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Industrial Psychology
Unit 1
31
Psychology
Undergraduate 4
12/06/2010

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Term

 

 What type of the measurement it is: the size of organization (small vs. large):

 

 A.  Nominal

B.  Label

C.  Ordinal

D. Ratio  

Definition

 

 

a. Nominal

Term

One of the purpose of performance appraisal is communication, which refers to link employee activities to organization’s mission.

(T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

False

Term

When we are doing appraisal, what is the faults that are built into the system due to prior decision and built barriers to the appraisal?

 

A. Political barriers

B. Interpersonal barriers

C. Common cause

D. Special cause

Definition

 

 

 

C. Common cause

Term

The appraisal is more difficult as job complexity increases.

(T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

True

Term

 

What type of the rater has advantages that it improves people’s motivation and decreases defensiveness; while has disadvantages of lower validity

 

A. Subordinates

B. Clients

C. Self

D. Peers

Definition

 

 

 

C. Self

Term

 

________ measures depend upon human judgment and are more susceptible to bias; _______measures include production data, as well as employment data, and define the goals of the organization.

 

A. Subjective; objective.

B. Objective; subjective

C. Relative; absolute

D. Absolute; relative

Definition

 

 

 

A. Subjective; objective.

Term

 

What are the things we tend to remember:

 

A. First impressions

B. Unusual

C. Behavior consistent with opinion

D. All of the above

Definition

 

 

 

D. All of the above

Term

 

_______ is the judgmental biases in ratings that assumes people who are good at one thing is good at everything.

 

A. Leniency

B. Central tendency

C. Severity

D. Halo

Definition

 

 

 

D. Halo

Term

 

We can minimize leniency and severity of rating by:

 

A. allocating ratings into a forced distribution in which rates are apportioned according to an approximately normal distribution;

B. requiring supervisors to rank order;

C. encouraging raters to provide feedback on regular basis,

D. all of the above

Definition

 

 

 

D. all of the above

Term

_______ can control leniency, severity, and central tendency biases and assumes normal curve.

 

A. Simple ranking

B. Forced- choice

C. Forced distribution

D. Paired comparisons

Definition

 

 

 

C. Forced distribution

Term

 

_______ are types of measures of absolute rating systems?

 

A. Essays, rank ordering, and forced -choice

B. Essays, behavioral checklists, and forced-choice

C. Rank ordering, paired comparisons, and forced distribution

D. Paired comparisons, behavioral checklists, and forced distribution.

 

Definition

 

 

 

B. Essays, behavioral checklists, and forced-choice

Term

 

 

 Discriminability is a measure of the degree to which an item differentiated effective from ineffective worker

(T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

True

Term

 

______ is the reports by knowledgeable observers of tings employees did that were especially effective/in effective in accomplishing parts of their job.

 

A. Critical incidents

B. Job specification

C. Job description

D. Task analysis

Definition

 

 

 

A. Critical incidents

Term

Which of the following is NOT one of the objectives of rater training:

 

A. To improve the observational skills of raters by teaching them what to attend to.

B. Reduce or eliminate judgmental biases.

C.  To improve the ability of raters to rate fast.

D. To improve the ability of raters to communicate appraisal information in an objective, constructive manner with rates.

Definition

 

 

 

C.  To improve the ability of raters to rate fast.

Term

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 Eliminating judgmental biases is most effective at improving the accuracy of performance appraisals.

 

 

 (T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

F: Frame-of-reference training

Term

 

Job description indicates the personal characteristics necessary to do the work.

(T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

 (F: Job specification)

Term

 

Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of a good analysis?

 

A. Have the ability to bridge and manage critical boundaries and areas of interdependence.

B. Data are verifiable and replicable.

C. Involve description of work behavior independent of the personal characteristics or attributes of the employees who perform the job.

D. Have as goal the description of observables.

 

Definition

 

 

 

A. Have the ability to bridge and manage critical boundaries and areas of interdependence.

Term

What is right order to obtain job information? (1) Identify tasks performed (2) Determine essential KSAOs (3) Write tasks statements (4) Selecting tests to tap KSAOs (5) Rate tasks statements

A.1-3-4-5-2

B.1-3-5-2-4

C.4-5-3-1-2

D.2-5-1-3-4

Definition

B.1-3-5-2-4

Term

 

How can we collect job information?

 

A. Job participation

B. Observe incumbents

C. Interview subject matter experts (SMEs)

D. All of the above

Definition

 

 

 

D. All of the above

Term

 

The ability(in KSAOs) is the proficiency to perform learned task

(T/F)

Definition

(F: Skill)

Term

 

______ is a structured job analysis method containing 153 items with 10th

grade readability level and highly correlates with PAQ.

A. Fleishman Job Analysis survey( F-JAS)

B. Job structure profile

C. Job elements inventory

D. Functional job analysis

Definition

C. Job elements inventory

Term

 

 Cognitive/ achievement process of tests focuses more on the potentials compared with aptitude process.

(T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

F: aptitude process

Term

 

People who can do good on speed tests can do good on power tests; while people who can do good on power tests may can not do good on speed tests.

 

(T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

True

Term

 

 

 Standardized tests are more common.

(T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

False

Term

 

A survey with 300 questions can be an example of ______, a type of measurement error.

 

A. Transient states

B. Characteristics of the measure

C. Situational factors

D. Stable attributes

Definition

 

 

 

B. Characteristics of the measure

Term

A survey with 300 questions can be an example of ______, a type of measurement error.

 

A. Transient states

B. Characteristics of the measure

C. Situational factors

D. Stable attributes

 

Definition

 

 

 

B. Characteristics of the measure

Term

 

 

Test-retest is the coefficient of equivalence; alternate-forms is the coefficient of stability.

 

(T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

False

Term

 

______is the most frequently reported measure of internal consistency.

 

A. Coefficient Alpha

B. Split-half/Odd-even reliability

C. Alternate-forms reliability

D. Kuder-Richardson (KR-20)

Definition

 

 

 

A. Coefficient Alpha

Term

A measure cannot be valid but not reliable.

(T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

True

Term

 

Test should be ______ for rapport and public trust.

 

A. criterion-related validity

B. construct-related validity

C. content related validity

D. face validity

Definition

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D. face validity

Term

 

Construct-related evidence for validity has three types: concurrent, predictive, and postdicitve.

(T/F)

Definition

 

 

 

(f: criterion-related) 

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