situational interview

an employment interview in which applicants for a job are presented with scenarios and asked what they would do in those situations. Their potential to perform the job is then evaluated using behaviorally anchored rating scales.

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Psychology term of the day

December 26th 2024

false self

in the object relations theory of British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott (1896–1971), the self that develops as a defense against impingements and in adaptation to the environment. This contrasts with the true self, which develops in an environment that adapts to the infant and allows him or her to discover and express true impulses.