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Psychological examinations to prevent critical events

This presentation by David Zerkowitz, a work and organizational psychologist, focuses on risk-taking behavior, emotionally unstable and inactive behavior, and evaluating methods in psychological examinations. It also explores legal/ethical issues and suggestions for therapy.

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Psychological examinations to prevent critical events

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  1. Psychological examinations to prevent critical events UIMC Congress Budapest 2014.10.01. David Zerkowitz Work and organisational psychologist zerkowitzd@budapest.vasuteu.hu

  2. Risk taking behaviour („showing off”) Emotionally unstable Inactive behaviour, more failure under pressure cold, pessimistic inconsequent,agressive Introverted Extroverted conscious,rule consciousness receptive, reactive Ideal personality Emotionally stable Ideal driver (Based on H. Eysenck)

  3. Evaluation methods Modular system • Paper tests • Intelligence • Personality factors* • Instrumental tests • Attention *Should be inspected druing the, • Reaction whole procedure, as holistic aspect • Stress tolerance* • Interview • Carreer orientation • Social competences

  4. Complexity Projective tests Instrumental tests Ability tests Personality inventories Questionnaires Anamnesys, exploration

  5. Testological discussion: Use of clinical tests Legal / ethical issues (personal life, inadequate aspect of intrapersonal conflicts, etc.) Assessment testing or clinical differential Dg? Latter needs: Further suggestions for therapy Personality tests • Done in every case • Work and organisational „world tests” • Personality stability • Social competencies • Tendencies for: • Agression • Depression • (Suicide) • Psychosomatics • Neurotics

  6. Attention One channel concentration Divided attention Reaction Simple One type of stimuli Complex More stimuli More modality Visual memory Stress tolerance Vegetative parameters Instrumental tests

  7. Instrumental tests - example • Visual memory

  8. Action rehabilitation after omission / blocking Detecting own faults Returning after relapses ...to keep driving ahead of the train, or running after the situations... Working memory (WM) Maximum possible workload under stress Time pressure Short time Monotony Amount of stimuli Safety critical competences„To err is human”

  9. Spanish accident: - Lapse of concentration - WM periphery overload (ignored acoustic signal) Ability to change from monitoring to action Problem of internally vs. externally controlled attention Internally: person intentionally maintains attention on the req.-ed level Externally: depends on environmental factors Aptitude tests systems use external controlling - prevention needs more personal data on internal attention capability Safety critical competences„To err is human”

  10. Simulation: Training Exam Uses complex and specified knowledge What we see: the end of a process Evaluating psych. fitness Measuring ready to use abilities Clean environment No need for learning Ways to help / develop Independent evaluating of competences What we see: the beginnig of a process Simulation and psychological fitness Successful simulation exam =fit the psychological requirements?

  11. Suitability verification • Suitability • To use well... • …in appropriate: • Infrastructural • Human • Incentive (financial, motivational etc.) } environment Fitness • To have „good”... ...abilities the applicant is born with; …abilities developed and well established Inadequately researched part of the HR / selection systems

  12. Questions? Thank You for your attention!

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