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anal-aggressive personality

in the classical psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, a personality type characterized by obstinacy, obstructionism, defiance, and passive resistance. Such traits are held to stem from the anal stage, in which the child asserted himself or herself by withholding feces. Also called anal-aggressive character. See also anal personality; anal sadism; anal-sadistic phase.

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December 19th 2024

banding

banding

n. an approach to setting cutoff scores in personnel selection. Several ranges of scores known as score bands are identified, usually on the basis of the standard error of measurement for the test or predictor variable. Rather than being considered individually, all candidates who score within the same band are considered equally qualified. Consequently, hiring decisions are made from within band ranges, in contrast to traditional approaches that choose the highest scorer first, the next highest scorer second, and so forth.