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Validation of Externally Developed Assessment Procedures for Identification of Supervisory Potential
Peer reviewedWorbois, G. M. – Personnel Psychology, 1975
This study deals with the problem of relating externally developed assessment procedures to the requirements to one company. (Author)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Merit Rating, Personality Assessment, Psychological Studies
Pedersen, Darhl M.; Higbee, Kenneth L. – J Soc Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Correlation, Emotional Adjustment, Individual Characteristics, Mental Health
Collier, Boy N., Jr. – Personnel Guidance J, 1969
Descriptors: Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship, Medical Research, Personality Assessment
Download full textOzer, Daniel – 1981
The rich complexity of the concepts of masculinity and femininity has been reflected in personality measures in at least two different ways: by employing a variety of subscales with comparatively homogeneous items or by using a single scale with comparatively heterogeneous items. The Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ) was the subject of an…
Descriptors: College Students, Intellectual Development, Personality Assessment, Personality Traits
Harris, William G. – 1981
This paper provides a description of an online Rorschach interpretation algorithm for the Exner comprehensive system, as well as a study conducted to evaluate the validity of the online interpretive algorithm. The user, systems, and equipment specifications for the algorithm are explained, and the potential advantages of its use to enhance…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Clinical Diagnosis, Mental Health Programs, Online Systems
Richardson, Linda M.; And Others – 1981
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Rorschach test are frequently used in juvenile justice settings to assess current psychological functioning and to predict future behavior. The Exner Comprehensive System, which standardized the Rorschach, made possible a comparison of the Rorschach and the MMPI in an investigation of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Juvenile Courts, Personality Assessment
Ryan, Gary T.; Templeton, Ann – 1980
A report is given on research analyzing the motivational factors manifested by gifted students, and a comparison is presented of the motivational attributes of gifted and nongifted learners. Personal attitudes examined were belongingness, positive school attitude, personal control, optimism, flexibility, and idealism. Results of this study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Gifted, Motivation
COOK, WALTER W.; AND OTHERS – 1963
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DISCOVER THE PERSONALITY AND EXPERIENCE FACTORS WHICH DISTINGUISH STUDENTS WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL IN PROFESSIONAL TEACHER TRAINING COURSES AND ACTUALLY ENTER TEACHING, FROM THE PERSONALITY AND EXPERIENCE FACTORS OF STUDENTS WHO DROP OUT ALONG THE WAY. INFORMATION WAS GATHERED FROM ALL STUDENTS WHO ENTER THE JUNIOR…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Rate, Educational Background, Personality Assessment
VANDENBERG, STEVEN G. – 1966
RESEARCH ON HEREDITARY FACTORS IN NORMAL PERSONALITY TRAITS, AS MEASURED BY INVENTORIES, HAS BEEN LIMITED BY THE FOLLOWING FACTORS--(1) DATA DRAWN FROM ADOLESCENT, NOT ADULT, TWINS, (2) OMISSION OF MENTALLY ILL TWINS, (3) SMALL SIZE OF SAMPLES, (4) VARIABILITY STUDIED ONLY WITHIN FAMILY, (5) SMALL, ISOLATED, UNCOORDINATED STUDIES, AND (6) PROBLEMS…
Descriptors: Genetics, Heredity, Individual Characteristics, Personality
GORDON, EDMUND W.
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND YOUTH HANDICAPPED BY SOCIAL STATUS DIFFERENCES, IT WAS NECESSARY TO REALIZE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS WERE CONTRADICTORY ATTITUDES TOWARD SELF AND OTHERS, MATERIALISTIC ATTITUDES, LOW-LEVEL ASPIRATION AND MOTIVATION, AND DIFFERENT SOCIOCULTURAL PATTERNS. THE POSITIVE ASPECTS INCLUDED SELECTIVE MOTIVATION AND CREATIVITY,…
Descriptors: Culture Lag, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Negative Attitudes
MUNGER, PAUL F.; AND OTHERS – 1964
IF THOSE STUDENTS CLASSIFIED AS UNDERACHIEVERS ARE TO RECEIVE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FROM THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, EFFORTS MUST BE MADE TO IDENTIFY THEIR PROBLEMS AND AID THEM AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL. A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE SHOWS THAT MOST STUDIES CONCERNED WITH UNDERACHIEVERS HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED AT THE SECONDARY OR COLLEGE LEVEL. A…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement, Grade 4, Peer Groups
Cohen, Arthur M.; And Others – 1969
In an effort to identify characteristics that relate to student dropout, 259 entering freshmen at a large community college were studied with personality, ability, and demographic measures, and it was hypothesized that a group of highly efficient predictor variables would become evident. Instruments used were the Omnibus Personality Inventory…
Descriptors: Ability, Demography, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Elton, Charles F.; Rose, Harriet A.
The Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) was administered to 76 volunteer graduating seniors at the University of Kentucky to investigate the dimensions of personality change through a factor analysis of independent change scores. These change scores were obtained by comparing the OPI scores of the students as freshmen with those scores of the same…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Curriculum, Individual Development
Hinman, Susan Lee – 1967
An attempt is made to develop workable criteria of creativity which can be used in conjunction with a test battery and a biographical inventory to identify the creative scientist. The test battery consisted of six tests given to 143 chemical engineer seniors at the North Carolina State University between 1947 and 1951. Statistics are employed to…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Creativity Research, Evaluation Criteria, Individual Characteristics
Smith, Gudmund J. W.; Danielsson, Anna – 1977
A serial visual afterimage (AI) test was administered to 136 normal and 75 anxiety-ridden children 4-16 years of age. The scoring of the AI serials involved signs of primitive functioning (size-constant and positive AIs), anxiety (large and dark AIs together with primitive AIs in older children) and process discontinuity (intermittent regressions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
