Moreover, this technique of testing was often utilized on individuals applying for employment in fields that required a high level of ability in dealing with others. The Thematic Apperception Test was also developed to help people understand their own personality in greater depth and build on that knowledge in making important life decisions. It was also used on murder suspects to expose fears, aggression and needs (Mental Disorders, 2014). Although this test can be suitable to gain a very broad idea of an individual’s personality and attitudes, it is not a useful test to indicate if someone is suitable for a type of career or if they have suffered through a traumatic experience. The TAT test although still used today lacks in validity.
However, they continued to use the testing process to select the right candidate for their organization. As we have learned testing has and continue to be used to discover the personality, knowledge and physical capability of potential job candidates. The knowledge test predicts whether or not a candidate will be able to adapt to knowing how to do the job. Personality testing lets employers know whether or not an individual will be a great fit for the organization and other around them. Finally, the use of the physical fitness will assure employers that the individual is able to perform up to
Personality Assessment and its Role in Recruitment and Selection Personality is unique amongst every individual and it has become a largely researched area in psychology. During recruitment and selection, an organisation aims to find the most suitable candidate for the position. In order to do this, it is not sufficient to only analyse whether the candidate has the required competencies related to performance, but rather their personality must also be assessed to see whether they are a true fit. Therefore in this essay the role of personality assessment in the recruitment and selection process will be discussed. There will be a brief discussion of what personality is, particularly from the Trait approach.
However in today's society, psychologists have been able to do research on the way human’s behaviour react in different situations with different participants to be able to get a generalized result but to do so they must first distinguish if the participant is showing social or personal identities. Unlike in early psychology when it was focused on an individual, researchers have now found the most effective way of finding results is looking at the social context when studying behaviour. To be able to get an indiscriminate result, psychologists have to look at what groups their participants belong too. This means the age, sex and nationality among many other things. When we belong to certain groups, most of the time we are unaware of how the socially derived structure actually affects us in the way which we behave.
Even though people tend to believe birth order is determined by generics and environment, initially a person’s personality is determined by their birth order. Personality is vital in a person’s life because it can help with how their life may turn out and whether their traits are positive or negative. Moreover, birth order is the key to shaping a person’s personality by molding a person’s traits, their future careers, and their role among family relationships. For example, the Alfred Alder Institute of San Francisco and Northwestern Washington specializes in countless cases by Alfred Alder and other scientists who attended the institute. Most of the cases that are studied at the institute are Classical Alderian Depth Psychology, which is what Doctor of Philosophy graduate, Henry T. Stein, studies and made a website based on the studies of Alfred Alder (Stein).
What are some psychological perspectives that explain human behavior? Some psychological perspectives that researchers have found are behavioral perspective, humanistic perspective, psychodynamic perspective, cognitive perspective and neuroscience perspective. Behavioral psychology is a perspective that focuses on learned behaviors. Behaviorism differed from many other perspectives because instead of emphasizing internal state, it focused solely on observable behaviors. Humanistic perspective suggests that all individuals naturally strive to grow and develop, and to control their lives and behavior.
Behaviorist also focus more on how we act rather than our brain and nervous systems, they don’t take mental processes into consideration. Cognitivist, however, study mental processes in an individual by focusing on specific behavior and interpreting those behaviors into mental processes so we can fully understand what we do. Finally, behaviorism deals with the way we behave in different environments. They also believe people pick up their traits from their own experiences. On the other hand, cognitivists believe that by reflecting on our own experiences, we construct our own understanding of the world.
In most cases there is more than reason or cause for disorders of all kinds. In most cases biological, psychological, and or social factors play a huge role. According to an article I read, The Bio-Psycho-Social Model of Human Behavior, “There is an important inter-relationship between nature (biological and temperament) and nurture (the social environment and life experiences) in the formation of personality.” (Hoermann, Zupanick, Dombeck, 2007) I find this statement to be very true. There are many reasons why we develop to become the people we are as adults. This is all based on how and who raised us.
a patient's description of their pain rather than a measure of pain. Qualitative research techniques such as focus groups and in-depth interviews have been used in one-off projects commissioned by guideline development groups to find out more about the views and experiences of patients and carers. However, since the method can only examine small groups, and data relies heavily on words or stories of participants, validity of result is limited. ( Accuracy of the data collected depends on the skill of the researchers and the trust of the participant to respond well and behave naturally. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH Quantitative research method is used to produce factual and reliable outcome data.
Personality: Assessment PSYCH/504 May 20, 2012 Elisa Doebler-Irvine Personality: Assessment Personality can be assessed by using various instruments. Most of the assessment instruments available have strengths and weaknesses. Some instruments are preferred more than others. The personality assessment instruments that will be discussed are the Myers-Briggs, Projective drawings, and Rorschach. Both instruments will be examined for their validity, comprehensiveness and applicability.