...Intelligence Testing Article Analysis PSY 450 May 21, 2012 Joseph Gaines Intelligence Testing Article Analysis In earlier years many of the intelligence test that had been developed were culturally biased. The early intelligence test favored people that were from urban areas and not people from rural areas. The early intelligence test also favored people who were of the middle class status and not those of the lower class status. The earlier intelligence test also favored people who were white rather than people who were black. In this paper the author will review several different articles that are related to intelligence testing. The definition of intelligence may vary among the different cultures (Rogoff, 1990). An example of the differences among cultures and the way they view intelligence is European Americans think of intelligence in technical skills terms whereas people that are from Kenya consider intelligence to be someone who is an active participant in family and social life. Another example of the way culture views intelligence is people from Uganda view someone as being intelligent if they know the right thing to do and then they follow through with the right actions. Another example is the of the variations on how intelligence is viewed from culture to culture is the latmu people that are from Papua New Guinea, they believe people who have the ability to remember 10, 000 to 20,000 clans as intelligent. The people of the Carolina Island people believe that...
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...refers to the consistency of a test or results. In order to increase the reliability of this, the test-retest method can be used to assess consistency. Within this, a patient is tested for depression twice over a period of time in order to establish whether or not the scores on the classification measure stay consistent; this would show a high concordance rate between test results. A strength of using the test retest method is that, if results have a low concordance rate from the two tests, it signposts that the patient is either getting better or worse in terms of their depression as their results have changed. For example, if a patient’s depression score decreases over time, it could signal to the psychiatrist that the treatment is working, and vice versa, if scores increase it can indicate that treatment is not working or the patient’s depression is getting worse, which tells them that they may need to make changes to help the patient. However, the problem with this is that some assessments have been shown to not consistently have good test-retest ability; predominantly this is the DSM-IV. This statement has been supported by research. For instance, Keller et al (1995) assessed 524 people with depression from inpatient, outpatient and community settings at 5 different sites. Within the study, each patient was interviewed by Keller using the DSM criteria at one point, and then interviewed again after 6 months, in order to distinguish a measure of the test-retest reliability. In regards...
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...become universal laws. I don’t think that this is a good test for determining what action is morally allowable. This test can be used for many situations, but it doesn’t always work. Each person is very individual, so we can’t say exactly what universal law said. The idea of Kantianism is all about acting on the basis of rules that everyone accepts, but not on the emotions or personal goals. Kant uses Universal law to make the test of those rules. To act only on maxims that you can will to become a universal law is the Universal Law Test. To make the test we have to know the maxim, which is always expressed as a general rule or policy. Maxim is your reason for choosing to act in a given way. Kant’s idea of that test is that if a maxim passes the Universal Law, then this action which passes the test is morally good. For example, if you will say “As a general rule, it is okay to buy sandwiches in school’s buffet because you are hungry”, ok yes, that passes the test. The Universal law said that you can buy sandwiches because everyone will accept that. But if you would say “As a general rule, it is okay to steal sandwiches in school’s buffet because you are hungry”, that would not pass the test. Not everyone will accept and find that fair, which means that the Universal Law is failing that idea. So, one of the important parts of Kantianism is to find if the maxim is good or bad. I have been thinking about the Universal Law Test and I liked it, but after a while I understand that it’s...
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...Final Model Test; SSC 2012 English 1st Paper (Compulsory) Full Marks: 100; Time: 3 hours Part-A: Reading Test (40 Marks) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it: I have never thought that I'd do an MA, let alone in fashion. But here I am in Nottingham, six months into an MA course in Fashion & Textiles at Nottingham Trent University. I am beginning to realise that doing a postgraduate degree in fashion is not really about being able to design wonderfully creative clothes, but about discovering my own potential. Every step I have been taking has brought me closer to understanding my philosophy towards what I design. The knowledge of why I do what I do is actually the strength, which is helping me to create new boundaries for myself. The course is structured in a way to ease everyone into the rigour that is required later in the MA phase. Short projects helped to 'get things going' initially, and then a group project put everyone on the spot because we had to be very interactive. Having said that, I think one of the best things about being at Nottingham is the fact that there are so many different people from all over the world. Even in a small group of 17, there is an American, a Chinese, an Indian, a Japanese, a Norwegian, a Thai, two Taiwanese and another Bangladeshi apart from the British. Our unique situation enables us not only to experience each other's culture vicarious but also be tolerant of our differences. It's interesting to see how...
