INDUSTRIAL PSYCH FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
a doctoral student in IO psychology will complete his/her training by completing a
___which involves reviewing the research literature and designing a study to
answer a series of research questions.
a. publication
b. dissertation
c. practicum
d. competency exam
B
the underlying approach to training IO psychologists is known as....
a. industrial/organizational model
b. consumer/creator model
c. consumer/generator model
d. scientist/practitioner model
d
According to your text, which workers are most likely to turn to the social
environment of the work setting for motivation?
a. workers in high level management positions
b. workers in repetitive or low level positions
,c. all workers are equally likely
d. workers who are highly satisfied with the work itself
B
The birth of organizational psychology has been viewed by many as marked by..
a. world war 2
b. army alpha and beta testing
c. hawthorne studies
d. the civil rights movement
c
the concern with ethnic and racial differences on selection tests and the fairness
of those tests resulted from ...
a. need to match military recruits to jobs
b. social, political, and legal climate of the 1960s
c. flattening of organizations
d. emphasis of the scientist/practitioner model in IO psych training programs
B
if we test a drug that shows a greater effect on the memory of old men then
young men, what would be the dependent variable in the study?
a. memory
b. sex
c. age
d. none of the above
A
,i/o psychologists who are mainly concerned with the measurement and
improvement of job related behaviors work in the area known as..
a. performance appraisal
b. quality of work life
c. consumer psychology
d. organizational development
AA
Lab experiments are typically...
a. high in internal validity and low in external
b. low in internal high in external
c. generalizable to any workplace situation
d. conducted in a real world setting
A
___ is the degree to which a test or predictor covers a representative sample of
the quality being measured
a. internal consistency
b. convergent validity
c. criterion related validity
d. content validity
D
IO psychologists who work as university professors typically teach in the
psychology department or the ...
a. business
, b. engineering
c. labor studies
d. physical education
a
the consistency or stability of a measure defines its ____
a. validity
b. cause and effect
c. reliability
d.none of the above
c
all of the following are important functions/competences of an IO psychologist
except...
a. Marketing strategy
b. research methods
c. personnel recruitment
d. job design/redesign
a.
the engineer who developed time-motion studies and is credited with stimulating
the beginning of the field that would develop into IO psychology is..
a. hugo munsterberg
b. walter dill scott
c. frederick taylor
d. elton mayo
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
a doctoral student in IO psychology will complete his/her training by completing a
___which involves reviewing the research literature and designing a study to
answer a series of research questions.
a. publication
b. dissertation
c. practicum
d. competency exam
B
the underlying approach to training IO psychologists is known as....
a. industrial/organizational model
b. consumer/creator model
c. consumer/generator model
d. scientist/practitioner model
d
According to your text, which workers are most likely to turn to the social
environment of the work setting for motivation?
a. workers in high level management positions
b. workers in repetitive or low level positions
,c. all workers are equally likely
d. workers who are highly satisfied with the work itself
B
The birth of organizational psychology has been viewed by many as marked by..
a. world war 2
b. army alpha and beta testing
c. hawthorne studies
d. the civil rights movement
c
the concern with ethnic and racial differences on selection tests and the fairness
of those tests resulted from ...
a. need to match military recruits to jobs
b. social, political, and legal climate of the 1960s
c. flattening of organizations
d. emphasis of the scientist/practitioner model in IO psych training programs
B
if we test a drug that shows a greater effect on the memory of old men then
young men, what would be the dependent variable in the study?
a. memory
b. sex
c. age
d. none of the above
A
,i/o psychologists who are mainly concerned with the measurement and
improvement of job related behaviors work in the area known as..
a. performance appraisal
b. quality of work life
c. consumer psychology
d. organizational development
AA
Lab experiments are typically...
a. high in internal validity and low in external
b. low in internal high in external
c. generalizable to any workplace situation
d. conducted in a real world setting
A
___ is the degree to which a test or predictor covers a representative sample of
the quality being measured
a. internal consistency
b. convergent validity
c. criterion related validity
d. content validity
D
IO psychologists who work as university professors typically teach in the
psychology department or the ...
a. business
, b. engineering
c. labor studies
d. physical education
a
the consistency or stability of a measure defines its ____
a. validity
b. cause and effect
c. reliability
d.none of the above
c
all of the following are important functions/competences of an IO psychologist
except...
a. Marketing strategy
b. research methods
c. personnel recruitment
d. job design/redesign
a.
the engineer who developed time-motion studies and is credited with stimulating
the beginning of the field that would develop into IO psychology is..
a. hugo munsterberg
b. walter dill scott
c. frederick taylor
d. elton mayo
