Psychological testing in military clinical psychology: II. Personality testing.

1946 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. Hunt ◽  
I. Stevenson
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Ankita Sehrawat ◽  
Kanchan Sehrawat

<p>This paper examines the importance of psychological testing in personnel selection. Selection is a process of hiring the job applicant who will be most successful in meeting job demands. Poor hiring can be costly to an organisation, thus, they rely on different techniques of selection, testing is the most commonly used. An attempt is made to understand the history of testing, use of testing in selection procedure, and various kinds of test used with main emphasis on the cognitive ability and personality testing. It also attempts to critically analyse some of the issues associated with testing, with emphasis on the validity and utility of tests. The issue of cultural fairness, biases and discrimination has also been explored.</p>


1951 ◽  
Vol 97 (409) ◽  
pp. 748-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Shapiro

The symposium of the 1950 General Meeting of the British Psychological Society on the use of tests in clinical psychology showed that there was considerable difference of opinion on the way in which tests could and should be used in diagnostic work. As testing is one of the main activities of psychologists working in the clinical held, it is of some importance that this discussion be continued in written form. In this way misunderstanding can be clarified and opinions fully expressed.


2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley A. Scroggins ◽  
Steven L. Thomas ◽  
Jerry A. Morris

This article is the first in a three-part series that examines the development of selection testing. Part I focuses on the historical development of personnel selection testing from the late 19th century to the present, with particular attention given to personality testing. Attention is given to the efforts of early industrial psychologists that shaped and defined the role of testing in the scientific selection of employees. Part II examines the development of methods and standards in employment testing with particular emphasis on selection validity and utility. Issues of selection fairness and discrimination in selection are explored as they relate to psychological testing. Part III explores the development and application of personality testing. The transient nature of models of personality is noted, and current paradigms and the utility and fairness of personality testing for modern organizations are discussed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley A. Scroggins ◽  
Steven L. Thomas ◽  
Jerry A. Morris

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Babińska ◽  
Michal Bilewicz

AbstractThe problem of extended fusion and identification can be approached from a diachronic perspective. Based on our own research, as well as findings from the fields of social, political, and clinical psychology, we argue that the way contemporary emotional events shape local fusion is similar to the way in which historical experiences shape extended fusion. We propose a reciprocal process in which historical events shape contemporary identities, whereas contemporary identities shape interpretations of past traumas.


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