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...With its exhilarating entertainment, tantalizing aromas, and jubilant crowds, the North Carolina State Fair welcomes a variety of patrons unlike any other. Its universal appeal resides in its ultimate mission: to celebrate the community. Although the fair provides a wonderful opportunity to sample the latest fried concoction or to test your will on the Tilt-a-Whirl, it also provides the chance to appreciate North Carolina’s talented livestock producers, farmers, and crafters. The fair invites modern culture while it continues to uphold it’s own traditional background of simple country life. It even offers a chance for friendly competition for “best in show” status with entries including everything from apple pies to Lego sculptures. This year, a handcrafted rocking chair earned the title, standing as a testament to individual persistence and community tradition....
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER FOUR GENERATION OF SOME GOOD BUSINESS IDEAS AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE MOST USABLE OF THE IDEAS 4.1 LIST OF BUSINESSES, WHY THEY THRIVE, THEIR LAPSES AND WHAT I THINK CAN BE DONE. s/n | list of businesses | what makes the businesses thrive | List five (5) identified lapses | WHAT DO YOU THINK CAN BE DONE | 1. | Crude Tank Cleaning & Maintenance Services | * It renders the business of supplying advanced cleaning services as well as cleaning equipment and systems to all industries where cleaning tanks are a requirement. It doesn’t just supply cleaning nozzles, but offers state of the art engineering services and support that is needed for cleaning applications. | * Expensive nature of cleaning per cubic meter. * Harmful environmental impact. * Released wastes are harmful to the environment. * Immovable nature of cleaning equipments(they cannot be removed from site even after applications * Stressed working conditions (at most 2 operators in 7hr-shifts). | * a reduced cost of cleaning per-cubic meter. * minimized preparation and construction costs * On-site utilities & equipments will not be required. * improved working conditions with increased number of operators per shift * production of sellable by-products * reduction of environmental impact | 2. | Software Engineering And Maintenance | * With the offshoot of the information age, and the lack of widespread competitive...
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...and society. Humans have used tests for psychological and physical inclusion since history began. The importance is evident in early literature such as Homeric text where allusions to testing are personified as gods challenging man. Undoubtedly, tests in those times had their own high-stakes nature, perhaps being the life of an individual, and while this may seem extreme and unfair in the twenty-first century, in its context was perhaps necessary to ensure the survival of a group. This protectionism no doubt persists today, evident in social policy and language norms. Although the stakes have changed, entry to a society is no less high contextually in terms of financial and emotional currency. Now as the dominant species the survival of the fittest no longer seems relevant, so attention must be drawn to current gate-keeping practices and not only their necessity but also whether or not they are fair. While language testing has become standard practice in many countries it has also become politicized especially as a means of power (Hamp-Lyons, 1997a; Shohamy, 2001). In this case the term fairness becomes problematic because determining whether it is society or the political class who has set the standards has many implications. Language testing systems employed by governments may be relevant to determine types of language skills and their validity is certainly justified in some circumstances such as entry to an industry, but it does not mean that test takers are prepared for the...
