EPPP UPDATED REVIEW EXAMS TIPS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔In the development of a job performance measure, the "ultimate" criterion is:
a) a measure of performance that has a perfect (or near perfect) correlation with the
predictor
b) a measure of performance that is unaffected by measurement error
c) a measure of performance that is theoretical and cannot actually be measured
d) the actual measure of the empirically identifed conceptual criterion - ✔✔c) a measure
of performance that is theoretical and cannot actually be measured
✔✔Ensuring that employment decisions and practices are free from bias, that errors are
quickly corrected, and that stakeholders are involved in important decision-making
contributes to which of the following types of organizational justice?
a) interactional
b) procedural
c) distributive
d) retributive - ✔✔b) procedural
✔✔The Flynn effect refers to:
a) the tendency for high and low IQ scores to regress to the mean on retesting
b) the impact of examiner race on the IQ scores of minority children
c) the increase in average IQ over the last century
, d) the genetic contribution to IQ scores - ✔✔c) the increase in average IQ over the last
century
✔✔According to "levels of processing" theory, the best way to remember a list of ten
unrelated words is to:
a) memorize the words in pairs
b) "chunk" words that start with the same letter
c) repeat the words past the point of mastery
d) make a sentence using the words - ✔✔d) make a sentence using the words
✔✔When using empirical criterion keying to construct a structured personality test,
items included in the test are those that:
a) have high correlations with some items but low correlations with other items
b) have been identified by subject matter experts as measuring the traits identified by a
specific personality theory
c) have been found to accurately distinguish between people who do and do not
possess the traits measured by a scale or subtest
d) have been systematically evaluated and chosen on the basis of a set of
predetermined rules - ✔✔c) have been found to accurately distinguish between people
who do and do not possess the traits measured by a scale or subtest
✔✔After playing the role of a child abuser in a feature film, a well-known and formerly
well-liked actor begins receiving a lot of "hate mail." The writers of these letters are
exhibiting which of the following?
a) psychological reactance
b) the fundamental attribution error
c) the availability bias
d) defensive attribution - ✔✔b) the fundamental attribution error
✔✔A psychologist has just started working at a mental health clinic. Several of the
clients who are referred to him belong to an ethnic minority group that he has not
worked with before. He should:
a) inform the clients of his limited experience and discuss their options with them
b) consult with a senior member of the clinic
c) read relevant research on the needs of members of this group
d) refer the clients to a more qualified therapist - ✔✔b) consult with a senior member of
the clinic
✔✔Research on the development of depth perception in infants has shown that
sensitivity to depth cues emerges in which of the following sequences (from first to
last)?
a) binocular, pictorial, kinetic
b) kinetic, pictorial, binocular
c) binocular, kinetic, pictorial
d) kinetic, binocular, pictorial - ✔✔d) kinetic, binocular, pictorial
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔In the development of a job performance measure, the "ultimate" criterion is:
a) a measure of performance that has a perfect (or near perfect) correlation with the
predictor
b) a measure of performance that is unaffected by measurement error
c) a measure of performance that is theoretical and cannot actually be measured
d) the actual measure of the empirically identifed conceptual criterion - ✔✔c) a measure
of performance that is theoretical and cannot actually be measured
✔✔Ensuring that employment decisions and practices are free from bias, that errors are
quickly corrected, and that stakeholders are involved in important decision-making
contributes to which of the following types of organizational justice?
a) interactional
b) procedural
c) distributive
d) retributive - ✔✔b) procedural
✔✔The Flynn effect refers to:
a) the tendency for high and low IQ scores to regress to the mean on retesting
b) the impact of examiner race on the IQ scores of minority children
c) the increase in average IQ over the last century
, d) the genetic contribution to IQ scores - ✔✔c) the increase in average IQ over the last
century
✔✔According to "levels of processing" theory, the best way to remember a list of ten
unrelated words is to:
a) memorize the words in pairs
b) "chunk" words that start with the same letter
c) repeat the words past the point of mastery
d) make a sentence using the words - ✔✔d) make a sentence using the words
✔✔When using empirical criterion keying to construct a structured personality test,
items included in the test are those that:
a) have high correlations with some items but low correlations with other items
b) have been identified by subject matter experts as measuring the traits identified by a
specific personality theory
c) have been found to accurately distinguish between people who do and do not
possess the traits measured by a scale or subtest
d) have been systematically evaluated and chosen on the basis of a set of
predetermined rules - ✔✔c) have been found to accurately distinguish between people
who do and do not possess the traits measured by a scale or subtest
✔✔After playing the role of a child abuser in a feature film, a well-known and formerly
well-liked actor begins receiving a lot of "hate mail." The writers of these letters are
exhibiting which of the following?
a) psychological reactance
b) the fundamental attribution error
c) the availability bias
d) defensive attribution - ✔✔b) the fundamental attribution error
✔✔A psychologist has just started working at a mental health clinic. Several of the
clients who are referred to him belong to an ethnic minority group that he has not
worked with before. He should:
a) inform the clients of his limited experience and discuss their options with them
b) consult with a senior member of the clinic
c) read relevant research on the needs of members of this group
d) refer the clients to a more qualified therapist - ✔✔b) consult with a senior member of
the clinic
✔✔Research on the development of depth perception in infants has shown that
sensitivity to depth cues emerges in which of the following sequences (from first to
last)?
a) binocular, pictorial, kinetic
b) kinetic, pictorial, binocular
c) binocular, kinetic, pictorial
d) kinetic, binocular, pictorial - ✔✔d) kinetic, binocular, pictorial
