Test Bank for Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2nd Edition, Frank J. Landy & Jeffrey M. Conte

Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2nd Edition, Frank J. Landy & Jeffrey M. Conte Chapter 1: What Is I-O Psychology? Module 1.1 1. According to the textbook, when people were asked the question: “If you were to get enough money to live as comfortably as you would like for the rest of your life, would you continue to work or would you stop working?” a majority people reported that a. they would stop working. b. they would continue working.* c. they would find a new and more exciting job. d. they would take a lot of time off, but eventually return to work. 2. Industrial-organizational psychologists are interested in all of the following except a. how people’s work affects their home life. b. how culture influences people’s perceptions of their working environments. c. how personality characteristics influence work behavior. d. how to best diagnose clinical disorders and offer therapy to employees.* 3. Which of the following does not describe a position that an I-O psychologist would typically have? a. research scientist b. consultant c. professor d. therapist* 4. Dr. Duran was asked by company X to develop a selection system for hiring new employees and to revise the existing performance appraisal system. Dr. Duran was most likely asked to do this because of her experience in a. human factors psychology. b. personnel psychology.* c. clinical psychology. d. organizational psychology. 5. An organizational psychologist would be most likely concerned with a. helping people organize their schedules and daily planners. b. studying the interaction between humans and technology. c. understanding the emotional and motivational side of work.* d. interviewing potential employees. 2 6. Which of the following psychologists is most likely concerned with how humans interact with technology? a. a personnel psychologist b. a clinical psychologist c. an organizational psychologist d. a human factors psychologist* 7. Company Y has just designed a new checkout counter for a chain of supermarkets. This new checkout counter will allow the employees to scan and bag groceries more efficiently. Development of the new checkout counter was most likely done by a(n) a. personnel psychologist. b. organizational psychologist. c. human resources director. d. human factors psychologist.* 8. SIOP is Division 14 of the a. American Psychological Association.* b. American Psychological Society. c. Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. d. Western Psychological Association. 9. The division of the American Psychological Association that represents Industrial-Organizational psychology is a. Division 14.* b. Division 3. c. Division 10. d. Division 17. 10. The SIOP website is a good place for aspiring I-O psychologists to examine. All of the following are offered by the website except a. JobNet — matching employers with applicants. b. a list of SIOP publications. c. online I-O psychology courses.* d. TIP — the SIOP quarterly newsletter. 11. James McKeen Cattell had a major influence on the emergence of I-O psychology. He was among the first to realize the importance of studying: a. American organizations as representative of Japanese organizations. b. differences among individuals as a way of predicting their behavior.* c. how organizations treat their employees as related to employee performance. d. individual beliefs in understanding the work-family relationship. 12. The purpose of the time and motion studies was to a. increase efficiency. b. increase productivity. c. neither a nor b