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Chapter 01: Introduction to I/O Psychology
1. I/O psychology is a branch of psychology that _____ in the workplace.
a. treats psychological disorders
b. applies the principles of psychology
c. provides therapy to employees
d. determines if employees exhibit mental health issues
ANSWER: b
2. I/O psychology examines factors that affect the _______ in an organization, whereas business fields examine the
broader aspects of running an organization.
a. people
b. marketing
c. stock performance
d. mission statement
ANSWER: a
3. I/O psychologists who are involved in ________ study and practice in such areas as employee selection, job analysis,
and job evaluation.
a. personnel psychology
b. organizational psychology
c. training and development
d. human factors
ANSWER: a
4. The study of leadership is part of:
a. personnel psychology
b. training and development
c. human factors
d. organizational psychology
ANSWER: d
5. Psychologists involved in _______ study leadership, job satisfaction, and employee motivation.
a. personnel psychology
b. organizational psychology
c. training and development
d. human factors
ANSWER: b
6. Regardless of the official start date, I/O psychology was born in the:
a. mid 1800s
b. late 1800s
c. early 1900s
d. mid 1900s
ANSWER: c
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7. I/O Psychology first started about:
a. 1840
b. 1938
c. 1903
d. 1957
ANSWER: c
8. The _____ were a husband-and-wife team who were among the first scientists to improve productivity and reduce
fatigue by studying the motions used by workers.
a. Watsons
b. Scotts
c. Binghams
d. Gilbreths
ANSWER: d
9. In which decade were the Hawthorne studies published?
a. 1920s
b. 1930s
c. 1960s
d. 1980s
ANSWER: b
10. Changes in employee behavior that result from an employee being studied or receiving increased attention from
mangers is called the:
a. Hawthorne effect
b. Premack principle
c. Pygmalion effect
d. Peter principle
ANSWER: a
11. Which decade was characterized by the development of assessment centers and biodata?
a. 1950s
b. 1960s
c. 1970s
d. 1980s
ANSWER: a
12. The use of more sophisticated statistical techniques, a more aggressive approach in developing methods to select
employees, and an increased interest in the application of cognitive psychology to industry took place in the:
a. 1920s and 30s
b. 1940s and 50s
c. 1960s and 70s
d. 1980s and 90s
ANSWER: d
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13. More I/O psychologists with Ph.D. degrees work in ___________ than in any other single setting.
a. universities
b. consulting firms
c. private industry
d. the public sector
ANSWER: a
14. Compared to Ph.D.'s, master's level graduates are less often employed by:
a. universities
b. consulting firms
c. the private industry
d. the public sector
ANSWER: a
15. To get accepted into a graduate program in I/O psychology, a student usually must take which of the following
standardized tests?
a. LSAT
b. MCAT
c. ASVAB
d. GRE
ANSWER: d
16. Which of the following would a student in a doctoral program usually have to complete but a student in a master’s
program would not?
a. Thesis
b. Dissertation
c. Internship
d. A statistics course
ANSWER: b
17. According to your text, the most important reason for the reliance on research is that it ultimately:
a. reduces accidents
b. saves an organization money
c. increases employee satisfaction
d. reduces turnover
ANSWER: b
18. Which of the following is the reason for WHY a study obtains certain results?
a. Hypothesis
b. Idea
c. Correlation
d. Theory
ANSWER: d
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19. Conducting a literature review means:
a. reading the classics
b. seeing if similar research has been conducted
c. assessing a study's reading level
d. calling other researchers for their opinion
ANSWER: b
20. The Harvard Business Review is an example of a:
a. journal
b. trade magazine
c. magazine
d. bridge publication
ANSWER: d
21. Which of the following contain articles usually written by professional writers who have little expertise in a given
field?
a. Journals
b. Magazines and journals
c. Magazines
d. Bridge publications
ANSWER: c
22. What field research gains in _______ it loses in _______.
a. control / external validity
b. power / control
c. internal validity / power
d. external validity / control
ANSWER: d
23. To ensure that subjects are participating in a study of their own free will, researchers must obtain:
a. permission from the APA
b. a writ of mandamus from the participants
c. informed consent from the participants
d. a valid control group
ANSWER: c
24. To ensure ethical treatment of subjects, universities have:
a. institutional review boards
b. the APA closely monitor every study
c. witnesses during experiments
d. well-known researchers
ANSWER: a
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25. Because it can determine cause-and-effect relationships, the most powerful research method is the:
a. correlational method
b. quasi-experimental method
c. archival method
d. experimental method
ANSWER: d
26. Which of the following research methods can determine a cause-and-effect relationship?
a. Correlational method
b. Quasi-experimental method
c. Archival method
d. Experimental method
ANSWER: d
27. What variable is manipulated in an experiment?
a. Independent
b. Dependent
c. Intervening
d. Control
ANSWER: a
28. The variable that we expect to change as a result of our manipulation is called the:
a. independent variable
b. dependent variable
c. intervening variable
d. control variable
ANSWER: b
29. Manipulating the _____ best distinguishes experimental research methods from other research methods.
a. dependent variable
b. intervening variable
c. statistical results
d. independent variable
ANSWER: d
30. In an experiment designed to test the effect of noise on employee performance, noise is the ______ and employee
performance is the ______.
a. dependent variable / independent variable
b. dependent variable / control variable
c. independent variable/dependent variable
d. control variable / dependent variable
ANSWER: c
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31. Researchers at IBM think that employees who get to choose their own working hours will be more satisfied than those
who do not. To test this idea, IBM employees at the Dallas facility are told that they can choose their own hours. Six
months later, the satisfaction level of employees in the Dallas facility is compared to employees in the Knoxville facility.
The employees in the Knoxville facility are considered the:
a. dependent variable
b. control group
c. experimental group
d. independent variable
ANSWER: b
32. The main difference between a quasi-experiment and an experiment is that the independent variable:
a. is manipulated in an experiment
b. is manipulated in a quasi-experiment
c. has 3 levels in an experiment
d. cannot be measured in a quasi-experiment
ANSWER: a
33. Even though they lack control, ____ are used due to ____ reasons.
a. experiments / ethical
b. correlational designs / historical
c. archival methods / statistical
d. quasi-experiments / ethical and practical
ANSWER: d
34. _____ research sacrifices external validity for control of extraneous variables whereas _____ research sacrifices the
control of extraneous variables for external validity.
a. Laboratory / field
b. Field / laboratory
c. Archival / quasi-experimental
d. Quasi-experimental / archival
ANSWER: a
35. Which of the following research methods uses previously collected company records?
a. Experimental
b. Survey
c. Archival
d. Meta-analysis
ANSWER: c
36. If you went through your employee files to determine what type of person makes the best
employee, you would probably be conducting:
a. archival research
b. a meta-analysis
c. a field study
d. an experiment
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ANSWER: a
37. Which of the following survey methods has the lowest response rate?
a. n-person interview
b. Email
c. Mail
d. Phone interview
ANSWER: b
38. Which of the following will NOT increase the response rates to mailed surveys?
a. Include a monetary incentive
b. Keep the survey under 4 pages
c. Have a university sponsor the survey
d. Include the person’s name
ANSWER: d
39. _______ is a method of reaching conclusions based on the statistical combination of several previous research studies.
a. The experimental method
b. Quasi-experimental analysis
c. Archival research
d. Meta-analysis
ANSWER: d
40. In a meta-analysis conducted to see if a particular training method is better than another,
the proper effect size to use would be:
a. d
b. r
c. Z
d. t
ANSWER: a
41. Meta-analyses looking at the difference between two groups would use ___ as the effect size whereas meta-analyses
looking at the relationship between two variables would use ___ as the effect size.
a. d / r
b. r / d
c. t / d
d. t / F
ANSWER: a
42. An effect size (d) of .20 is considered:
a. small
b. large
c. moderate
d. significant
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ANSWER: a
43. The statistical "averaging" of effect sizes across previous empirical studies defines:
a. experimental research
b. meta-analysis
c. correlational research
d. archival research
ANSWER: b
44. A large research sample is nice to have, however, it may not be necessary if the experimenter can choose a(n) ______
sample and control for many of the ______ variables.
a. random / extraneous
b. extraneous / random
c. representative / nuisance
d. homogeneous / confounding
ANSWER: a
45. The majority of research in the field of I/O psychology is conducted at universities using students as subjects rather
than employees. In fact, college students serve as subjects in approximately ____ percent of all published I/O research.
a. 5%
b. 50%
c. 85%
d. 99%
ANSWER: b
46. In general, the majority of the research comparing college student samples with actual employee samples conclude
that college students behave _______ real world samples.
a. similarly to
b. differently than
c. No research is available
d. The research results are inconsistent
ANSWER: d
47. A _____ implies that each person in the population has an equal chance of being selected.
a. random sample
b. convenience sample
c. random assignment
d. convenience assignment
ANSWER: a
48. Most research in industry uses a ________ sample.
a. random
b. convenience
c. free
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1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you 10 or five pages.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel
sheet if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make
update at every time. There are many new
editions waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file
You can contact us at every time, we can
replace it with true one.
