INTRODUCTION Recruitment and selection are the core activities of the HR department in any organization as it is directly linked to the employees of the organization. These processes are not only important but also the most difficult as it involves a lot of cost on the part of the company. Unlike the recruitment process the selection process also involves a lot of cost in terms of interviews and tests in conducting the selection of the employees.. Many of us already know that the psychometric tests
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ARELLANO UNIVERSITY Pasig City College of Arts and Science Psychology Department LECTURE NOTES ON GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY (No. 1) AY I. Nature of Psychology A. Psychology - the term psychology derives from the Greek roots psyche‚ meaning “soul” or “mind‚” and logos‚ meaning “word.” Psychology is literally the study of the mind or soul and people defined it that way until the early 1900s. Around 1920‚ psychologists became disenchanted with the idea of studying the mind. First‚ research deals
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Abraham Maslow’s Holistic-Dynamic Theory of Personality ABRAHAM MASLOW’S HOLISTIC-DYNAMIC THEORY OF PERSONALITY Abstract: Personality has been studied in regards to various psychological approaches including psychoanalytical theories‚ learning theories‚ dispositional theories and humanistic psychology theories among others. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) developed theories of personality from a humanistic psychological standpoint. His holistic-dynamic theory of personality advocates that individuals
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Meaning and Nature of Psychological Test A psychological test is an instrument that indicates how much a participant has of the quality the test measures. A test can be defined as a standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories or scores. Psychological testing was originally designed for two purposes: to measure intelligence and to detect personality disorders. Over time‚ psychological testing has expanded to measure diverse concepts. Psychological tests are
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Developing Managerial Skills: An Exploratory Investigation into the Personality of Management Students Background A MBA program is a much sought after course today‚ with B-Schools continually making an effort to inculcate knowledge‚ skills and attitude in an attempt to carve out ideal managers from young & naïve graduates. The growth of India’s economy has made more resources available to institutions and they are working to improve the quality of management education thus making their graduates
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a) 2 other personality models: Description This very brief description is based primarily on the most recently published description of the PAS although there is no disagreement with other descriptions. The PAS is based on premises (among others) that behavior is determined by both heredity and environment and behavior is determined by an interacting system of traits. Furthermore‚ these traits can be modified through learning to such an extent that some might be nearly opposite to the original
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Grant Clay Period 3 8/26/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 1: The Evolution of Psychology Red – Definition of Key Terms Green – Important People & Contributions Blue – Important Points 1. How Psychology Developed a. Psychology – The Scientific Study of Behavior and Mental Processes. b. Mental Processes = Physiological and Cognitive Processes. c. Psychology comes from two Greek words. “Psyche” = Soul‚ and “Logos” = the Study of a Subject d. Psychology became a Scientific Discipline In 1870’s 2
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PERSONALITY OF TCA IBM STUDENTS FROM BROKEN AND WHOLE FAMILIES ____________________ A Research Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the Institute of Business and Management Tarlac College of Agriculture Camiling‚ Tarlac____________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course Research in Psychology I (Psyc 13) ____________________ JIMMY A. VILLEGAS ELEANOR E. BOMBAY ROMAR N. AGPALASIN NICO JAMES A. NICOLAS Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION A
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February 27‚ 2013 • Genetics basics • Chromosomes contained in the nucleus • 23 pairs of chromosomes • A gene is a segment of a DNA strip • mRNA forms complementary to the DNA strip • mRNA codes for amino acid sequences • Amino acid sequences form proteins • Mendelian genetics • Allele = portion of a chromosome that is coding for a particular characteristic • Pairs of alleles (one on each chromosome) • Heterozygous vs. homozygous • Complete dominance: the dominant allele dictates the
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References: Burke‚ R. J.‚ Matthiesen‚ S. B.‚ & Pallesen‚ S. (2006). Personality correlates of workaholism. Personality and Individual Differences‚ 40‚ 1223–1233. Cattell‚ H.E. (1996). The original big five: A historical perspective. European Review of Applied Psychology‚ 46‚5–14. Costa‚ P.T.‚Jr. & McCrae‚ R.R. (1992). Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) manual. Odessa
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