| Abstract: | ANALYZED AND PROGRAMED COMPLEX THOUGHT PROCESSES USED BY A SKILLED PSYCHOLOGIST DEALING WITH PERSONNEL SELECTION AND PLACEMENT IN A COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL. HEURISTIC METHODS USED TO LIMIT THE TOTAL POSSIBLE SET OF DECISION BRANCHES IN THE MODEL ARE DEFINED AND ILLUSTRATED. RESEARCH RESULTS INDICATE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND MACHINE OUTPUT WITH A 94% LEVEL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN SIMULATED PSYCHOLOGICAL INFERENCES AND HUMAN DECISIONS WITH IDENTICAL ULTIMATE EMPLOYMENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN 22 OF 24 TEST CASES. IMPLICATIONS OF RESEARCH FINDINGS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL INSTRUCTION, EXPERIMENTATION, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, TEST VALIDATION, AND GENERAL DECISION MAKING ARE DISCUSSED. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
