PSY 255 Exam 1 with correct answers
Employee comparison techniques used for PA purposes. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rank order
Paired Comparison
Forced Distribution
What is the main thing that 360 feedback is supposed to
overcome? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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: -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Graphic rating scale
element - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔element
,Daisy conducted a job-oriented job analysis and wrote up
the report. Her report may be criticized for: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔being too narrowly focused
Performance Appraisal (PA) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔trust in the
PA system
The four goals of science - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Description, explanation, prediction, control
Assumption of 360 feedback - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔participation is liked
What error could Daisy make for grading an assignment
that is most likely to make the class very happy? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔leniency
Where are you most likely to find an I/O psychologist? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Academic institutions like MSU
, If Daisy follows a forced distribution method to assign
grade for this class, this means that - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Test-retest reliability
Data collection methods - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Case
study
Survey
Archival Data
Protected ground in personnel law - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Race
Gender
Age
The 3 assumptions of science - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Empiricism
Determinism
Employee comparison techniques used for PA purposes. -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rank order
Paired Comparison
Forced Distribution
What is the main thing that 360 feedback is supposed to
overcome? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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: -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Graphic rating scale
element - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔element
,Daisy conducted a job-oriented job analysis and wrote up
the report. Her report may be criticized for: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔being too narrowly focused
Performance Appraisal (PA) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔trust in the
PA system
The four goals of science - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Description, explanation, prediction, control
Assumption of 360 feedback - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔participation is liked
What error could Daisy make for grading an assignment
that is most likely to make the class very happy? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔leniency
Where are you most likely to find an I/O psychologist? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Academic institutions like MSU
, If Daisy follows a forced distribution method to assign
grade for this class, this means that - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Test-retest reliability
Data collection methods - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Case
study
Survey
Archival Data
Protected ground in personnel law - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Race
Gender
Age
The 3 assumptions of science - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Empiricism
Determinism
