An Organization Requires You to Fill Out a Personality Assessment

question 12

Multiple Choice

An organization requires you to fill out a personality assessment instrument as part of your application process for a specific position with the organization. What best explains why they would have you do this?

• A) To place you with others who share the same traits.
• B) To determine if you fit their needs for the particular position.
• C) To examine your attention to detail.
• D) To decide on an amount for your salary.
• E) For future performance reviews.

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Definitions:

Tip-of-the-tongue Phenomenon

A cognitive state where an individual is unable to fully retrieve a word or a piece of information but has a feeling that they know it.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory for events that occurred before a particular point in time, often due to trauma or disease.

Proactive Interference

The phenomenon by which previously learned information interferes with the recall of new information.

Source-monitoring Error

A type of memory error where a person misidentifies the source of a memory, such as confusing whether an event was experienced or imagined.