Exam 16: Psychology Applied to Work

The step in assessing an organization's training needs in which the company's goals are examined and problems are identified is the ________ analysis step.

A performance appraisal method that specifies specific behaviors that would be associated with high performance, average performance, and substandard performance for the job being evaluated, arranges these behaviors into a rating scale, and matches the employee to the appropriate scaled behaviors that best correspond is the ________.

Each of the following is a characteristic evaluated by a KSAO system of job analysis except ________.

Behaviors that involve either soliciting sexual favors in exchange for favorable treatment or creating a hostile work environment are known as ________.

The aspects of a job usually evaluated by a job analysis include the ________.

A training method that allows employees to learn techniques and behaviors in a simulated work place is ________.

Devon is a psychologist studying how lighting and temperature affects worker productivity at a local manufacturing plant. He is also interested in how management policies affect employee morale and retention. He is most likely a(n) ________ psychologist.

Apprenticeships and job rotation are types of ________ training.

Generally, evaluations based on ________ are least prone to error.

The correlation between individual scores on a predictor variable and their subsequent performance on some criterion, such as job performance, as known as ________.

Cleo is a psychologist studying the various jobs in a local corporation to identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform them. She is most likely a(n) ________ psychologist.

Of all the methods used in personnel selection, ________ have the highest overall validity for predicting job performance.

Each of the following is a leadership characteristic that seems to be effective across different types of organizational settings except ________.

The theory that worker motivation depends on the expectation that by working hard they will achieve valued rewards is ________ theory.

The theory that worker motivation requires clearly stated goals and a belief that good job performance will lead to the attainment of these goals is ________ theory.

The field of psychology that includes the scientific study of how individuals and organizations work, and of how psychological principles can be applied to such settings to improve their effectiveness is ________ psychology.

The theory that work behavior that is followed by positive outcomes will be maintained and repeated is ________ theory.

Which of the following is not a type of measure of previous performance?

Each of the following is true of employment tests except they ________.

Which of the following selection methods has the highest predictive validity?