No wonder you want to study psychology!
Qu Tong suddenly realized, and then couldn't help but smile, saying:
"If only I had that ability, the work would be so much easier!"
"It only works better on people who are much weaker than you; it's not that easy!" Shen Heng said casually.
"I see!" Qu Tong responded, then looked into Shen Heng's eyes, steer the conversation back on track, "Since you've studied psychology, may I ask what your thoughts are on psychological interviews?"
"It's an act of trying to understand a person's true thoughts through various means!" Shen Heng thought for a moment and said.
"Do you think this will be effective?" Qu Tong asked, his gaze questioning.
"If the other party is intentionally concealing information, then it's hard to say it's completely effective, but it can certainly reveal some of the interviewee's inclinations," Shen Heng replied.
"Yes, even I, who was brought in to evaluate a general like you, can't say I fully understand your thoughts, especially given your background in psychology!" Qu Tong replied with a smile, then asked, "By the way, are you familiar with social desirability bias?"
"When people know they might be being observed, they will choose the options that they think normal people would choose, in order to appear normal in front of the evaluator, even if they don't really think so in their hearts?" Shen Heng said, his tone very calm, as if confirming something, even though he ended with a question mark.
"Yes, that's right!" Qu Tong nodded. "Therefore, during psychological assessments, we often verify a person's true thoughts from multiple perspectives. However, for those who have studied psychology and are aware of social desirability bias, they may actually use this to cover up their true feelings, thus leading to inaccurate results."
He paused for a moment, his gaze slightly narrowing as he looked at Shen Heng.
"So, I'd like to ask you, will you lie during the psychological test later?"
Shen Heng paused for a moment, but did not answer immediately.
He looked at Qu Tong, thought for a moment, and asked:
"Is this also part of the evaluation?"
Qu Tong didn't show any surprise at the question; he simply smiled slightly and said, "Yes, this is also part of the evaluation!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Heng nodded slightly, and then, without pausing for long, said...
"Won't."
There was no further explanation, no extra words, just two simple words.
Qu Tong did not nod or shake his head to express whether he trusted the answer or not.
He simply changed the subject again.
"By the way, I heard the food in the Erosion Zone is really bad?"
Shen Heng hesitated for a moment, then said, "It's not that it's bad, you could even say it's a bit extravagant. After all, the meat of the Calamity Beast that costs a fortune outside is..."
The two chatted about all sorts of things.
Supply lines at the front, the situation with the Calamity Beast, close comrades, the landscape deep within the Erosion Zone, the current state of the outside world, and the past of the 1980s and 90s...
After answering another question, Shen Heng stared blankly at the middle-aged doctor in front of him.
The middle-aged doctor sat there and began to recount his past.
" Projection Technique, huh...?"
Shen Heng silently recited something to himself, then turned his attention back to the casual conversation they had just had.
More than two hours later, with the sound of a door opening and closing, the room, which had just been filled with a relaxed atmosphere, fell silent.
Two more hours passed.
Qu Tong sat silently inside the room.
Compared to before, this time, in addition to the existing evaluator information, he also had a related evaluation report in front of him.
The report clearly shows the results of his work in just over two hours!
As usual, all he had to do was sign his name on the document and submit it; that would complete his task!
But this time, Qu Tong did not immediately sign his name.
He was mentally reviewing the assessment process that had just taken place.
Everything went very smoothly, exceptionally smoothly, except for that seemingly casual, indifferent look that appeared at one moment when he looked up.
"Did the other party recognize the technique I used...?"
Qu Tong's eyes were slightly lowered, and he didn't seem too surprised by this.
After all, Projection Technique can be considered a crown jewel in psychological testing!
Even if it cannot be removed, it can still be touched to verify whether the person being tested is lying. This characteristic ensures that it will be widely known among beginners!
Therefore, it's not surprising that the other party recognized him!
What really bothered him was that the other person was too honest, so honest that it didn't seem like a normal person taking the assessment for the first time!
If the test results hadn't come out normal, he would have thought the other person was crazy!
When faced with questions involving privacy, do normal people simply glance at the question and then answer frankly?
Because of this issue, he also became somewhat uneasy about the result, which he shouldn't have questioned in the first place.
( Projection Technique that avoids directly asking questions like "Are you under a lot of pressure?" which are easy to cheat and may provoke resistance. Instead, it involves casual conversation like friends to understand the world seen by the person being tested and to piece together their true inner self!)
The results obtained through this technique are virtually impossible to be off-target!
Even if the person being evaluated wanted to conceal something, it would be difficult for them to notice the connection between two trivial events that spanned more than an hour during the lengthy evaluation process.
However, very few people are able to fully utilize this technique for evaluation, after all.
Before the assessment, a large amount of content needs to be prepared in advance, depending on the individual being assessed. During the assessment, the content needs to be adjusted promptly based on the feedback from the assessed individuals. After the assessment, the entire process needs to be reviewed, and the individual's situation needs to be organized and extracted from their feedback.
None of these three processes can be easily achieved!
Therefore, only a handful of people in any country can truly claim this crown!
Furthermore, it is precisely because the above two requirements are met (accurate results; extremely high difficulty) that Projection Technique have been awarded the highest honor in psychological testing!
(The above is all made up!)
Qu Tong looked at the document on the table and suddenly smiled.
He did not delve any further into the matter, nor did he question his own abilities; he simply picked up his pen.
"Commander!"
"Greetings, Commander!"
Greetings echoed throughout the room.
Along the way, one soldier after another stopped, stood at attention, and saluted.
Those who were carrying things and couldn't free their hands straightened their backs and paid their respects.
Shen Heng nodded in response to each one, without stopping.
Suddenly, I felt a slight vibration in my wrist.
He raised his left hand, and a virtual image appeared on his wristband.
"Pending confirmation... Was I too honest just now?"
Shen Heng's gaze swept across the list briefly before landing on the signature at the very end.
"Pending confirmation" means that the initial test results are fine, but some things are uncertain, and further data needs to be obtained for confirmation by others.
However, Shen Heng originally thought that the other party would give a result directly, since they seemed very professional.
Lowering his raised wrist, Shen Heng continued walking forward.
As long as the initial assessment goes well, he doesn't really care whether it needs to be confirmed again, since he didn't hide anything.
Continue along the asphalt road.
Shen Heng arrived at the foot of a huge building and took the elevator to the top floor.
The moment the elevator doors opened, an elderly Daoist priest with half-white hair and beard, sitting by the huge floor-to-ceiling window, casually glanced over.