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Archive for April, 2010

Online Training for the Apollo Personality Test – Facilitated live by psychologist

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Following numerous requests from clients in Asia as well as internationally, PsyAsia International is pleased to announce the launch of Live Online Training for the Apollo Profile. PsyAsia has been offering online training since 2008 and started offering Live Online training in 2009 with our Psychometric Test Administration Course. We’ve received feedback from a large number of people that travelling to our accreditation training in Singapore or Hong Kong is difficult for one reason or another. In view of this we have created this online learning option for the Apollo Profile Personality Assessment.

For those without a background in psychometrics, you will need to attend our Psychometric Test Administration course in addition to the Apollo focussed training. However, the test admin course is available in recorded format in our online learning centre and will be offered complimentary (a saving of US$99) to all who register for the Apollo training. You may choose to view the test admin course before or after the Apollo training (we recommend before but this is not compulsory). For those who already have a test admin certificate or a BPS Level A certificate, you only need to attend the Apollo focussed training.

Full details can be found at:
http://www.psyasia.com/apollo_profile_accreditation_course.php

Registration is now open. To register, please do so at:
http://www.psyasia.com /register

If you would like to find out more about the Apollo Profile, please see here:
http://www.psyasia.com/personality_tests_apollo.php

You may also be interested in attending the free Apollo Profile webinar from Jim Bowden, the publisher on 17 May.
Full details at http://webinars.psyasia.com

Replacing psychometric tests with biological tests?

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Last week the Singapore-based Straits Times published an article which reported a study carried out at NUS linking testosterone to advantages in leadership. PsyAsia’s Dr. Graham Tyler was asked to comment on the reasearch and he was asked if biological testing might replace psychometric testing in the future! A copy of the article can be downloaded here:

Testosterone and Leadership

There are a number of limitations in the above thinking. Not least the fact that the study was carried out on students – hardly real-world organisational leaders! Also, given that this was a correlational analysis it cannot be inferred that testosterone increases leadership skills. It might actually be the opposite. Finding oneself in leadership scenarios may cause the body to produce more testosterone!

Biological testing is certainly not about to replace psychometric tests in Singapore or anywhere else. Not only is the area contentious it would also bring legal issues into play. We know already that biology plays a role in many aspects of who we are from personality traits to ability and more. However, we also know that the environment, access to resources and simply luck (ie where we find ourselves, who our teachers/mentors are) also play a huge part. Psychometric tests should never be used on their own to inform decision-making processes and neither should any other form of assessment – biological testing, interviews and so forth. However, the use of highly valid tools used in conjunction with each other is a good thing.

Note: In the article, there is a mention that aptitude tests can predict between 9-36% of performance. This is incorrect. The journalist asked about personality tests and was told that traditional personality tests can predict about 9-36% of performance. Aptitude tests are able to predict more than this and more modern personality assessments such as Identity or the Saville Consulting Wave do an even better job than traditonal personality tests!

 
 
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