PSY 255 TEST BANK 2026 COMPLETE
STUDY SHEET SOLVED QUESTIONS
● What is the main thing that 360 feedback is supposed to overcome?
Answer: Individual rater biases
● One item on the course evaluation form is "This instructor uses
personal examples to help get the points across in class," and students
will rate the instructor on a scale of 1 = inferior, 2 = below average, 3 =
average, 4 = above average, and 5 = superior. This item is an example
of: Answer: Graphic rating scale
● element Answer: the smallest unit of work activity
● For a school bus driver, turning a key to start the bus engine is an
example of a unit of work activity known as a: Answer: element
● Daisy conducted a job-oriented job analysis and wrote up the report.
Her report may be criticized for: Answer: being too narrowly focused
● Performance Appraisal (PA) Answer: systematic observation and
evaluation of job performance, and provision of feedback.
,● What is the belief that the results of PA are fair and will continue to be
so? Answer: trust in the PA system
● The four goals of science Answer: Description, explanation,
prediction, control
● Assumption of 360 feedback Answer: participation is liked
● What error could Daisy make for grading an assignment that is most
likely to make the class very happy? Answer: leniency
● Where are you most likely to find an I/O psychologist? Answer:
Academic institutions like MSU
● If Daisy follows a forced distribution method to assign grade for this
class, this means that Answer: A fixed proportion of students will get 4.0
regardless of how well they perform.
● Daisy gave a statistics test to a group of students at two points in time
and found out the high (and low) scorers on the first test were also the
high (and low) scorers on the second test. This means that her test has:
Answer: Test-retest reliability
● Data collection methods Answer: Case study
, Survey
Archival Data
● Protected ground in personnel law Answer: Race
Gender
Age
● The 3 assumptions of science Answer: Empiricism
Determinism
Discovrability
● Criteria for a good theory Answer: Precision
Testability
Parsimony
● Forms of reliability Answer: Test-retest
Parallel Forms
Internal Consistency
● Forms of Validity Answer: Internal
External
Construct
STUDY SHEET SOLVED QUESTIONS
● What is the main thing that 360 feedback is supposed to overcome?
Answer: Individual rater biases
● One item on the course evaluation form is "This instructor uses
personal examples to help get the points across in class," and students
will rate the instructor on a scale of 1 = inferior, 2 = below average, 3 =
average, 4 = above average, and 5 = superior. This item is an example
of: Answer: Graphic rating scale
● element Answer: the smallest unit of work activity
● For a school bus driver, turning a key to start the bus engine is an
example of a unit of work activity known as a: Answer: element
● Daisy conducted a job-oriented job analysis and wrote up the report.
Her report may be criticized for: Answer: being too narrowly focused
● Performance Appraisal (PA) Answer: systematic observation and
evaluation of job performance, and provision of feedback.
,● What is the belief that the results of PA are fair and will continue to be
so? Answer: trust in the PA system
● The four goals of science Answer: Description, explanation,
prediction, control
● Assumption of 360 feedback Answer: participation is liked
● What error could Daisy make for grading an assignment that is most
likely to make the class very happy? Answer: leniency
● Where are you most likely to find an I/O psychologist? Answer:
Academic institutions like MSU
● If Daisy follows a forced distribution method to assign grade for this
class, this means that Answer: A fixed proportion of students will get 4.0
regardless of how well they perform.
● Daisy gave a statistics test to a group of students at two points in time
and found out the high (and low) scorers on the first test were also the
high (and low) scorers on the second test. This means that her test has:
Answer: Test-retest reliability
● Data collection methods Answer: Case study
, Survey
Archival Data
● Protected ground in personnel law Answer: Race
Gender
Age
● The 3 assumptions of science Answer: Empiricism
Determinism
Discovrability
● Criteria for a good theory Answer: Precision
Testability
Parsimony
● Forms of reliability Answer: Test-retest
Parallel Forms
Internal Consistency
● Forms of Validity Answer: Internal
External
Construct