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...involves completing career assessments. These assessments are usually administered by a career counselor. The assessments are not tests since there are no right or wrong answers. The assessment allows a person to see their scores in various careers based on how they answer questions regarding their interests, skills, values and personality traits. Most people use this as a means to make solid career choices (Deborah, 2013). Process of Assessment Standardization is a way to establish uniform procedures to be used in an assessment. Assessment results should be as objective as possible in order to be considered valid and meaningful. Standardized assessment can be ensured by procedures before, during and after testing. (American Speech- Language-Hearing Association, 2015) Before Testing Test developers should provide evidence of what the test measures and the strengths and limitations of the test including the level of precision of test scores. The content and skills that are to be tested are selected and the tests are developed. The students should well prepared with practice tests, answer sheets, manuals and score reports. The testing environment should be well selected. For a standardized assessment it should be given to a group of bout twenty five students. Each groups should have a test administrator who is familiar to the students. The test administrator are responsible for preparing the students. Students should be provided with all the...
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...Group is a diversified and integrated knit garments manufacturing & composite industry with strong backward linkage. The group started its business in 1991 and currently has facilities for spinning, fabric knitting, dyeing and finishing, garments, washing, packaging and printing. DBL Group is one of the largest and 100% export oriented composite knit garments and textiles manufacturing industry in Bangladesh. It is supplying quality apparels across the world to the best of the retailers and the biggest brands of the fashion industry. Vision The vision of DBL Group is to "Extend our leadership through World Class Performance". Mission The mission of DBL Group is to develop a progressive, empowered and consumer focused corporate culture to enhance market leadership along with the passion of corporate social responsibility OBJECTIVE DBL Group aims to sustain the confidence which has been endowed on them by the society and grow further as a distinctive business house for our customers, employees, associates and stakeholders Financial Statement and Employee Total export of the group reached USD 352 million in 2013. DBL Group currently employs about 15,700 people. we have embarked on a growth plan that is expected to truly transform our organization. By next year, our home textiles, ceramics, pharmaceuticals and leather industry will be in operation. Our projected turnover would be USD 550 Million and we will employ over 37,000 people by year 2016.. Social Responsibility...
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...Recruitment and Selection Strategies Recommendations Chasity Hopkins HRM 531 May 28, 2015 David Van Gorder Recruitment and Selection Strategies Recommendations Recruiting for employees and deciding whom to select can be a tedious task but is often the most important. Without employees, the organization will not meet the organizational goals. Bradley Stonefield, the owner of Landslide Limousine, has an organizational goal to establish a limousine company. The plan is to have a net revenue of $50,000 the first year of operation with a -5% annual revenue growth. Bradley is looking to select 25 employees in the initial start of the business; of the 25 employees, Bradley believes there is going to be a 10% turnover rate. Atwood and Allen Consulting recommends Bradley look at the following areas: forecasted demographic changes, an analysis of projected workforce needs - for the next five years based on organizational goals as well as demographic changes. Also, look at workforce diversity objectives, organizational branding, methods for recruiting candidates, methods for screening candidates, interview methods, testing procedures, interview process considerations and methods for selecting candidates. Forecasted Demographic Changes Landslide Limousine should consider the different demographic changes in their area. Bradley should look into the forecasted demographic changes for Austin, Texas. First, he should consider the types of demographic changes that can affect...
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...the ratio of a person’s mental age calculated by a test that is geared toward his or her age and multiplied by 100. From what the textbook states the issues of culture between Blacks and Whites in reference to IQ testing is biased and remains an unresolved concern. This test has been biased in stating that on average Whites has a higher IQ than Blacks. This is eliminated when looking and applying a curve within social and economical factors or rather characteristics. Race is a social construction that presumes benefits for the people who are oppressing minority groups or rather the privileged and those who are not privileged. It only supports the dominant race or races. Again, according to the textbook, racism is a doctrine that one race is more superior to the other. I am and have been a constant victim of racism. I moved to Oregon several years ago and had to fight for my own personal freedoms. I was constantly stopped by police and everywhere I looked there were police officers following me and my family. I organized a chapter of the NAACP in the community where I lived. The locals were highly offended by this. They were of the dominate race, White. After organizing this group and getting laws passed for the betterment of Black Americans, Native Americans and other minorities; I had a cross burned on my lawn by the KKK. These people in this community let me know that they were not interested in equality or fair treatment of others, especially those who were not...
