Industrial Psych: Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Fields of I/O Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - Selection and Placement, Training and
Development, Performance Appraisal, Organization Development, Quality of Worklife,
Ergonomics
High Context Cultures - CORRECT ANSWER - High: Information is implicit, Meaning of
words depends on the context, Communication is highly non-verbal
High Contact Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - encourage people to use their senses-to
stay close to each other and touch each other in process of communicating- as part of the
communication process
Conceptual Criteria - CORRECT ANSWER - Theoretical construct, abstract idea. EX:
Intellectual growth, Emotional Growth, Citizenship
Actual Criterion - CORRECT ANSWER - Operational or actual standard. EX: Grade point
average, adviser rating of emotional maturity, and number of volunteer organizations joined in
college
Criterion Deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER - the degree to which actual criteria fail to
overlap conceptual criteria, can be reduced but not eliminate
Criterion Relevance - CORRECT ANSWER - Degree to which actual criteria and
conceptual criteria coincide
Criterion Contamination - CORRECT ANSWER - unrelated to the conceptual criteria -
two parts: Bias and Error
Low-context culture - CORRECT ANSWER - Information is explicit, Words have specific
meaning, Communication is highly verbal
, Low Contact Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - the preference is to stand apart and not
touch each other while communicating
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER - extent actual criteria consistently measures something else
Error - CORRECT ANSWER - extent to which actual criteria is related to nothing at all
Task Orientated - CORRECT ANSWER - i. Examine the tasks performed
ii. Task Statements are written
iii. Incumbents then rate the tasks on difficulty, importance, frequency
iv. Functional Job Analysis (FJA), rates on things, data, and people
KSAOs - CORRECT ANSWER - knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics
Job Analysis Procedure - CORRECT ANSWER - Task orientated, worker oriented, linkage
analysis
Linkage Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - i. Examines the relationship between KSAOs
and tasks performed
ii. United task and worker orientated information
Competency Modeling - CORRECT ANSWER - array of competencies the organization
desires
Nature of Competencies - CORRECT ANSWER - an underlying characteristic of an
individual that contributes to job or role performance and to organizational success
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Fields of I/O Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - Selection and Placement, Training and
Development, Performance Appraisal, Organization Development, Quality of Worklife,
Ergonomics
High Context Cultures - CORRECT ANSWER - High: Information is implicit, Meaning of
words depends on the context, Communication is highly non-verbal
High Contact Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - encourage people to use their senses-to
stay close to each other and touch each other in process of communicating- as part of the
communication process
Conceptual Criteria - CORRECT ANSWER - Theoretical construct, abstract idea. EX:
Intellectual growth, Emotional Growth, Citizenship
Actual Criterion - CORRECT ANSWER - Operational or actual standard. EX: Grade point
average, adviser rating of emotional maturity, and number of volunteer organizations joined in
college
Criterion Deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER - the degree to which actual criteria fail to
overlap conceptual criteria, can be reduced but not eliminate
Criterion Relevance - CORRECT ANSWER - Degree to which actual criteria and
conceptual criteria coincide
Criterion Contamination - CORRECT ANSWER - unrelated to the conceptual criteria -
two parts: Bias and Error
Low-context culture - CORRECT ANSWER - Information is explicit, Words have specific
meaning, Communication is highly verbal
, Low Contact Culture - CORRECT ANSWER - the preference is to stand apart and not
touch each other while communicating
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER - extent actual criteria consistently measures something else
Error - CORRECT ANSWER - extent to which actual criteria is related to nothing at all
Task Orientated - CORRECT ANSWER - i. Examine the tasks performed
ii. Task Statements are written
iii. Incumbents then rate the tasks on difficulty, importance, frequency
iv. Functional Job Analysis (FJA), rates on things, data, and people
KSAOs - CORRECT ANSWER - knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics
Job Analysis Procedure - CORRECT ANSWER - Task orientated, worker oriented, linkage
analysis
Linkage Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - i. Examines the relationship between KSAOs
and tasks performed
ii. United task and worker orientated information
Competency Modeling - CORRECT ANSWER - array of competencies the organization
desires
Nature of Competencies - CORRECT ANSWER - an underlying characteristic of an
individual that contributes to job or role performance and to organizational success
