Organizational psychology
Practice questions
1. Which of the following does NOT represent an attribute of intuition?
a. Unconscious
b. Fast
c. Emotionless
d. Based on experience
2. Choose the correct description of the empirical relationship between pay and job
satisfaction.
a. There is a strong positive association between pay and job satisfaction
b. There is a curvilinear association between pay and job satisfaction
c. On average, there is a weak positive association between pay and job
satisfaction. It is stronger at high pay levels than at low pay levels
d. On average, there is a weak positive association between pay and job
satisfaction. It is stronger at low pay levels than at high pay levels
3. In one of the studies discussed in the lecture (Anik et al., 2013), sales teams got an
amount of money to spend either on themselves or on each other. What effect did
this experimental manipulation have on sales?
a. Sales of the teams assigned to spend the money on each other increased over
time more than sales of the teams assigned to spend the money on themselves
b. Sales of the teams assigned to spend the money on themselves increased over
time more than sales of the teams assigned to spend the money on each other
c. There was no effect on sales but teams who spent the money on themselves
reported a higher job satisfaction than teams who spent the money on each
other
d. There was no effect on sales but teams who spent the money on each other
reported a higher job satisfaction than teams who spent the money on
themselves
4. Who is more likely to be attributed a high status in a public goods game?
a. High contributors to the public good
b. Low contributors to the public good
c. Average (moderate) contributors
d. High contributors to the public good, but only in small groups
5. Under what circumstances is social loafing reduced?
a. In large groups
b. With easy tasks
c. When working with acquaintances / friends
d. In groups that predominantly consist of men
Practice questions
1. Which of the following does NOT represent an attribute of intuition?
a. Unconscious
b. Fast
c. Emotionless
d. Based on experience
2. Choose the correct description of the empirical relationship between pay and job
satisfaction.
a. There is a strong positive association between pay and job satisfaction
b. There is a curvilinear association between pay and job satisfaction
c. On average, there is a weak positive association between pay and job
satisfaction. It is stronger at high pay levels than at low pay levels
d. On average, there is a weak positive association between pay and job
satisfaction. It is stronger at low pay levels than at high pay levels
3. In one of the studies discussed in the lecture (Anik et al., 2013), sales teams got an
amount of money to spend either on themselves or on each other. What effect did
this experimental manipulation have on sales?
a. Sales of the teams assigned to spend the money on each other increased over
time more than sales of the teams assigned to spend the money on themselves
b. Sales of the teams assigned to spend the money on themselves increased over
time more than sales of the teams assigned to spend the money on each other
c. There was no effect on sales but teams who spent the money on themselves
reported a higher job satisfaction than teams who spent the money on each
other
d. There was no effect on sales but teams who spent the money on each other
reported a higher job satisfaction than teams who spent the money on
themselves
4. Who is more likely to be attributed a high status in a public goods game?
a. High contributors to the public good
b. Low contributors to the public good
c. Average (moderate) contributors
d. High contributors to the public good, but only in small groups
5. Under what circumstances is social loafing reduced?
a. In large groups
b. With easy tasks
c. When working with acquaintances / friends
d. In groups that predominantly consist of men
