Exam 17: Psychology Applied to Work

The purpose of ________ is to hire applicants who will be the most productive employees.

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.

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

Professionals working in the subfield of ________ psychology are involved with managing human resources in organizations.

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

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

In the 1990s, of all new additions to the workforce in the U.S., about ________ percent were non-white.

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

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

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.

A performance appraisal system is used to assess the ________.

Conscientiousness is a valid predictor of job performance ________.

Professionals working in the subfield of ________ psychology are involved with studying factors that affect the company or corporation as a whole, rather than on the individuals who work for them.

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.

Job ________ is determined by the degree to which employees feel their expectations about their jobs are met.

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.

Counting the number of goods produced, the number of pieces assembled, or the dollars of product sold, are examples of a(n) ________ appraisal system.

People who score high on a test of conscientiousness turn out to be better workers than those who score low on the test. This test can be said to have high ________.

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.

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.