PSYCH 281 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS {
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Which of the following is a goal for practitioners much more than
researchers?
a. publishing articles
b. making tenure
c. org's bottom line ($$)
d. statistics - ✔✔org's bottom line
Why is I/O psychology important? - ✔✔work is important and a major
part of a person's life
What does the Wonderlic test?
,a. personality
b. athletic skill
c. spatial skills
d. general intelligence - ✔✔general intelligence
When did psychology start being applied in the general public?
a. start of the Revolutionary War
b. during Industrialization
c. Army Alpha and Beta tests for WWI
d. when Europeans arrived in North America - ✔✔Army Alpha and
Beta tests for WWI
Who was the director of Penn State Psychology and also received one of
the first PhD's in Applied Psychology?
a. Lillian Gilbreth
b. Bruce V. Moore
,c. Hugo Munsterberg - ✔✔Bruce V. Moore
Which of the following people was NOT named as one of "the four
founding figures" of I/O Psychology?
a. W.L. Bryan
b. F.W. Taylor
c. H. Munsterberg
d. L.M. Gilbreth - ✔✔W.L. Bryan
The era of government intervention in the history of I/O psychology
(1964-1993P was shaped by what event?
a. Vietnam War
b. Great Recession
c. The Civil Rights Movement
d. Woodstock - ✔✔The Civil Rights Movement
, If you applied to the military today, you would have to pass a test
developed by I/O psychologists. What is this called?
a. Army Beta
b. Army Alpha
c. ASVAB - ✔✔ASVAB
Which of the following was not a finding of the Hawthorne Studies?
a. The level of illumination is a major determinant of productivity level
b. Informal employee work groups exist in work organizations
c. Having understanding supervisors is valuable to the organization
d. Productivity is influenced by factors other than those that are purely
technical - ✔✔The level of illumination is a major determinant of
productivity level
What is criteria? - ✔✔standards used to describe work and sets
standards for employee performance
What is NOT one of the components to the criterion problem?
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS {
GRADED A+}
Which of the following is a goal for practitioners much more than
researchers?
a. publishing articles
b. making tenure
c. org's bottom line ($$)
d. statistics - ✔✔org's bottom line
Why is I/O psychology important? - ✔✔work is important and a major
part of a person's life
What does the Wonderlic test?
,a. personality
b. athletic skill
c. spatial skills
d. general intelligence - ✔✔general intelligence
When did psychology start being applied in the general public?
a. start of the Revolutionary War
b. during Industrialization
c. Army Alpha and Beta tests for WWI
d. when Europeans arrived in North America - ✔✔Army Alpha and
Beta tests for WWI
Who was the director of Penn State Psychology and also received one of
the first PhD's in Applied Psychology?
a. Lillian Gilbreth
b. Bruce V. Moore
,c. Hugo Munsterberg - ✔✔Bruce V. Moore
Which of the following people was NOT named as one of "the four
founding figures" of I/O Psychology?
a. W.L. Bryan
b. F.W. Taylor
c. H. Munsterberg
d. L.M. Gilbreth - ✔✔W.L. Bryan
The era of government intervention in the history of I/O psychology
(1964-1993P was shaped by what event?
a. Vietnam War
b. Great Recession
c. The Civil Rights Movement
d. Woodstock - ✔✔The Civil Rights Movement
, If you applied to the military today, you would have to pass a test
developed by I/O psychologists. What is this called?
a. Army Beta
b. Army Alpha
c. ASVAB - ✔✔ASVAB
Which of the following was not a finding of the Hawthorne Studies?
a. The level of illumination is a major determinant of productivity level
b. Informal employee work groups exist in work organizations
c. Having understanding supervisors is valuable to the organization
d. Productivity is influenced by factors other than those that are purely
technical - ✔✔The level of illumination is a major determinant of
productivity level
What is criteria? - ✔✔standards used to describe work and sets
standards for employee performance
What is NOT one of the components to the criterion problem?
