While selecting a psychological test for personnel selection, main concern regarding the test is _____________?

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1. When psychological tests are used in personal selection, an important concern regarding the tests is ___________?

   A. Cost
   B. Ease of administration
   C. Validity
   D. Objectivity
   E. None of these

2. Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
   1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
   2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
   3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
   4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 4
   D. 3 & 4

3. Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
   1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
   2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
   3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
   4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.

   A. 1 & 4
   B. 1 & 3
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

4. Which one of the following statements are true of the Wason selection, or four-card problem (Wason,1966)?
   1. The Wason Selection Task is a good task because it produces identical results in concrete and abstract forms
   2. In general, concrete versions of the task are more difficult to think about than uncluttered abstract versions.
   3. Although the task is one of pure reasoning some concrete versions are easier because of how we think in certain social situations.
   4. People typically pick one card correctly, but pick an inappropriate one as the second choice in the original version of the task.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 4
   D. 2 & 3

5. In treating abnormal behavior, the main concern of a psychoanalyst would be to discover the:

   A. childhood unconscious conflict that led to the behavior
   B. repressed that instigate aggressive behavior
   C. inappropriate thought patterns that underlie the behavior
   D. ways in which the behavior keeps the client from becoming self – actualized

6. What are the two major approaches to treatment of psychological disorders?
   1: Biological.
   2: Medical.
   3: Chemical.
   4: Psychological

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 2 & 4
   D. 1 & 4

7. Which of the following statements regarding the psychological effects of unemployment is FALSE?

   A. The unemployed have poorer mental health than comparable groups of employed people
   B. The unemployed have poorer physical health than comparable groups of employed people
   C. The psychological effects of unemployment do not usually affect anyone apart from the unemployed person
   D. none of the above – all are correct

8. A personal selection test that requires previous knowledge and mastery of a given body of materials, in effect is __________________?

   A. an aptitude test
   B. an achievement test
   C. an intelligence test
   D. a test of creativity

9. Research studies that examine people’s responses on the Watson Selection test, the military problem puzzle and speak-aloud protocols have demonstrated that reasoning about problems is strongly influenced by:

   A. Logic
   B. Detection of the problem
   C. Conditional of the problem
   D. Heuristics
   E. Representation of the problem

10. The psychological test of human emotions and personality, using inkblots, is formally known as what?

    A. Rorschach 
    B. Nervous
    C. Renal
    D. All of above
    E. None of these

    Submitted by: Ashfaque Ali Khoso