Essays on Mental Ability

People Management

Part A Graduates constitute a large pool of supply for employers in the market that has the ability of supporting business development and eventually prosperity considering that they pose as a source of highly qualified and expertise workforce for businesses to attain short-term and long-term needs. The process of attracting and employing graduates may be a daunting task in terms of its resource intensive nature; hence, businesses may need to employ a number of ways get to the graduates and secure them for the various job positions. Due to the high competition that exists between firms for the best ...

According to Stabile (1997) the prevalent use of personality tests as a method to determine the mental an emotional aptitude of employees during the recruitment process has raised ethical and professional issues that question that validity and reliability of the tests that may amount to invasion of privacy and discrimination against minorities. Aside from these concerns, the main thesis of the article is whether personality tests will be advantageous for the employer to outweigh the costs to be regarded as effective hiring tools. Based on the study of Stabile (1997) the usefulness of personality tests will mainly rely on ...

- Interview questions

The applicants applying for job positions in the interior design occupation normally face Behavioral, Skill- based, and Situational interview questions.

- Behavioral interview question In the behavioral profession interviews, the employers decide the skills that they need in applicants they are about to hire and ask questions to establish whether the applicants possess those skills. Therefore, the behavioral interview questions are more focused than the traditional interview questions and the candidate need to reply with specific examples of the way he/she handled certain situations in the place of work.

Behavioral interview question to ask an Interior Designer candidate

- What do you think is most crucial when dealing with our clients? - Situational interview question In the situational profession interviews, the employers ...

Cognitive development is the growth and materialization of the ability of a child to be actively involved in thinking and reason independently. It also involves the emergence of the child’s ability to comprehend the events in the surrounding environment (John, 2008). It focuses on the ability to process information, learn a new language, problem solving ability, the process of mental development and the perception the child has towards the world. The study of the process of cognitive thinking has a myriad of applications in the engineering of education systems. Appreciating how a child’s brain works helps curriculum engineers to determine the ...

Introduction

The film titled ‘I am Sam’ directed by Jessie Nelson is a story of mentally retarded and autistic man called Sam Dawson who fathers a child, Lucy, with a homeless woman. Lucy’s mother ran away soon after her birth leaving her in the custody of her developmentally retarded father. Sam is considered to have a mental ability of a seven year old, but, has a determination of a mature adult. He works at a coffee shop and is obsessed with beetle. Despite his developmental challenges, Sam manages to raise her daughter with the help of friends that include Doug Hutchison, Brad and Joe who are also ...

Utility test results for the three methods are as follows; structured interviews (95,080), working sample test (57,200) and mental ability test (75,120). The utility decreased when we factored in more applicants. That implies a reduction in efficiency of the system. The most appropriate method, as per the results of the calculations I obtained, is a structured interview as it yielded the highest utility, and that provides the company with employees with best skills. The structured interview, being the most preferred method involves asking sets of questions to each and every candidate in one- on- one interviews. It also ...

Abstract

Tests intended to measure human intelligence have evolved to give a better picture of human intellectual behavior. These are nothing but Intelligence tests. These measure the functions of mental ability like judgment, reasoning and comprehension. Although, it has benefits, certain pitfalls appear to dilute its validation. This is unnecessarily leading to age and minority discrimination. With this trend, people developed views that intelligence testing could discriminate against old people and minority groups; while others are opposed to such views. On the other hand, intelligence testing is not fully validated for minorities such as African –American. They do perform well ...

Analysis of two theories of Intelligence testing

Over the years, man has remained one of the most complex and peculiar creatures on the universe. This distinguishable attribute arise from the fact that man has a higher intelligence level than other animals species; an idea that enables him survive, understand, adapt, and overcome environmental challenges. Although intelligence remains an indispensible component in human existence, scholars regard it as a controversial topic that elicits diverse views, arguments, and opinions from different quotas. The point of controversy has primarily centered on defining the term intelligence, developing and measuring intelligence, and use of intelligence tests in contemporary society. Despite the controversial views ...

Abstract

Objective-To study under treatment of pain in dementia patients living in assisted care and nursing homes. Design-Randomized controlled trial. Dementia patients with a pain related diagnosis once identified, ten random patients among them identified to be subjected to the study Setting- A home for assisted living hosting dementia patients picked at random and the required study population among the patients chosen Participants-Ten residents who have pain related diagnosis such as arthritis picked at random using the randomized controlled trial method of sampling. Intervention- Qualify patients on a mild pain reliever dose routinely for two weeks. After the ...

The most publicized and sensational violent crimes that have been committed recently, such as the attack on the children of Newtown, Connecticut and the shootings at the Batman movie screening in Aurora, Colorado, have been committed by persons who appear to be mentally ill and perhaps additionally suffering from drug addition. The significant overlap between mental illness, drug addiction, and violence is well documented and thus the criminal justice system has put resources behind trying to solve this problem with programs such as drug and mental health courts (Rossman, 2012). In contrast, persons with mental retardation, also known by ...

Introduction

`A mental mindset model is how one thinks and interprets working things in the context of the real world. It is something which is being realized in human head and it affects how someone thinks. The mental mindset of people is different and it can be corrected when one has negative minds. As we all know that change is inevitable and not everyone in the society is flexible for change. In our context of AAA Company, Vernon and Bud are resistance to change in the transportation industry. They might be influenced by several forces such as mental ability, how ...

Introduction

I worked as a claim specialist at a City Law department, where I was entitled to massive duties, which required proper skills and understanding to execute duties appropriately. This job goes with several duties that need be carried out accordingly. I was required to arrange for a court appearance, through subpoena among other ways of witnesses required for proper presentation of a case. I was also supposed to confer with the attorney assigned to a case concerning the facts developed during an investigation as well as assist the attorney before and during trial. I could also prepare the court calendars and attend calendar calls. ...

Human intelligence has defied successive efforts to understand it, with multiple quasi-scientific and scientific methods within the field of psychology failing to produce an acceptable description of the nature of human intelligence. This is not least because the study of intelligence is a commonly affected by political and cultural factors, which hurt the objectivity with which scientific efforts may be pursued (Bakker & Wicherts, 2011). Further, there have been no or inadequate empirical testing from the varied intelligence theories, which renders it multiply impossible to not only attain a consensus among the scientific community, but even more significantly, affects any further theoretical ...

Slide One

With your permission I will begin. Today I would like to talk to you about intelligence. During my presentation we will talk about the basic definition of intelligence. We will take a quick glance at old and contemporary intelligence theories and compare the two. Then some intelligence test will be discussed and we will learn the difference between a bad and a good intelligence test. Lets begin.

Slide Two

A compliment which will be appreciated all around the world is “you are smart”. The opposite is true for calling someone stupid. A positive characteristic of a person is incomplete without the mention of his or ...

Work place Training plan

Work place training becomes essential in situations whereby an employee is performing sub optimally due to a lack of knowledge, skills as well as due to inadequate experience. Work place training is also vital when introducing new work place procedures as well as when orienting an old employee to a new position (Rothwell and Kazanas, 2004). This work place training plan is designed for the former situation whereby a new employee in the position of executive assistant in the Department of Transport is not performing up to par due to developmental problems. The job description for the position of executive assistant is ...

Introduction

Work place training becomes essential in situations whereby an employee is performing sub optimally due to a lack of knowledge, skills as well as due to inadequate experience. Work place training is also vital when introducing new work place procedures as well as when orienting an old employee to a new position (Rothwell and Kazanas, 2004). This work place training plan is designed for the former situation whereby a new employee is not performing up to par due to developmental problems. It will highlight the process used in determining the employee’s training needs, the purpose of the training, the people to ...