Test Bank for Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach, 9th Edition by Aamodt
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Grado
Industrial Psychology
Institución
Industrial Psychology
Test Bank for Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach, 9th Edition 9e by Michael G. Aamodt. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 15
1. Introduction to I/O Psychology.
2. Job Analysis and Evaluation.
3. Legal Issues in Employee Selection.
4. Employee Selection:...
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. In a meta-analysis conducted to see if a particular training method is better than another,
the proper effect size to use would be:
a. d
b. r
c. Z
d. t 2. A _____ implies that each person in the population has an equal chance of being selected.
a. random sample
b. convenience sample
c. random assignment
d. convenience assignment 3. The Harvard Business Review is an example of a:
a. journal
b. trade magazine
c. magazine
d. bridge publication 4. An effect size (d) of .20 is considered:
a. small
b. large
c. moderate
d. significant 5. In an experiment designed to test the effect of noise on employee performance, noise is the ______ and
employee performance is the ______.
a. dependent variable / independent variable b. dependent variable / control variable
c. independent variable/dependent variable
d. control variable / dependent variable 6. I/O psychology examines factors that affect the _______ in an organization, whereas business fields examine
the broader aspects of running an organization.
a. people
b. marketing
c. stock performance d. mission statement
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mangers is called the:
a. Hawthorne effect
b. Premack principle
c. Pygmalion effect
d. Peter principle 8. Which of the following research methods can determine a cause-and-effect relationship? a. Correlational method
b. Quasi-experimental method
c. Archival method
d. Experimental method 9. What field research gains in _______ it loses in _______.
a. control / external validity
b. power / control
c. internal validity / power
d. external validity / control 10. The use of correlational analysis does not allow you to infer a cause-and-effect relationship. This is because a
third variable, a(n) ______ variable, often accounts for the relationship between the two variables.
a. intervening
b. energizing
c. superordinate
d. matching 11. A large research sample is nice to have, however, it may not be necessary if the experimenter can choose a(n)
______ sample and control for many of the ______ variables.
a. random / extraneous
b. extraneous / random
c. representative / nuisance
d. homogeneous / confounding 12. To ensure that subjects are participating in a study of their own free will, researchers must obtain :
a. permission from the APA
b. a writ of mandamus from the participants c. informed consent from the participants
d. a valid control group
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Name: Class: Date: Chap 01 9e Aamodt 13. If a researcher calculated a correlation coefficient of r = 1.27 between two variables, you would conclude that
there is a(n):
a. high correlation
b. very low correlation
c. error in the calculation
d. moderately low positive correlation 14. Which of the following survey methods has the lowest response rate?
a. n-person interview
b. Email
c. Mail
d. Phone interview 15. _____ research sacrifices external validity for control of extraneous variables whereas _____ research
sacrifices the control of extraneous variables for external validity.
a. Laboratory / field
b. Field / laboratory
c. Archival / quasi-experimental
d. Quasi-experimental / archival 16. According to your text, the most important reason for the reliance on research is that it ultimately:
a. reduces accidents
b. saves an organization money
c. increases employee satisfaction
d. reduces turnover 17. In a ______ ethical dilemma, there is a high level of uncertainty as to what is right or wrong.
a. rationalizing
b. type A
c. type B
d. deconstructive 18. To get accepted into a graduate program in I/O psychology, a student usually must take which of the following
standardized tests?
a. LSAT
b. MCAT
c. ASVAB
d. GRE
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Name: Class: Date: Chap 01 9e Aamodt 19. Which of the following research methods uses previously collected company records?
a. Experimental
b. Survey
c. Archival
d. Meta-analysis 20. Significance levels tell us the ______ significance of a study and effect size tells us the _______ of a study.
a. statistical / alpha level
b. practical / beta level
c. practical / statistical significance
d. statistical / practical significance 21. Which of the following would a student in a doctoral program usually have to complete but a student in a
master’s program would not?
a. Thesis
b. Dissertation
c. Internship
d. A statistics course 22. Which of the following is the reason for WHY a study obtains certain results?
a. Hypothesis
b. Idea
c. Correlation
d. Theory 23. The _____ were a husband-and-wife team who were among the first scientists to improve productivity and
reduce fatigue by studying the motions used by workers.
a. Watsons
b. Scotts
c. Binghams
d. Gilbreths 24. Most research in industry uses a ________ sample.
a. random
b. convenience
c. free
d. stratified
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