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Individual differences

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Dissimilarities between or among two or more people

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Mental test

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Instrument designed to measure a subject’s ability to reason, plan, and solve problems; an intelligence test

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Differential psychology

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Scientific study of differences between or among two or more people

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Intelligence

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The ability to learn and adapt to an environment; used to refer to general intellectual capacity

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Mental ability

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Capacity to reason, plan, and solve problems; cognitive ability

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Metric

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Standard of measurement; a scale

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Psychometrics

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Practice of measuring a characteristic such as mental ability, placing it on a scale or metric

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Intelligence test

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Instrument designed to measure the ability to reason, learn, and solve problems

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Psychometrician

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Psychologist trained in measuring characteristics such as mental ability

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Cognitive ability

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Capacity to reason, plan, and solve problems; mental ability

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g

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Abbreviation for general mental ability

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General mental ability

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Capacity to reason, learn, and solve problems in any of a wide varieties of ways and circumstances

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g-ocentric model

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Tendency to understand and predict behavior of workers be examining g

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Physical abilities

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Bodily powers such as muscular strength, flexibility, and stamina

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Personality

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An individual’s behavioral and emotional characteristics

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Interests

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Preferences or likings for broad ranges of activities

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Knowledge

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A collection of specific and interrelated facts and information about a particular topical area

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Emotion

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An effect or feeling; displayed in reaction to an event or thought

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Taxonomy

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Orderly, scientific system of classification

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Perceptual-motor abilities

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Physical attributes that combine the senses and motion

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Affect

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The conscious subjective aspect of emotion

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IQ

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Measure of intelligence obtained by gibing a subject a standardized IQ test; ratio of subjects mental age to chronological age x 100

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Meta-analysis

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Statistical method for combining an analyzing the results from many studies to draw a general conclusion about the relationship btwn variables

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Stamina

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Physical ability to supply muscles with oxygenated blood through a cardiovascular system; endurance

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Sensory abilities
Vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste and being able to notice changes in body position
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Americans with Disabilities Act
Requiring employers to give applicants and employees with disabilities the same consideration as other applicants and employees
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Psychomotor abilities
Coordination, dexterity, and reaction time
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Big five
``` Openness Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism ```
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Conscientiousness
Quality of having positive intentions and carrying them out with care
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Agreeableness
Likeable, easy to get along with, friendly
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Integrity
Being honest, reliable, ethical
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Achievement
Hard work, persistence, desire to do good work
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Dependability
Disciplined, well organized, respectful of laws and regulations, honest, trustworthy, and accepting of authority
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Skills
Practiced acts, such as shooting a basketball, using a keyboard, or persuading someone to buy something
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People skills
Negotiating, communicating, and conflict resolution
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Tacit knowledge
Action-oriented, goal-directed knowledge, acquired without direct help from others; street smarts
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Procedural knowledge
Knowing procedure or process; knowing how
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Declarative knowledge
Understanding what is required to perform a task; knowing info about a job
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Competencies
Behaviors that are essential to accomplish a desired outcome
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Job analysis
Process that determines the important tasks of a job and the human attributes necessary to successfully perform those tasks
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Emotional intelligence
Intelligence focused on people's awareness of their own and other's emotions; EQ is the score you earn
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Norming
Comparing a test score to other relevant test scores
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Norm group
Group whose test scores are used to compare and understand an individual's test score
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Test battery
Collection of tests that usually assess a variety of attributes
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Speed test
Test with demanding time limits; most takers are unable to finish
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Power test
Test with no time limits; all takers can finish in time given
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Group test
Test that can be administered to a large group of individuals; valuable in reducing costs-time and money
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Paper and pencil tests
Most common form of test that requires no manipulation of any objects other than the instrument used to respond with
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Performance test
Test that requires the individual to make a response by manipulating a particular physical object or piece of equipment
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Bias
Situation where a test results in errors of prediction for a subgroup
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Fairness
Value judgement about actions or decisions based on test scores
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Cognitive ability test
Test that lets people show what they know, perceive, remember, understand, or can work with mentally
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Cognitive test battery
Collection of tests that assess several cognitive abilities
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Knowledge test
Test that assess the extent to which you know the material
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Screen-out test
Test used to eliminate candidates that are clearly unsuitable for employment; identify signs of psychopathology
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Screen-in test
Test used to add information about positive attributes of a candidate that might predict outstanding performance; identify variations of normal personality
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Overt integrity test
Asks about past honesty behavior such as company theft
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Personality-based integrity test
Infers honesty from questions dealing with broad constructs that demonstrate integrity
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Structured interview
Very specific questions asked of each candidate; tightly crafted scoring system
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Situational interview
Asked to describe in specific detail how they would respond to a hypothetical situation
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Unstructured interview
Includes much broader questions that vary by candidate and allow candidate to answer in whatever way they want
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Assessment center
Procedures administered to groups of individuals rather than single individuals; multiple assessors
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Work sample tests
Measure job skills by taking samples of behavior under realistic job-like conditions
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Situational judgement test
Present the candidate with a scenario and ask the candidate to choose the best response from options

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