A problem, which naturally occurs in selection process in industrial setting is known as:

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. Who is credited for setting up the first psychological laboratory in United States?

   A. Wilhelm Wundt
   B. Charles Darwin
   C. J. B. Watson
   D. William James

3. A behavioral guideline for a specific setting is (n):

   A. Implicit guide
   B. Explicit guide
   C. Rule
   D. Social role

4. Which of the following statements are true? 1. On a vernier acuity task, humans can discern the direction of very tiny offsets, but performance deteriorates with practice. 2. Different types of visual search have different behavioural characteristics and depend on different brain regions. 3. Walsh et.al. (1998) suggest that the right parietal lobe may be involved in setting up new templates in the conjunctions of, say, colour and form. 4 All of the above.

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

5. The feedback loop in goal setting theory deals with the discrepancy between:

   A. Actual goal accomplished and expected goal accomplishment of peers
   B. Actual goal accomplishment and the failures the person has experienced
   C. Actual goal accomplishment and the goal to which the person was committed
   D. Actual goal accomplishment and the actual goal accomplishment of peers

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

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

7. Charles Darwin’s concept of natural selection is most important for which of the following general perspectives in psychology?

   A. functionalism
   B. structuralism
   C. reflexology
   D. psychoanalysis

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. Which of the following is the key factor in the selection of interests:

   A. Pleasure
   B. Material gain
   C. Information
   D. Skills

10. According to Darwin a behaviour made up of units compatible with the mechanisms of inheritance and thus a product of natural selection is:

    A. Instinct
    B. Taxis
    C. Kinesis
    D. All of these