MSU PSY 255 EXAM 1 set 3 situational

Which of the following is the most frequently used data collection method in IO psych?

Survey

Daisy needs to make a decision about how to giver her research assistants a raise based on their performance on the three dimensions: literature review, statistical analysis, and writing. In this case, the best way to utilize the information on those three criterion dimensions is to:

formulate a composite score of these three dimensions for each assistant

Daisy gave a statistics test to a group of students at two points in time and found out the high (and low) scorers on the first test were also the high (and low) scorers on the second test. This means that her test has:

Test-retest reliability

This is MSU football coach Mel Tucker's third year with the university. the performance criterion that will be used to evaluate his performance will likely be different compared to when he first started. The statement above reflects the ________ aspect of the criterion problem.

Dynamic

Where are you most likely to find an IO psychologist?

private organizations such as Ford or consulting firms such as Aon

Daisy conducted a job-oriented job analysis and wrote up the report. Her report may be criticized for:

being too narrowly focused

The product of job analysis that is most directly related to compensation is:

Job evaluation

One way to evaluate faculty's teaching is to have peer observation. however, professors are often too busy to be able to serve as peer observers for each other. In this case, peer observation as a criterion for teaching is violating which criterion for good criterion?

practicality

For the test 1 of the IO psychology class, Daisy accidentally included quite a few questions from a chapter that is not yet covered in the class. This means that:

The test has low content validity

For the test 1 of the IO psychology class, Daisy accidentally included quite a few questions from a chapter that is not yet covered in the class. This means that:

The test has high internal consistency once the questions from the new chapter are removed.

As a thought experiment, Daisy's department chair asked all professors in the psychology department to list all the aspects of a professor's performance that define the success on the job. This list is akin to:

Ultimate criterion

One way to evaluate faculty's teaching is have peer observation. however, professors are often too busy to be able to serve as peer observers for each other, so this criterion is usually not included int eh actual criteria when measuring faculty's performance. In this case, peer observation of teaching characterizes:

criterion deficiency

Daisy wants to make an argument for getting a raise. Which of the following is NOT going to be very convincing?

She is doing a better job designing her work

For a school bus driver, turning the ignition key in the bus is an example of a unit of work activity known as an:

element

Based on the Hawthorne study, folks on reality shows like "The Biggest Loser" or "Dancing with Stars" should perform ______ they would have when they are alone, because they have an audience and are being observed on these shows constantly.

Better than

Which large-scale event saw the rise of selection practices and cognitive ability tests for placement for the first time in history?

WW1

Daisy believes that once she understands the reasons why cats scratch, she can rearrange her furniture to change her cats scratching behaviors. This fits with which of the following goals of science?

Control

When Daisy went to one of the dining halls on campus for lunch, she noticed that the employee at the entrance needs to do a few things before she was allowed in, including greeting her, asking for her ID, swiping it through the machine, and checking the balance. Collectively, these things that the worker did represent:

Task

Which of the following is an example of the "people" category for a functional job analysis for college professor?

The extent to which professors need to use social skills

In IO psychology, the most important criterion that we study is:

Job performance

Daisy is interested in finding out whether there is a way to select cats who are smart and will quickly learn how to use the litter box. She should consult __________ psychology.

Industrial

The product of job analysis that is most relevant to developing criterion for job is:

Job description

A study found that 25% of the variance in the ultimate criterion is accounted for or explained by the actual criterion. This 25% represents:

Criterion relevance

Job applicants' scores on a cognitive ability test at time 1 are positively related to whether they performed well at their job once they are hired at time 2. This means that the cognitive ability test has:

criterion-related validity

Manufacturing companies today utilize a lot of assembly lines where each individual employee is in charge of putting together a small element of the larger product. This is based on the _______ principle

scientific managment

Supporters of comparable worth argue that:

Job evaluation, rather than just the labor market, should play an important role in setting compensation

If Daisy wants to conduct a job analysis for the job of college professors, which of the following group may NOT be a good source of information?

Graduate students

If Daisy wants to know what KSAOs she should have in order to successfully obtain a college professor job, which of the following product of job analysis will be most helpful?

Job specification

Daisy wants to conduct a job analysis using Position Analysis Questionnaire. Which of the following is correct about her project?

She needs her subject matter experts (SMEs) to have college-level reading ability

Daisy believes her cat's scratching behavior is orderly and systematic, and doesn't happen by chance or randomly. This fits with which of the following scientific assumption?

determinism

Daisy decided to test her theory about cat stress and furniture scratching using a quasi-experimental method with 20 cats. This means that ______.

she will use the existing or intact grouping of cats (5 at her place, 15 at a near-by shelter) and expose them to calm versus stressed conditions

Which of the following is not an example of objective criteria?

performance rating number by the supervisor

To come up with a theory of cat's scratching behavior, daisy observed her five cats for 10 days to collect data first and then try to identify specific patterns. She is following the _______ approach.

Inductive (starts with data, then moves to theory development)

Army Alpha & Army BEta

Mental ability tests developed by IO psychologists during WW1 that were used to select and classify army personnel

competencies

the skills, behaviors, and capabilities that allow employees to perform specific functions

gig economy

the use of contract workers and freelancers to fulfill roles traditional held by full-time employees

IO psychology

the application of psychological principles and theories to the workplace

scientist-practitioner model

an approach used to train IO psychologists; maintains that because IO psychologists are both generators and consumers of knowledge, training must be focused on both theory and application

archival research

research relying on secondary data sets that were collected either for general or specific purposes identified by an individual

attribute

a dimension along which individuals can be measured and along which they vary

case studies

examinations of a single individual, group, company, or society

casual inference

A conclusion, drawn from research data, about the likelihood of a casual relationship between two variables

coefficient of determination (r^2)

The percentage of variance in a criterion that is accounted for by a predictor

concurrent validity

the extent to which a test predicts a criterion that is measured at the same time that the test is conducted

Construct validity

the extent to which a test measures the underlying construct that it was intended to measure

construct

an abstract quality, such as intelligence or motivation, that is not observable and is difficult to measure

content validity

the degree to which. test or predictor covers a representative sample of the quality being assessed