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Measuring human capabilities : an agenda for basic research on the assessment of individual and group performance potential for military accession /
"Every year, the U.S. Army must select from an applicant pool in the hundreds of thousands to meet annual enlistment targets, currently numbering in the tens of thousands of new soldiers. A critical component of the selection process for enlisted service members is the formal assessments admini...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section 1: Introduction
- Overview
- Section 2: Identification and measurement of new predictor constructs
- Fluid intelligence, working memory capacity, executive attention, and inhibitory control
- Cognitive biases
- Spatial abilities
- Section 3: Identification and prediction of new outcomes
- Teamwork behavior
- Section 4: Hybrid topics with joint focus on new predictor constructs and prediction of new outcomes
- Hot cognition: Defensive reactivity, emotional regulation, and performance under stress
- Adaptability and inventiveness
- Section 5: Methods and methodology
- Psychometrics and technology
- Situations and situational judgment tests
- Assessment of individual differences through neuroscience measures
- Section 6: The research agenda
- Appendix A: Workshop agenda and selection of additional topics considered for workshop agenda
- Appendix B: Phase II data gathering presentations
- Appendix C: Biomarkers
- Appendix D: Neural signals and measurement technologies
- Appendix E: Biographical sketches of committee members and staff.