Chapter 5. ASSESSMENT OF BACKGROUND AND LIFE EXPERIENCE
THE PAST AS PROLOGUE
Leaetta M. Hough
Virtually everyone—the general public, scientists, practitioners, young, and old—accepts past behavior as a powerful predictor of future behavior. Even if the motivations behind a person's behavior are unknown, it is understood that when placed in a similar situation, the person is likely to do what he or she did before. Behavioral consistency is readily accepted as a real phenomenon applicable to almost all living things. Human beings in the work setting are no exception. Biodata (past behavior and experiences, background, biographical or autobiographical data) are an excellent source of information for understanding the person and predicting likely future ...
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