Chap 01 7e - Levy
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A recent conceptualization of leadership that focuses on followers' perceptions of leader behaviors as
ethically right is known as:
a. good apples.
b. alpha leadership.
c. moralized leadership.
d. beta leadership.
ANSWER: c
2. Which is likely to be studied by an I/O psychologist whose emphasis is on the subspecialty of organizational
psychology?
a. performance appraisal
b. selection
c. job analysis
d. leadership
ANSWER: d
3. Sean is an I/O psychologist who conducts surveys in his organization to determine what types of things might
frustrate or upset employees. His goal is to find ways to help employees feel satisfied and proud of their job.
Sean's work primarily involves which area of emphasis?
a. selection
b. organizational development
c. performance appraisal
d. quality of work life
ANSWER: d
4. During the early development of I/O psychology, women primarily contributed through their work in industry,
rather than academia. Why was this?
a. Women in academia tended to focus more on teaching than on conducting research.
b. Women in academia were more focused on issues that had little real-world relevance.
c. Opportunities for women in academia were limited.
d. Women were not interested in joining academia.
ANSWER: c
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5. Which is unlikely to be studied by an I/O psychologist whose emphasis is on the subspecialty of
organizational psychology?
a. leadership
b. work attitudes
c. motivation
d. selection
ANSWER: d
6. A scientist/practitioner is both a generator and a consumer of knowledge. Therefore, their training should be
focused on both:
a. industrial and organizational psychology.
b. theory and application.
c. leaders and followers.
d. SIOP and APA.
ANSWER: b
7. According to Moore and Hartmann (1931), I/O psychology in Europe:
a. did not start developing until the 1950s.
b. developed earlier and faster than it did in the United States.
c. suffered from a lack of financial and governmental support.
d. was hampered by researchers refusing to collaborate.
ANSWER: b
8. I/O psychologists who are mainly concerned with the measurement and improvement of job-related attitudes
are primarily engaged in the area known as:
a. performance appraisal.
b. quality of work life.
c. consumer psychology.
d. organizational development.
ANSWER: b
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9. Cubrich and colleagues (2022) characterized the COVID-19 pandemic as leading to working arrangements
that were:
a. legal.
b. supportive.
c. insecure.
d. all of these.
ANSWER: c
10. A doctoral student in I/O psychology will complete their training by reviewing the research literature and
designing a study to answer a series of research questions, which is called:
a. publication.
b. dissertation.
c. practicum.
d. competency exam.
ANSWER: b
11. In a 2023 study by Cropanzo et al., positions were increasingly filled by which of these rather than full-time
employees?
a. contract/freelance workers
b. part-time employees
c. retirees
d. student workers
ANSWER: a
12. Shuo, an I/O psychologist who works at a large corporation, is in charge of performance management.
Which activity would Shuo be likely to engage in?
a. developing an intervention to redesign the organization's structure
b. training new employees on how to do their jobs
c. designing an appraisal measure for managers to use on their subordinates
d. assessing employee satisfaction
ANSWER: c
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13. The subspecialty that involves the study of motivation, work attitudes, and the culture of companies is:
a. industrial psychology.
b. personnel psychology.
c. performance psychology.
d. organizational psychology.
ANSWER: d
14. Which occurred during the time period between the 1960s and the mid-1980s?
a. The first I/O PhD was awarded to Bruce V. Moore.
b. The Army Alpha and Army Beta intelligence tests were administered for the first time.
c. The Hawthorne studies were conducted.
d. The civil rights movement led to a greater focus on fairness and discrimination issues.
ANSWER: d
15. Who wrote the book The Psychology of Management?
a. Walter Dill Scott
b. Hugo Munsterberg
c. Lillian Gilbreth
d. Frederick Taylor
ANSWER: c
16. The gig economy refers to:
a. the tendency for organizations to implement many short-term projects rather than a few long-term
projects.
b. increased use of contract and freelance workers.
c. the necessity for workers to create their brand to be appealing to organizations.
d. the increased interest in using cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to pay employees.
