work-sample test

in personnel selection, a job-specific test that replicates the day-to-day tasks required in the job. The applicant may be required to use actual or simulated equipment in a controlled testing situation (e.g., driving a loaded forklift around a standard course) or to respond to typical problems or scenarios that occur at work, as in an in-basket test. See also situational interview.

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Psychology term of the day

February 11th 2025

balance

1. n. a harmonious relationship or equilibrium of opposing forces or contrasting elements. See autonomic balance; balance theory; homeostasis.

2. n. the sense of equilibrium mediated by the vestibular system of the inner ear.

3. vb. to adjust forces to maintain something at a level from which it would ordinarily deviate.