Dr Marcus is the Director of Human Spaceflight at an international aerospace agency. He wishes to introduce online cognitive and intelligence testing to screen a highly diverse, international cohort of applicants for an elite astronaut training program, prior to the physical simulation stage.
Discuss the advice a psychometric psychologist would give to the agency regarding how to design and administer these assessments fairly and ethically. Your answer should make reference to issues of cultural bias, test validity, and historical lessons from early intelligence testing (such as those highlighted in Gould’s 1982 review of Yerkes' Army mental tests).
