MGT 468: CHAPTER 2 EXAM WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Situational Specificity (false theory) - ✔✔variation in observed
validities across settings is caused by real differences in what
constitutes job performance. Validity generalization studies to
date have provided disconfirming evidence for this prediction by
showing that the observed variation is due to statistical and
measurement artifacts. The second prediction is that if the
situation (i.e., the organization, the setting, the job, the test and
the criterion) is held constant, then validity findings will not vary
from study to study.
Intelligence (GMA, GCA):
-Cognitive ability
-IQ
, -Mental aptitude - ✔✔The major determinant of job performance.
Hiring based off this leads to improved It is the ability to grasp and
reason correctly w/ abstracts (concepts) and solve problems.
often referred to as a GMA. broadest of all human mental abilities;
it is the most important construct in psych and most successful
trait in applied psych. THE ABILITY TO LEARN.
Meta-Analysis (Validity Generalization Methods) - ✔✔allows
researchers to statistically combine results across many studies.
used to calibrate the relationship between job performance and
satisfaction w/ precision.
Special Aptitudes - ✔✔predict job performance less well than
GMA. includes verbal, quantitative, and spatial ability.
-GMA causes job knowledge which in turn causes job
performance. More intelligent workers have higher performance. -
✔✔Simplest model of job performance?
COMPLETE ANSWERS [ GRADED A+]
Situational Specificity (false theory) - ✔✔variation in observed
validities across settings is caused by real differences in what
constitutes job performance. Validity generalization studies to
date have provided disconfirming evidence for this prediction by
showing that the observed variation is due to statistical and
measurement artifacts. The second prediction is that if the
situation (i.e., the organization, the setting, the job, the test and
the criterion) is held constant, then validity findings will not vary
from study to study.
Intelligence (GMA, GCA):
-Cognitive ability
-IQ
, -Mental aptitude - ✔✔The major determinant of job performance.
Hiring based off this leads to improved It is the ability to grasp and
reason correctly w/ abstracts (concepts) and solve problems.
often referred to as a GMA. broadest of all human mental abilities;
it is the most important construct in psych and most successful
trait in applied psych. THE ABILITY TO LEARN.
Meta-Analysis (Validity Generalization Methods) - ✔✔allows
researchers to statistically combine results across many studies.
used to calibrate the relationship between job performance and
satisfaction w/ precision.
Special Aptitudes - ✔✔predict job performance less well than
GMA. includes verbal, quantitative, and spatial ability.
-GMA causes job knowledge which in turn causes job
performance. More intelligent workers have higher performance. -
✔✔Simplest model of job performance?
