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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"personality testing"”.
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Identifying Untraited Individuals Using Model-Based Measurement
… are also discussed in the context of personality testing in organizational settings.
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Moderation of Personality Test Validity
Personality testing can be an adequate instrument for prediction of future job performance. However, the predictive ability of these tests has been only moderate at best. This researcher attempted to determine if feedback would help improve the predictive ability of personality tests. The results …
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Personal Politics: The Rise of Personality Traits in the Century of Eugenics and Psychoanalysis
This dissertation documents personality psychologys development alongside psychoanalysis and eugenics, offering a disciplinary and cultural history of personality across the twentieth century. Using the psychological concepts of neurosis and introversion as an organizational framework, personalitys …
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Stable inconsistency: a study of response inconsistency over time
Personality measures are currently a popular method for selection in the business world, despite issues such as poor predictive ability and the potential for output manipulation by participants. Another issue with personality testing that is often overlooked is that individuals sometimes respond …
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Revealing Socially Undesirable Information: A Comparison of Bipolar Adjective Scaling Methods
Despite the popularity of personality testing for personnel selection, criticisms have arisen regarding the potential for response distortions by applicants. Researchers have developed many techniques to control for such response distortions, including the use of different response formats. Using …
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The Development of a Computer Adaptive Test Of the Five Factor Model of Personality: Applications and Extensions
… converged upon the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality as constituting a comprehensive taxonomy of normal personality functioning. A weakness common to all personality inventories is excessive length, which can result in examinee fatigue, and ultimately, poor data quality. Computer adaptive …
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The Effect of Divulging the Intent of the Conditional Reasoning Test of Aggression to Responses
… reasoning (CR; James, 1998) system of personality measurement, items are constructed to have the appearance of a logic or reasoning test. This characteristic of CR tests is designed to combat response distortion by test takers in personality testing. The CR system was used to develop …
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Proctored versus unproctored online testing using a personality measure: Are there any differences?
Impetus in recruiting and testing candidates via the Internet results from the popularity of the World Wide Web. There has been a transition from paper-pencil to online testing because of large number of benefits afforded by online testing. Though the benefits of online testing are many, there may …
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Neuropsychological Functioning Among Violent and Nonviolent Sex Offenders
… offenders were compared on neuropsychological testing and on personality testing. A neuropsychological test battery and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 (MMPI-2) were administered to 93 and 50 male felons respectively. Subjects were drawn from a data base provided by the …
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Use of personality to improve reintroduction success: the effects of behavioural variation within release groups
The study of personality (consistent individual differences in behaviour) is a growing area in behavioural ecology. The majority of studies have investigated the proximate or ultimate causes of these individual differences. However, there is growing interest in their practical applications, …
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The role of the school psychologist in the state of Washington: current and ideal
… the relative importance of: Intelligence testing and report writing; Personality testing and report writing; Consulting on curriculum; Community discussion, lecture, and education. School psychologists with the doctorate spend more time with the in-service training function and less time …
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An examination of the structure and predictability of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator preferences using a job component validity strategy based on the Common-Metric Questionnaire
… be quite valuable. JCV can be used to predict personality test scores for jobs, scores which can be used for selection as well as other personnel decisions. While much is known about the process of predicting cognitive ability test scores as well as the efficacy of such predictions, little is …