Industrial Psychology Final Exam Question/Answers
Graded A+ 2025/2026
Defining intelligence can be problematic because - different cultures have different
views about who an "intelligent person" is.
T-test, analyses of variance, and chi-square tests are all examples of - inferential
statistics.
Research has indicated that the Achievement Strivings dimension is positively
correlated with - academic performance.
All of the following might be reasons why group members appear to value homogeneity
over diversity except - differences often result in a strong creative force.
The purpose of the time and motion studies was to - both a and b
(increase efficiency and increase productivity)
The belief in one's capability to perform a specific task or reach a specific goal is called -
self-efficacy.
Which of the following power motives emphasizes the personal benefits that come with
being a leader? - instramental
If a researcher wants to examine whether a test is reliable over a reasonable time
period, he or she might - administer the test to the same people at two different points in
time and calculate a correlation coefficient between the scores taken at time one and
the scores taken at time two
Social loafing tends to occur most often in what type of culture? - individualist
The regulation of emotional expression is known as - emotional labor
The division of the American Psychological Association that represents Industrial-
Organizational psychology is - Division 14
Which of the following is not one of the three stages of the organizational change theory
described by Kurt Lewin (1951)? - freezing
An I-O psychologist is attempting to measure job performance, but has found that many
measures include information that is unrelated to what is being measured. This problem
can be best explained as a(n) - criterion contamination
Graded A+ 2025/2026
Defining intelligence can be problematic because - different cultures have different
views about who an "intelligent person" is.
T-test, analyses of variance, and chi-square tests are all examples of - inferential
statistics.
Research has indicated that the Achievement Strivings dimension is positively
correlated with - academic performance.
All of the following might be reasons why group members appear to value homogeneity
over diversity except - differences often result in a strong creative force.
The purpose of the time and motion studies was to - both a and b
(increase efficiency and increase productivity)
The belief in one's capability to perform a specific task or reach a specific goal is called -
self-efficacy.
Which of the following power motives emphasizes the personal benefits that come with
being a leader? - instramental
If a researcher wants to examine whether a test is reliable over a reasonable time
period, he or she might - administer the test to the same people at two different points in
time and calculate a correlation coefficient between the scores taken at time one and
the scores taken at time two
Social loafing tends to occur most often in what type of culture? - individualist
The regulation of emotional expression is known as - emotional labor
The division of the American Psychological Association that represents Industrial-
Organizational psychology is - Division 14
Which of the following is not one of the three stages of the organizational change theory
described by Kurt Lewin (1951)? - freezing
An I-O psychologist is attempting to measure job performance, but has found that many
measures include information that is unrelated to what is being measured. This problem
can be best explained as a(n) - criterion contamination
