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Illustrating a narrative: A test of game elements in game‐like personality assessment
February 1, 2022 Abstract Incorporating game elements into personality assessment has the potential to address several common criticisms of personality measures. Game-like personality measures accomplished this by creating a narrative text-based fantasy game where...
Beyond the Baby Bump: Subtle Discrimination Against Working Mothers In the Hiring Process
February 1, 2022 Abstract Despite a large proportion of working mothers in the American workforce, research suggests that negative stereotypes and discrimination against working mothers continue to exist. In a set of two experimental studies, the current paper...
The experiences of wives following acquired brain injury (ABI). A qualitative analysis exploring realisations of change following the ABI of a “loved one.”
January 14, 2022 . Go to Source Author: Chloe Ghosh-Cannell
Does high scatter on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Fourth Edition general ability index reduce validity in predicting Wechsler Memory Scale–Fourth Edition indexes?
January 14, 2022 . Go to Source Author: Joseph J. Ryan
Apples, oranges, and ironing boards: Comparative effect sizes influence lay impressions of test validity
January 14, 2022 Abstract Validity information (effect sizes) for selection tests can be difficult for people to understand without some additional context. This study examined how manipulation of the immediate context influenced impressions of the validity of a sales...
The structured interview’s resistance to gender discrimination under cognitive load
January 14, 2022 Abstract Job interviews are cognitively demanding tasks for interviewers. However, it is unclear whether the high cognitive load (CL) that interviewers face will ultimately compromise the resistance to discrimination that otherwise distinguishes...
Assessment of cognitive flexibility in personnel selection: Validity and acceptance of a gamified version of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
December 1, 2021 Abstract The present study contributes to the emerging field of gamification in personnel selection by examining validity and acceptance of the Gamified Set-Shifting Task (GSST), which is based on a well-established neuropsychological test of...
The Value of Clock Drawing Process Assessment in Screening for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Dementia
November 5, 2021 Assessment, Ahead of Print. Many clock drawing test (CDT) scoring systems focus on drawing results and lack drawing process assessments. This study created a CDT scoring procedure with drawing process assessment and explored its diagnostic value in...
Your Brain On Sugar
November 5, 2021 Halloween is here and the other holidays are just around the corner, so we need to discuss sugar. I share about a conversation I had with Dr. Dale Bredesen about the importance of eating right when trying to prevent cognitive impairment. It has been a...
Where I am and who I am with: Contextual dynamics of personality in the prediction of work performance
November 5, 2021 Abstract Contextually dynamic expressions of personality traits were examined in this study to understand their effects on work performance criteria. A concept of contextualized trait resources was developed to explain the dynamic deployment of traits...
