constructive

Examples of constructive in the following topics:

• The Psychology of Recruiting and Selecting Employees

  • These skills are important in jobs such as construction, where strength is needed.
  • There are three major types of validity: content validity, construct validity, and criterion validity.
  • Construct validity refers to whether the measure accurately assesses the underlying construct that it claims to assess.
  • This can be evaluated by examining correlations with other measures that purport to assess the same construct.
  • An example of a measure with debatable construct validity is IQ testing.

• Other Steps

  • Encoding consists of many steps and refers to the conversion of an object of interest into a usable construct that is stored within the brain.
  • Encoding allows an item of interest or purpose to be converted into a usable construct that is stored within the brain; it is later recalled from long-term memory.

• Group Differences in Intelligence

  • The study of group differences in intelligence is very controversial as it attempts to separate and rank human groups based on divisive social constructs such as race, ethnicity, and gender.
  • Fourth, both ‘race' and ‘intelligence' are human-conceived social constructs which would render any scientific finding using them less meaningful.
  • Gender differences have been of historical importance, but modern testing has been constructed such that there should be no discrepancies between the average score of a man or woman.
  • Test bias refers to the construct of the test itself as it is applied to different populations.

• Gender and Sociology

  • Scholars generally regard gender as a social construct, meaning that it does not exist naturally but is instead a concept that is created by cultural and societal norms.
  • Up until the beginning of the 20th century, pink was actually more associated with boys, while blue was more associated with girls—illustrating how socially constructed these associations really are.
  • Repeated exposure to these agents over time leads people into a false sense that they are acting naturally based on their gender, rather than following a socially constructed role.
  • In the United States, women are less likely to be hired or promoted in male-dominated professions such as engineering, aviation, and construction (Blau, Ferber, & Winkler, 2010; Ceci & Williams, 2011).

• Introduction to Memory Encoding

  • Memory encoding allows an item of interest to be converted into a construct that is stored in the brain, which can later be recalled.
  • Memory encoding allows information to be converted into a construct that is stored in the brain indefinitely.

• Introduction to Social Psychology and Social Perception

  • This field is specifically concerned with the way feelings, thoughts, beliefs, intentions, and goals are constructed, and how such psychological factors, in turn, influence interactions with others.
  • On the other hand, other theorists stress the capacity of individual agents to construct and reconstruct their environments.

• Influences of Culture and Gender on Personality

  • Because Western-based personality assessments cannot fully capture the personality constructs of other cultures, the indigenous model has led to the development of personality assessment instruments that are based on constructs relevant to the culture being studied (Cheung et al., 2011).

• Social Psychology

  • This subfield of psychology is concerned with the way such feelings, thoughts, beliefs, intentions, and goals are constructed, and how these psychological factors, in turn, influence our interactions with others.

• Applications of Psychological Theories to the Life of a Student

  • Constructivism is the concept of constructing new ideas based on previous knowledge.

• Personality Characteristics Beneficial to Change

  • Researchers and scientists agree that optimism is highly correlated with psychological well-being, successful coping styles, and constructive problem-solving skills.