Our email:
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: Introduction to I/O Psychology
1. I/O psychology is a branch of psychology that _____ in the workplace.
a. treats psychological disorders
b. applies the principles of psychology
c. provides therapy to employees
d. determines if employees exhibit mental health issues
ANSWER: b
2. I/O psychology examines factors that affect the _______ in an organization, whereas business fields examine the
broader aspects of running an organization.
a. people
b. marketing
c. stock performance
d. mission statement
ANSWER: a
3. I/O psychologists who are involved in ________ study and practice in such areas as employee selection, job analysis,
and job evaluation.
a. personnel psychology
b. organizational psychology
c. training and development
d. human factors
ANSWER: a
4. The study of leadership is part of:
a. personnel psychology
b. training and development
c. human factors
d. organizational psychology
ANSWER: d
5. Psychologists involved in _______ study leadership, job satisfaction, and employee motivation.
a. personnel psychology
b. organizational psychology
c. training and development
d. human factors
ANSWER: b
6. Regardless of the official start date, I/O psychology was born in the:
a. mid 1800s
b. late 1800s
c. early 1900s
d. mid 1900s
ANSWER: c
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7. I/O Psychology first started about:
a. 1840
b. 1938
c. 1903
d. 1957
ANSWER: c
8. The _____ were a husband-and-wife team who were among the first scientists to improve productivity and reduce
fatigue by studying the motions used by workers.
a. Watsons
b. Scotts
c. Binghams
d. Gilbreths
ANSWER: d
9. In which decade were the Hawthorne studies published?
a. 1920s
b. 1930s
c. 1960s
d. 1980s
ANSWER: b
10. Changes in employee behavior that result from an employee being studied or receiving increased attention from
mangers is called the:
a. Hawthorne effect
b. Premack principle
c. Pygmalion effect
d. Peter principle
ANSWER: a
11. Which decade was characterized by the development of assessment centers and biodata?
a. 1950s
b. 1960s
c. 1970s
d. 1980s
ANSWER: a
12. The use of more sophisticated statistical techniques, a more aggressive approach in developing methods to select
employees, and an increased interest in the application of cognitive psychology to industry took place in the:
a. 1920s and 30s
b. 1940s and 50s
c. 1960s and 70s
d. 1980s and 90s
ANSWER: d
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13. More I/O psychologists with Ph.D. degrees work in ___________ than in any other single setting.
a. universities
b. consulting firms
c. private industry
d. the public sector
ANSWER: a
14. Compared to Ph.D.'s, master's level graduates are less often employed by:
a. universities
b. consulting firms
c. the private industry
d. the public sector
ANSWER: a
15. To get accepted into a graduate program in I/O psychology, a student usually must take which of the following
standardized tests?
a. LSAT
b. MCAT
c. ASVAB
d. GRE
ANSWER: d
16. Which of the following would a student in a doctoral program usually have to complete but a student in a master’s
program would not?
a. Thesis
b. Dissertation
c. Internship
d. A statistics course
ANSWER: b
17. According to your text, the most important reason for the reliance on research is that it ultimately:
a. reduces accidents
b. saves an organization money
c. increases employee satisfaction
d. reduces turnover
ANSWER: b
18. Which of the following is the reason for WHY a study obtains certain results?
a. Hypothesis
b. Idea
c. Correlation
d. Theory
ANSWER: d
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19. Conducting a literature review means:
a. reading the classics
b. seeing if similar research has been conducted
c. assessing a study's reading level
d. calling other researchers for their opinion
ANSWER: b
20. The Harvard Business Review is an example of a:
a. journal
b. trade magazine
c. magazine
d. bridge publication
ANSWER: d
21. Which of the following contain articles usually written by professional writers who have little expertise in a given
field?
a. Journals
b. Magazines and journals
c. Magazines
d. Bridge publications
ANSWER: c
22. What field research gains in _______ it loses in _______.
a. control / external validity
b. power / control
c. internal validity / power
d. external validity / control
ANSWER: d
23. To ensure that subjects are participating in a study of their own free will, researchers must obtain:
a. permission from the APA
b. a writ of mandamus from the participants
c. informed consent from the participants
d. a valid control group
ANSWER: c
24. To ensure ethical treatment of subjects, universities have:
a. institutional review boards
b. the APA closely monitor every study
c. witnesses during experiments
d. well-known researchers
ANSWER: a
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25. Because it can determine cause-and-effect relationships, the most powerful research method is the:
