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PSYC 3050 Final Exam (Cobb) Questions
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Job satisfaction
Ans: positive attitude or emotional state resulting from the
appraisal of one's job or job experience
hawthorne effect
Ans: a change in behavior or attitudes that was was the simple
result of increased attention
overall satisfaction
Ans: overall assessment of job satisfaction that results either
from mathematically combining scores based on satisfaction
with specific important aspects of work or a single overall
evaluative rating of the job
facet satisfaction
Ans: information related to specific facets or elements of job
satisfaction
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intrinsic satisfaction
Ans: Satisfaction that derives from aspects central, or intrinsic,
to the job itself, such as responsibility.
extrinsic satisfaction
Ans: satisfaction that derives from aspects extrinsic, or
external, to job tasks, such as pay or benefits
commitment
Ans: psychological and emotional attachment an individual
feels to a relationship, an organization, a goal, or an occupation
affective commitment
Ans: an emotional attachment to an organization
continuance commitment
Ans: perceived cost of leaving an organization
normative commitment
Ans: an obligation to remain in an organization
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job embeddedness
Ans: the many and varied types of commitment that
individuals feel toward co-workers, teams, organizations, and
careers
employee engagement
Ans: a positive work-related state of mind that includes high
levels of energy, enthusiasm, and identification with one's work
mood
Ans: generalized state of feeling not identified with a
particular stimulus and not sufficiently intense to in terrupt
ongoing thought processes
emotion
Ans: An effect or feeling, often experienced and displayed in
reaction to an event or thought and accompanied by
physiological changes in various systems of the body.
negative affectivity
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PSYC 3050 Final Exam (Cobb) Questions
and Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
Job satisfaction
Ans: positive attitude or emotional state resulting from the
appraisal of one's job or job experience
hawthorne effect
Ans: a change in behavior or attitudes that was was the simple
result of increased attention
overall satisfaction
Ans: overall assessment of job satisfaction that results either
from mathematically combining scores based on satisfaction
with specific important aspects of work or a single overall
evaluative rating of the job
facet satisfaction
Ans: information related to specific facets or elements of job
satisfaction
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intrinsic satisfaction
Ans: Satisfaction that derives from aspects central, or intrinsic,
to the job itself, such as responsibility.
extrinsic satisfaction
Ans: satisfaction that derives from aspects extrinsic, or
external, to job tasks, such as pay or benefits
commitment
Ans: psychological and emotional attachment an individual
feels to a relationship, an organization, a goal, or an occupation
affective commitment
Ans: an emotional attachment to an organization
continuance commitment
Ans: perceived cost of leaving an organization
normative commitment
Ans: an obligation to remain in an organization
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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job embeddedness
Ans: the many and varied types of commitment that
individuals feel toward co-workers, teams, organizations, and
careers
employee engagement
Ans: a positive work-related state of mind that includes high
levels of energy, enthusiasm, and identification with one's work
mood
Ans: generalized state of feeling not identified with a
particular stimulus and not sufficiently intense to in terrupt
ongoing thought processes
emotion
Ans: An effect or feeling, often experienced and displayed in
reaction to an event or thought and accompanied by
physiological changes in various systems of the body.
negative affectivity
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