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Vocational Industrial Organizational

Vocational Industrial Organizational. Where are these tests done? Why are they done? Who does them?. Uses of assessments. Screening Placement Evaluation. Screening/placement Assessments. Physical attributes Abilities Personality Interests Aptitudes . Abilities. Specific abilities

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Vocational Industrial Organizational

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  1. Vocational Industrial Organizational Where are these tests done? Why are they done? Who does them?

  2. Uses of assessments • Screening • Placement • Evaluation

  3. Screening/placementAssessments • Physical attributes • Abilities • Personality • Interests • Aptitudes

  4. Abilities • Specific abilities • physical • mental

  5. Personality • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

  6. Interest inventories • Campbell Interest and Skill Survey • Kuder Occupational Interest Survey • FOCUS • Self-directed Search

  7. Self-directed Search • John L. Holland • 1959 – 1994 • Holland Codes of Personality Testing • RIASEC • “the choice of a vocation is an expression of personality” • New York Department of Labor • Self-directed search assessment

  8. Batteries of aptitudes • Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) • The General Aptitude Test Battery(GATB)

  9. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) • Created by DOD in 1960 • High school and above • Entrance into military and possible placement • 9 individual tests • Timed units • example

  10. The General Aptitude Test Battery(GATB) • Occupationally oriented multi-aptitude test • Grades 9 – adult • Developed by US Department of Labor 1970 • Major revision 1996 by National Academy of Science • Scoring profile – revised 2005

  11. GATB • 12 tests (Different time limits) • 8 paper and pencil • 4 performance • Produces: • 9 aptitudes • 3 composite scores = 5 worker function codes

  12. PSY 341 – Final Exam Saturday 5 May 1-3 pm You may answer this question prior to the actual final. Type your answer and submit it at the start of the exam. Or you will be asked to complete the question as part of the actual exam. Select a total of five from the following tests that we have completed in class: Two from the following four: Locus of Control Need for Cognition Tolerance for Ambiguity Type A/B One of the following two: Kiersey RIASEC One of the following two: Field dependent/independent Impulsive/reflective One other test from any of the tests listed above. Provide your scores (or for the last two tests your estimates) and explain what they mean according to the test and the related theories. Do you agree or disagree with those scores – explain.

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