Exam 1: Introduction to I/O Psychology

In an experiment designed to test the effect of noise on employee performance, noise is the ______ and employee performance is the ______.

The variable that we expect to change as a result of our manipulation is called the:

A teacher wants to see if there are any differences in the test scores of students who take her exam on the computer and those who take her exam the traditional paper and pencil way. Students with an odd digit at the end of their student ID number are required to take her midterm exam on the computer and those with an even digit are required to take a paper and pencil exam. Her study has a _____ sample with _____.

_____ research sacrifices external validity for control of extraneous variables whereas_____ research sacrifices the control of extraneous variables for external validity.

Conducting a literature review means:

The greatest number of Ph.D. I/O psychologists work in:

The most powerful research method is the:

A large research sample is nice to have, however, it may not be necessary if the experimenter can choose a ______ sample and control for many of the ______ variables.

According to your text, the most important reason for the reliance on research is that it ultimately:

I/O psychologists who are involved in ________ study and practice in such areas as employee selection, job analysis, and job evaluation.

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 _____ implies that each person in the population has an equal chance of being selected.

Researchers at IBM think that employees who get to chose 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 chose 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:

An effect size (d) of .20 is considered:

Psychologists involved in _______ study leadership, job satisfaction, and employee motivation.

Even though they lack control, ____ are used due to ____ reasons.

Which of the following contain articles usually written by professional writers who have little expertise in a given field?

I/O psychology examines factors that affect the _______ in an organization, whereas business fields examine the broader aspects of running an organization.

Which of the following is a leading journal in I/O psychology?

What are the three sampling methods listed in the text?