Question

Suppose a particular test of cognitive ability has been found to have great practicality in selecting members of a high school debate team. How much practicality would this same test have for the following situations?

Law school application

Art school application

A police hostage negotiation unit

Executive level positions in a labour union

Actors in a theme park who spend their day dressed in a character costume

Answer 1

If the test had great practicality in debate team it would be based on the presentation skills, persuasiveness skills and diplomatic skills. All the scenarios such as law school, art school, a police hostage negotiation unit, executive level positions in a labour union and actors in a theme park who spend their day dressed in a character costume need all those skills or anyone skill or a combination of two. A person who chooses a career in law needs to convincing skills by persuading others with their arguments. People who choose to work as an artist needs strong presentation skills in their assets that would persuade people to believe in the message the artist sends through their at work. A person working in police hostage negotiation unit needs strong diplomatic and persuading skills in order to make sure that the person gets the tasks done without causing any damage to anyone., A person who works as an executive in a labour union needs to create a win win situation by diplomatically arguing their cause. Actors in a theme park who spend their day dressed in a character costume needs strong sense of presentation and persuading skills in order to attract more people to the theme park.