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...MGMT 3385 TERM PAPER Talal Wazeer A00260788 Instructor: Matt Macphee Table of CONTENTS Table of CONTENTS ii LIST OF FIGURES ii eXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 jOB ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE AND RESULTS 3 dOCUMENT CONTROL SUPERVISOR JOB DESCRIPTION 8 analysis and Targeting of three job markets 13 Description of the selection process 15 Recommendations to improve the selection process 17 JOB-SKILLS TEST PROPOSAL 18 compensation profile and comparisons 18 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN 23 REFERENCES ….. 24 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.1 Sample Document Control Supervisor Advertisement………11 Figure 1.2 Sample Document Control Supervisor Advertisement…….. 12 Figure 2.1 Document Control Supervisor Median Salary in HRM……….. 19 Figure 2.2 Document Control Supervisor Median wage in HRM………….. 20 Figure 3.1 Document Control Supervisor Median SALARY in CANADA…. 21 Figure 3.2 Document Control Supervisor Median wage in CANADA….... 21 Figure 4.1 Document Control Supervisor Median SALARY in CALGARY... 22 Figure 4.2 Document Control Supervisor Median WAGE in CALGARY..... 22 Executive Summary Background In 2011, Irving Shipbuilding Ltd. was awarded a $25 billion contract to build new combat ships for the Canadian navy over the next 20 years. This contract award had some far-reaching consequences at all levels of the organization. More importantly, the Human Resource function would now have to adapt...
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...the most competitive workforce. Outback exercises a rigorous process in employee selection in order to acquire the best employees with exceptional qualities that not only enable them to deliver the best services, but also to retain employees and reduce turnover. The selection process involves five major steps. The first step involves offering employees a preview of responsibilities and duties that they will be charged with as employees and how they will be held accountable. The second step involves sharing with the prospective employee the dimension of performance overview, which states the expected behaviour of outbackers. The third step involves the completion of an application form. The fourth step involves assessment through various tests on cognition and personality. The fifth and last step involves an oral interview which precedes the final selection. These selection processes helps the organization achieve a competitive advantage because it allows Outback to recruit the applicant, evaluate...
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...that treats people unequally because of their group memberships and often begins with negative stereotypes and prejudices. Once learned, stereotypes and prejudices resist change, even when evidence fails to support them or points to the contrary. (Willoughby, 2007) When I think of bias I think of blatant ways that it manifests itself, but bias can be so subtle that it is hidden and hard to spot. If I change my conscious attitudes and beliefs this may indirectly change my hidden attitudes and beliefs. If I become aware of my hidden biases, I can suppress and attempt to eliminate those hidden attitudes and beliefs before they become behaviors. The Harvard Implicit Association Tests (IATs) are Hidden Bias Tests that measure unconscious, or automatic, biases. These tests can help us start thinking about hidden biases:...
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...The following essay addresses the issue of fair trade and basic fair trade business strategies of 50 sampled companies which operate around the world. The main emphasis is to assess which fair trade strategies and actions can be found in company reports and to identify best practice approaches. Based on these findings, I will be dealing with the question if the strategies can be worth adapting by German retailers. "Never before have had so many people so much in common, but never before have the things that divide them been so obvious.” Due to the fact that profit maximization and long-term maintenance of a business company are still the main business objectives global trade, free markets and globalization are the talks of today. At the same time organizations, institutions and governments share a vision of people of different nationalities and cultures which are able to trade resources across boundaries. However, it is not easy to maintain that when globalization does not favor those who want to trade fair-minded and reasonable. Besides there is a need for regulations when nation´s own global trading policies together with international corporations´ desire to increase their profits result in manipulated international trade pacts and agreements. Nevertheless fair trade is an effective way of development cooperation and for that reason millions of famers around the world symbolizes this way of participation in global trade relations, kids in school, healthy environment...
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