Question 1

According to the textbook,when people were asked the question: "If you were to get enough money to live as comfortably as you would like for the rest of your life,would you continue to work or would you stop working?" a majority people reported that

Accepted Answer

A)  they would stop working.
B)  they would continue working.
C)  they would find a new and more exciting job.
D)  they would take a lot of time off,but eventually return to work. B

Question 2

An organizational psychologist would be most likely concerned with

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A)  helping people organize their schedules and daily planners.
B)  studying the interaction between humans and technology.
C)  understanding the emotional and motivational side of work.
D)  interviewing potential employees. C

Question 3

All of the following are dimensions included in Hofstede's theory of culture except

Accepted Answer

A)  individualism/collectivism.
B)  uncertainty avoidance.
C)  long-term versus short-term orientation.
D)  inferior versus superior. D

Question 4

The SIOP website is a good place for aspiring I-O psychologists to examine.All of the following are offered by the website except

Accepted Answer

A)  JobNet - matching employers with applicants.
B)  a list of SIOP publications.
C)  online I-O psychology courses.
D)  TIP - the SIOP quarterly newsletter.

Question 5

The main distinction between the Army Alpha and the Army Beta is

Accepted Answer

A)  the Army Alpha was administered to illiterate recruits,while the Army Beta was administered to literate recruits.
B)  the Army Alpha was administered to literate recruits,while the Army Beta was administered to illiterate recruits.
C)  the Army Alpha was designed to measure how people responded to stress,while the Army Beta measured people's reaction times.
D)  the Army Alpha was designed to measure people's reaction times,while the Army Beta measured people's reactions to stress.

Question 6

John prefers to work alone and to make his own decisions at work,while Jennifer prefers to consult her work group prior to making any decisions.Jennifer would likely fit best in which type of culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  individualist
B)  collectivist
C)  socialist
D)  egocentric

Question 7

"Protected groups," as stated in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,include

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A)  race,sexual orientation,color,political ideology.
B)  race ,age,color,sex,national origin.
C)  race,color,religion,sex,national origin.
D)  race,color,disability status,sex,religion.

Question 8

The Time and Motion studies involved all the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  developing more efficient movements that would reduce fatigue and increase productivity.
B)  timing movements with a stopwatch.
C)  breaking down every action into its constituent parts.
D)  investigating employee attitudes about the length of the work week.

Question 9

James McKeen Cattell had a major influence on the emergence of I-O psychology.He was among the first to realize the importance of studying:

Accepted Answer

A)  American organizations as representative of Japanese organizations.
B)  differences among individuals as a way of predicting their behavior.
C)  how organizations treat their employees as related to employee performance.
D)  individual beliefs in understanding the work-family relationship.

Question 10

John works for a major investment firm located in the United States.He has recently been reassigned to the firm's office in Eastern Asia.John will most likely be successful in his new environment if he

Accepted Answer

A)  tries to adapt to East Asian culture.
B)  maintains a "West vs.the Rest" mentality.
C)  has a low tolerance for novel experiences.
D)  maintains his American identity in all situations.

Question 11

Frederick W.Taylor's book on Scientific Management offered

Accepted Answer

A)  the one best and most efficient way to perform various jobs.
B)  assessment centers to recruit and train spies for the U.S.government.
C)  a standardization of airplane cockpits.
D)  a systematic approach to understanding differences among subjects' responses to external stimuli.

Question 12

Company Y has just designed a new checkout counter for a chain of supermarkets.This new checkout counter will allow the employees to scan and bag groceries more efficiently.Development of the new checkout counter was most likely done by a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  personnel psychologist.
B)  organizational psychologist.
C)  human resources director.
D)  human factors psychologist.

Question 13

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination against all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  race.
B)  disability.
C)  religion.
D)  gender.

Question 14

American managers and professionals assigned to work in locations outside of the United States are referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  expatriates.
B)  legal aliens.
C)  Immigrants.
D)  satellite Americans.

Question 15

David is a Fine Arts major who will be graduating in a year.He recently became interested in pursuing a graduate degree in I-O psychology.David should do all of the following to improve his credentials for admittance to a graduate program except

Accepted Answer

A)  assume that his credentials are fine since his GRE scores are excellent.
B)  become a research assistant to a professor.
C)  obtain an internship with a local business in the HR department.
D)  enroll in as many I-O psychology classes as he can.

Question 16

Cultures in which people,relationships,and the environment are most important can be best characterized as

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A)  horizontal cultures.
B)  vertical cultures.
C)  masculine cultures.
D)  feminine cultures.

Question 17

SIOP is Division 14 of the

Accepted Answer

A)  American Psychological Association.
B)  American Psychological Society.
C)  Industrial-Organizational Psychologist.
D)  Western Psychological Association.

Question 18

Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 deals with

Accepted Answer

A)  employment discrimination.
B)  voting rights.
C)  education.
D)  housing.

Question 19

A major distinction between the Stanford-Binet and the Army Alpha test is

Accepted Answer

A)  the Stanford-Binet was administered to one individual at a time,whereas the Army Alpha could be administered to large groups.
B)  the Stanford-Binet could be administered to large groups of people whereas the Army Alpha could only be administered to one individual at a time.
C)  the Stanford-Binet was developed for assessing individuals' emotional reactions to stress whereas the Army Alpha tested intelligence.
D)  the Stanford-Binet was developed for testing dexterity whereas the Army Alpha was developed for assessing individuals' emotional reactions to stress.

Question 20

The Hawthorne Studies led to the dramatic discovery that

Accepted Answer

A)  boring work is directly related to a worker's level of interest.
B)  a worker's family situation impacts their level of production.
C)  higher productivity can only be achieved by varying worker conditions.
D)  workers' attitudes play a role in productivity.

Exam 1: What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology