If you think the MMPI is a problem, then what about the MBTI, which is used even FAR more often. Pure Barnum effect.
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:02:06 -0500 >From: Beth Benoit <beth.ben...@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [tips] Of Pups And Puzzles >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" ><tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > > > I know that, Bill. (I've taught I/O.) But I > think it says something about how far we > haven't come that people, especially business > executives and HR departments, still think the MMPI > is a valid tool to determine hiring and appropriate > placing of employees. Frankly, I think some of the > methods in Pups and Puzzles were probably more > realistic. > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 4:57 PM, William Scott > <wsc...@wooster.edu> wrote: > > The MMPI was developed after this film was > produced. > > Bill Scott > > >>> Beth Benoit <beth.ben...@gmail.com> 02/21/10 > 4:48 PM >>> > They're still using the MMPI, aren't they? I'd > guess we haven't gotten very > far beyond Pups and Puzzles... > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Mike Palij > <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: > > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:01:33 -0800, Rick Froman > wrote: > > >It looks like Mike has identified the film > about Psychometricians that > > >I have described on this list before. My > favorite scene is the stress > > >test where the psychometrician shoots a gun > near the job candidate's > > >head. I hope some day to get this film to show > in my Psych Testing > > >class. > > > > That scene must have happened before I came in. > There were > > three candidates who were being given various > tests but I only > > saw the test where there was a pool of water > with a square in > > the middle and the testee was given two wooden > board to reach > > it but neither long enough to reach the square. > Only one figured > > out how to use them to form a diagonal to the > square. Of course, > > that was the one that was put into management > while the other two > > were put into more menial positions. > > > > I hope we've come long since that type of > testing. :-) > > > > -Mike Palij > > New York University > > m...@nyu.edu > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > beth.ben...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > > > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=747 > > or send a blank email to > > > leave-747-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > wsc...@wooster.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13058.902daf6855267276c83a639cbb25165c&n=T&l=tips&o=748 > or send a blank email to > leave-748-13058.902daf6855267276c83a639cbb251...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > beth.ben...@gmail.com. > To unsubscribe click here: > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=749 > or send a blank email to > leave-749-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > tay...@sandiego.edu. > > To unsubscribe click here: > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a21b0&n=T&l=tips&o=750 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL > if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-750-13534.4204dc3a11678c6b1d0be57cfe0a2...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=764 or send a blank email to leave-764-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
