Answer: B. mental processes
Explanation: In the context of the six sections of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ), _____ represent the reasoning, decision-making, planning, and information-processing activities involved in performing a job.
A. job contexts
B. mental processes
C. special codes
D. information inputs
The Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) is relatively complex, and requires that an employee must have the reading level of a college graduate to be able to complete it and evaluates job skill level and basic characteristics of applicants for a set match of employment opportunity. It measures the characteristics of a job and relates them to human characteristics, such as information input, mental processes, work output, relationships with others, job context, and so on.
Mental processes in the context of the six sections of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) represents the reasoning, decision-making, planning, and information-processing activities involved in performing a job.