a. correlational method
b. quasi-experimental method
c. archival method
d. experimental method
ANSWER: d
26. Which of the following research methods can determine a cause-and-effect relationship?
a. Correlational method
b. Quasi-experimental method
c. Archival method
d. Experimental method
ANSWER: d
27. What variable is manipulated in an experiment?
a. Independent
b. Dependent
c. Intervening
d. Control
ANSWER: a
28. The variable that we expect to change as a result of our manipulation is called the:
a. independent variable
b. dependent variable
c. intervening variable
d. control variable
ANSWER: b
29. Manipulating the _____ best distinguishes experimental research methods from other research methods.
a. dependent variable
b. intervening variable
c. statistical results
d. independent variable
ANSWER: d
30. In an experiment designed to test the effect of noise on employee performance, noise is the ______ and employee
performance is the ______.
a. dependent variable / independent variable
b. dependent variable / control variable
c. independent variable/dependent variable
d. control variable / dependent variable
ANSWER: c
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31. Researchers at IBM think that employees who get to choose their own working hours will be more satisfied than those
who do not. To test this idea, IBM employees at the Dallas facility are told that they can choose their own hours. Six
months later, the satisfaction level of employees in the Dallas facility is compared to employees in the Knoxville facility.
The employees in the Knoxville facility are considered the:
a. dependent variable
b. control group
c. experimental group
d. independent variable
ANSWER: b
32. The main difference between a quasi-experiment and an experiment is that the independent variable:
a. is manipulated in an experiment
b. is manipulated in a quasi-experiment
c. has 3 levels in an experiment
d. cannot be measured in a quasi-experiment
ANSWER: a
33. Even though they lack control, ____ are used due to ____ reasons.
a. experiments / ethical
b. correlational designs / historical
c. archival methods / statistical
d. quasi-experiments / ethical and practical
ANSWER: d
34. _____ research sacrifices external validity for control of extraneous variables whereas _____ research sacrifices the
control of extraneous variables for external validity.
a. Laboratory / field
b. Field / laboratory
c. Archival / quasi-experimental
d. Quasi-experimental / archival
ANSWER: a
35. Which of the following research methods uses previously collected company records?
a. Experimental
b. Survey
c. Archival
d. Meta-analysis
ANSWER: c
36. If you went through your employee files to determine what type of person makes the best
employee, you would probably be conducting:
a. archival research
b. a meta-analysis
c. a field study
d. an experiment
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ANSWER: a
37. Which of the following survey methods has the lowest response rate?
a. n-person interview
b. Email
c. Mail
d. Phone interview
ANSWER: b
38. Which of the following will NOT increase the response rates to mailed surveys?
a. Include a monetary incentive
b. Keep the survey under 4 pages
c. Have a university sponsor the survey
d. Include the person’s name
ANSWER: d
39. _______ is a method of reaching conclusions based on the statistical combination of several previous research studies.
a. The experimental method
b. Quasi-experimental analysis
c. Archival research
d. Meta-analysis
ANSWER: d
40. In a meta-analysis conducted to see if a particular training method is better than another,
the proper effect size to use would be:
a. d
b. r
c. Z
d. t
ANSWER: a
41. Meta-analyses looking at the difference between two groups would use ___ as the effect size whereas meta-analyses
looking at the relationship between two variables would use ___ as the effect size.
a. d / r
b. r / d
c. t / d
d. t / F
ANSWER: a
42. An effect size (d) of .20 is considered:
a. small
b. large
c. moderate
d. significant
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ANSWER: a
43. The statistical "averaging" of effect sizes across previous empirical studies defines:
a. experimental research
b. meta-analysis
c. correlational research
d. archival research
ANSWER: b
44. A large research sample is nice to have, however, it may not be necessary if the experimenter can choose a(n) ______
sample and control for many of the ______ variables.
a. random / extraneous
b. extraneous / random
c. representative / nuisance
d. homogeneous / confounding
ANSWER: a
45. The majority of research in the field of I/O psychology is conducted at universities using students as subjects rather
than employees. In fact, college students serve as subjects in approximately ____ percent of all published I/O research.
a. 5%
b. 50%
c. 85%
d. 99%
ANSWER: b
46. In general, the majority of the research comparing college student samples with actual employee samples conclude
that college students behave _______ real world samples.
a. similarly to
b. differently than
c. No research is available
d. The research results are inconsistent
ANSWER: d
47. A _____ implies that each person in the population has an equal chance of being selected.
a. random sample
b. convenience sample
c. random assignment
d. convenience assignment
ANSWER: a
48. Most research in industry uses a ________ sample.
a. random
b. convenience
c. free
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