we will excel at later in life. Many students want to grow up to be a lawyer, doctor or a teacher but for some students, it is the dream of being a famous musician, artist or athlete. With education budget cuts and the motion for higher standardized test scores on the raise, many schools have been forced to cut some of their programs. Those hardest hit are music, art and physical education classes. The issue is that cutting these programs may do more harm to students than good. Studies have shown that
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Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Paper Kimberlee MacKay PSY 425 December 2, 2012 Dr. Lisa Pleszkoch Workplace Drug Screening Opinion Paper Looking for a new job may require more than just filling out and employment application these days. Many employers require the applicant to take a pre-employment drug test and to pass it before they consider offering the person a job. Drug testing does not stop there. Employers can set forth other testing for a variety of reasons such as, random testing, reasonable
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on one side of the room, and using his tools he must translate them. Then, he passes the translations through the slit in the other side of the room, and to the people outside the room it looks like he understands Chinese. Searle’s argument is that just because it looks like the man understands the Chinese symbols, and has the tools to translate the Chinese Symbols, doesn’t mean he actually understands the symbols. Within this argument the man represents a computer. The symbols are given to the computer
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Tainted Idols In today’s society the use of drugs to enhance one’s performance is becoming a common trend in professional sports. These drugs help athletes to compete at a higher level. Not only do these professional athletes break many records and win trophies, they are making more money than ones who choose not to use performance enhancing drugs. Since salaries have increased in professional sports, so has the use of these drugs. While performance enhancing drugs were apparent in the past, they
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effective health care system or are these numerous screenings essential to saving lives? Considering that I hope to be a physician assistant in the future, I felt that this issue was something I should investigate since one day, I will be the one ordering tests for patients. In order to determine which route is the correct one to take, I read two opposing articles discussing the topic. In his article, “PSA Testing Controversy Reignites ‘Over-Screening’ Debate,” published on PBS.org, journalist Jason Kane
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longer the best in the world. With decreasing test scores and poor academic achievement, people have questioned why there have not been any changes in our education system. It’s important for the upcoming generation to get an education and take back the number one rank in public education. It should be the major concern for this country, because children are the future of this country. Other industrialized countries are ranking higher in test standardized test scores compared to the U.S. Because the educational
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psychological testing in the workplace is the cognitive ability tests, personality tests are also being used more and more frequently. Psychological Tests A psychological test is a series of standardized problems or questions that assess a certain individual characteristic. Tests are commonly used to assess many KSAOs, including knowledge, skill, ability, attitudes, interests, and personality (Spector, 2008). There are three types of psychological tests used in the workplace to help differentiate between
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certification, college acceptance, educational placement, and, even in some cases, financial aid for post-secondary institutions. No matter where one turns in their lives, they are met with tests that supposedly “effectively” measure one’s competence in any given subject. In fact, in the United States alone, the PARCC tests are issued to
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childhood dealing with repressed problems. To come to an assessment of the psychodynamic personality and projective tests, interviews are made personally. “This is a drive towards personal growth and higher levels of functioning” (Morris & Maisto, 2002). This is in regards to the humanistic views on the personality theories. Like the psychodynamic personality, objective tests and personal interviews are used to make this assessment. Cognitive-social learning theories deals with “past reinforcement
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engine: • Personality inventories test • Personality inventory color analysis • Big five personality test • Dessert personality test • Emotional intelligence test • TV characters personality test • Assessing Your Real and Ideal Self-Concept (in your textbook, Module 30) • Life Orientation Test (in your textbook, Module 31) After you have taken at least three personality tests, analyze your results. Answer the following questions: • Which test was the most interesting to take?
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