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 <[email protected]> wrote: > The MMPI was developed after this film was produced. > > Bill Scott > > > >>> Beth Benoit <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > [email protected] > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > 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: [email protected]. > 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: [email protected]. > 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: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=750 or send a blank email to leave-750-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
