PSYC 187 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Big Five Personality Traits, Match.Com, Next Move
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There is a link between attributes and behavior in organizations! That"s one reason why we measure these kinds of attributes at jobs. Individual diff domains lead to behavior in organizations and outcomes. If we learn interest, abilities, and personalities, they match to significant other. This used the my next move assessment: there is a hexagon with each category on one corner. Emotional stability (used to be called neuroticism) Tests that produce a specific score: wpt (wonderlic personnel test) Tests of specific abilities: bennet test of mechanical comprehension, watson glaser, Generally used for positions of public trust. May only be administered after offer of employment. Look at the emotional intelligence definition on the slides. Grit: if you have a lot of this, you will probably do well even if you don"t have that high of an iq. Overt integrity test: asks questions about past honestly behavior, as well as attitued towards various behaviors.
