologists evaluated handwriting samples of 170 people. What did that study find?

• A) Graphology provides a valid assessment of occupational aptitude and is the best predictor of vocational success.
• B) The trained graphologists were highly accurate in identifying the actors, actresses, and psychologists in the pool of participants but were unable to identify those who were nuns, monks, or librarians.
• C) Although the graphologists predicted that they would be 100 percent accurate in distinguishing among the participants, they were not much more accurate than people with no training in graphology.
• D) The study found graphology to be highly accurate in distinguishing among people in different occupational groups and in identifying several personality traits.

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