ANSWER: b
17. What is the research center developed after World War II to continue military-related I/O research?
a. SIOP
b. CISS
c. ARI
d. IAAP
ANSWER: c
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A recent conceptualization of leadership that focuses on followers' perceptions of leader behaviors as
ethically right is known as:
a. good apples.
b. alpha leadership.
c. moralized leadership.
d. beta leadership.
ANSWER: c
2. Which is likely to be studied by an I/O psychologist whose emphasis is on the subspecialty of organizational
psychology?
a. performance appraisal
b. selection
c. job analysis
d. leadership
ANSWER: d
3. Sean is an I/O psychologist who conducts surveys in his organization to determine what types of things might
frustrate or upset employees. His goal is to find ways to help employees feel satisfied and proud of their job.
Sean's work primarily involves which area of emphasis?
a. selection
b. organizational development
c. performance appraisal
d. quality of work life
ANSWER: d
4. During the early development of I/O psychology, women primarily contributed through their work in industry,
rather than academia. Why was this?
a. Women in academia tended to focus more on teaching than on conducting research.
b. Women in academia were more focused on issues that had little real-world relevance.
c. Opportunities for women in academia were limited.
d. Women were not interested in joining academia.
ANSWER: c
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5. Which is unlikely to be studied by an I/O psychologist whose emphasis is on the subspecialty of
organizational psychology?
a. leadership
b. work attitudes
c. motivation
d. selection
ANSWER: d
6. A scientist/practitioner is both a generator and a consumer of knowledge. Therefore, their training should be
focused on both:
a. industrial and organizational psychology.
b. theory and application.
c. leaders and followers.
d. SIOP and APA.
ANSWER: b
7. According to Moore and Hartmann (1931), I/O psychology in Europe:
a. did not start developing until the 1950s.
b. developed earlier and faster than it did in the United States.
c. suffered from a lack of financial and governmental support.
d. was hampered by researchers refusing to collaborate.
ANSWER: b
8. I/O psychologists who are mainly concerned with the measurement and improvement of job-related attitudes
are primarily engaged in the area known as:
a. performance appraisal.
b. quality of work life.
c. consumer psychology.
d. organizational development.
ANSWER: b
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9. Cubrich and colleagues (2022) characterized the COVID-19 pandemic as leading to working arrangements
that were:
a. legal.
b. supportive.
c. insecure.
d. all of these.
ANSWER: c
10. A doctoral student in I/O psychology will complete their training by reviewing the research literature and
designing a study to answer a series of research questions, which is called:
a. publication.
b. dissertation.
c. practicum.
d. competency exam.
ANSWER: b
11. In a 2023 study by Cropanzo et al., positions were increasingly filled by which of these rather than full-time
employees?
a. contract/freelance workers
b. part-time employees
c. retirees
d. student workers
ANSWER: a
12. Shuo, an I/O psychologist who works at a large corporation, is in charge of performance management.
Which activity would Shuo be likely to engage in?
a. developing an intervention to redesign the organization's structure
b. training new employees on how to do their jobs
c. designing an appraisal measure for managers to use on their subordinates
d. assessing employee satisfaction
ANSWER: c
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13. The subspecialty that involves the study of motivation, work attitudes, and the culture of companies is:
a. industrial psychology.
b. personnel psychology.
c. performance psychology.
d. organizational psychology.
ANSWER: d
14. Which occurred during the time period between the 1960s and the mid-1980s?
a. The first I/O PhD was awarded to Bruce V. Moore.
b. The Army Alpha and Army Beta intelligence tests were administered for the first time.
c. The Hawthorne studies were conducted.
d. The civil rights movement led to a greater focus on fairness and discrimination issues.
ANSWER: d
15. Who wrote the book The Psychology of Management?
a. Walter Dill Scott
b. Hugo Munsterberg
c. Lillian Gilbreth
d. Frederick Taylor
ANSWER: c
16. The gig economy refers to:
a. the tendency for organizations to implement many short-term projects rather than a few long-term
projects.
b. increased use of contract and freelance workers.
c. the necessity for workers to create their brand to be appealing to organizations.
d. the increased interest in using cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to pay employees.
ANSWER: b
17. What is the research center developed after World War II to continue military-related I/O research?
a. SIOP
b. CISS
c. ARI
d. IAAP
ANSWER: c
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