PSYC 3050 Final Exam (Cobb)
questions with complete solutions
2025/2026
Job satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔positive attitude or emotional state resulting from the
appraisal of one's job or job experience
Hawthorne effect - correct answer ✔✔a change in behavior or attitudes that was was the
simple result of increased attention
overall satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔overall assessment of job satisfaction that results either
from mathematically combining scores based on satisfaction with specific important aspects of
work or a single overall evaluative rating of the job
facet satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔information related to specific facets or elements of job
satisfaction
intrinsic satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔Satisfaction that derives from aspects central, or
intrinsic, to the job itself, such as responsibility.
extrinsic satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔satisfaction that derives from aspects extrinsic, or
external, to job tasks, such as pay or benefits
commitment - correct answer ✔✔psychological and emotional attachment an individual feels to
a relationship, an organization, a goal, or an occupation
affective commitment - correct answer ✔✔an emotional attachment to an organization
, continuance commitment - correct answer ✔✔perceived cost of leaving an organization
normative commitment - correct answer ✔✔an obligation to remain in an organization
job embeddedness - correct answer ✔✔the many and varied types of commitment that
individuals feel toward co-workers, teams, organizations, and careers
employee engagement - correct answer ✔✔a positive work-related state of mind that includes
high levels of energy, enthusiasm, and identification with one's work
mood - correct answer ✔✔generalized state of feeling not identified with a particular stimulus
and not sufficiently intense to interrupt ongoing thought processes
emotion - correct answer ✔✔An effect or feeling, often experienced and displayed in reaction
to an event or thought and accompanied by physiological changes in various systems of the
body.
negative affectivity - correct answer ✔✔Disposition where individuals are prone to experience a
diverse array of negative mood states (eg anxiety, depression, hostility, and guilt)
positive affectivity - correct answer ✔✔Disposition in which individuals are prone to describe
themselves as cheerful, enthusiastic, confident, active, and energetic.
core self evalutions - correct answer ✔✔assessments that individuals make of their
circumstances, elements of core evaluations, include self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of control,
and the absence of neuroticism
questions with complete solutions
2025/2026
Job satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔positive attitude or emotional state resulting from the
appraisal of one's job or job experience
Hawthorne effect - correct answer ✔✔a change in behavior or attitudes that was was the
simple result of increased attention
overall satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔overall assessment of job satisfaction that results either
from mathematically combining scores based on satisfaction with specific important aspects of
work or a single overall evaluative rating of the job
facet satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔information related to specific facets or elements of job
satisfaction
intrinsic satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔Satisfaction that derives from aspects central, or
intrinsic, to the job itself, such as responsibility.
extrinsic satisfaction - correct answer ✔✔satisfaction that derives from aspects extrinsic, or
external, to job tasks, such as pay or benefits
commitment - correct answer ✔✔psychological and emotional attachment an individual feels to
a relationship, an organization, a goal, or an occupation
affective commitment - correct answer ✔✔an emotional attachment to an organization
, continuance commitment - correct answer ✔✔perceived cost of leaving an organization
normative commitment - correct answer ✔✔an obligation to remain in an organization
job embeddedness - correct answer ✔✔the many and varied types of commitment that
individuals feel toward co-workers, teams, organizations, and careers
employee engagement - correct answer ✔✔a positive work-related state of mind that includes
high levels of energy, enthusiasm, and identification with one's work
mood - correct answer ✔✔generalized state of feeling not identified with a particular stimulus
and not sufficiently intense to interrupt ongoing thought processes
emotion - correct answer ✔✔An effect or feeling, often experienced and displayed in reaction
to an event or thought and accompanied by physiological changes in various systems of the
body.
negative affectivity - correct answer ✔✔Disposition where individuals are prone to experience a
diverse array of negative mood states (eg anxiety, depression, hostility, and guilt)
positive affectivity - correct answer ✔✔Disposition in which individuals are prone to describe
themselves as cheerful, enthusiastic, confident, active, and energetic.
core self evalutions - correct answer ✔✔assessments that individuals make of their
circumstances, elements of core evaluations, include self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of control,
and the absence of neuroticism
