Question

1. An I/O psychologist uses hand-strength to assess overall well-being in an occupational health study, given that the medical community has found that people with stronger grip-strength are less likely to have other musculoskeletal disorders. Well-being represents the __________ criterion, while hand-strength represents the _________ criterion.

   		conceptual; actual
   		actual; conceptual
   		structured; multiple
   		structured; actual

1 points   

QUESTION 17

1. One way to determine the criterion-related validity of a musical ability test would be to:

   		assess whether the content of the test is representative of all aspects of musical ability
   		assess whether students scoring high on the test achieve more musical recognition later in life
   		correlate scores on the test with another measure of musical ability
   		correlate scores on the test with a test that is unrelated to musical ability

1 points   

QUESTION 18

1. Which theory of motivation focuses on the work environment more so than the employee?

   		Expectancy
   		Job Characteristics
   		Equity
   		Self-Regulation

1 points   

QUESTION 19

1. The reliability of a test indicates:

   		how accurately a test measures a characteristic
   		how consistently a test measures a characteristic
   		the difficulty of the test
   		the appropriateness of the test

1 points   

QUESTION 20

1. Sondra interviews for an I/O position and is asked the following question, “How would you advise a company to change their culture?” Her BEST answer would be:

   		Organizational culture cannot be changed because it is embedded in historical interpersonal exchanges that cannot be undone.
   		Organizational culture cannot be changed because it involves too many interwoven policies.
   		Organizational culture can be changed, but it is a slow process and requires strong senior management support and vision.
   		Organizational culture can be changed by simply creating new policies and distributing them carefully to all employees.

1 points   

QUESTION 21

1. Although is has been somewhat debated within the academic literature, which of the following typifies the order of Kirkpatrick’s training evaluation?

   		behavioral, reaction, results, learning
   		results, behavioral, learning, reaction
   		learning, results, reaction, behavioral
   		reaction, learning, behavioral, results

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QUESTION 22

1. According to organizational commitment theory, employees are committed to their organizations in three primary ways: Affective Commitment, Continuance Commitment, and Normative Commitment. To which of the Three Main Themes does this most closely relate?

   		Because organizations are comprised of people, they are complex entities to understand theoretically and empirically
   		Because 90% of the adults in industrialized countries work for organizations, I/O psychology is an important topic
   		Accurate measurement of psychological phenomena is of the utmost importance
   		Psychology is concerned with understanding the affect, behavior, and cognition of people

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QUESTION 23

1. A company decides to reduce the number of supervisors it employs. In doing so, the remaining supervisors now have to supervise 50 production workers instead of 20. This change has increased the __________ function of supervisors.

   		scalar
   		systems
   		line/staff
   		span‑of‑control