Exam 16: Psychology Applied to Work

Job ________ refers to the degree of pleasure an employee derives from his or her job.

Of all the methods used in personnel selection, tests of cognitive ability have the ________ overall validity for predicting job performance, and the ________ financial cost associated with their use.

Breaking down a job into its most basic components to identify the most important components and thus the most important skills and abilities needed to perform the job is known as a ________.

The starting point for understanding how to match employees to jobs is ________.

Which of the following is the proper sequence of steps in assessing an organization's training needs?

The process of selecting from a pool of job applicants those who will be hired to perform a job is known as ________.

A performance appraisal system is used to assess the ________.

Cleo is a psychologist studying the ways in which different corporate systems and structures affect overall worker productivity. She is most likely a(n) ________ psychologist.

A selection method that consists of asking questions to which the job applicant responds, either in a structured or an unstructured setting, is a(n) ________.

Training simulators and computer based simulators are most crucial to ________ training.

A method of job analysis that focuses on understanding the human characteristics required to perform a job successfully is known as a ________.

Which of the following is not one of the three (out of five) personality traits measured by integrity tests?

Among the "Big Five" personality traits, the one that has been most closely linked to job performance is ________.

A KSAO system of job analysis usually focuses on ________ categories of characteristics necessary to do a job well.

Formal methods used to assess the quantity and quality of work contributed by each individual within an organization are called ________.

Each of the following is a reason why it is important for organizations to offer programs in cultural diversity training except ________.

A method of conducting a job analysis that involves identifying the procedures and processes that workers use in the performance of the job and how the worker performs the job's tasks is a ________.

Each of the following is a reason that team-based approaches have been gaining in popularity in recent years except ________.

A training method in which workers are trained to perform each of the different jobs in a supervisory unit is ________.

The training method in which the employee being trained learns the new job tasks while actually performing the job is ________ training.