ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the developments in modern conceptualizations of psychometric approaches to intelligence, cognitive approaches to intelligence, and modern intelligence test design principles as well as the implications of these developments for personnel selection. It also describes some of the modern research on intelligence and its measurement that has the potential to address some of psychometric approach limitations and contribute to the understanding of intelligent behavior in the workplace. Neuropsychological intelligence tests can include a variety of verbal and non-verbal tasks. The Planning, Attention-Arousal, Simultaneous and Successive (PASS) theory of intelligence is rooted in research and theory from both cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. The chapter helps to start new development process by highlighting several advancements in psychometric theory, cognitive perspectives on intelligence, and techniques for improving the measurement of intelligence that everyone has potential to impact personnel selection research and practice.
