Question 1

Murphy and others' (2003)survey of over 700 professionals indicated that most

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A) relied extensively on standardized tests of intelligence in personnel selection. 
B) had never heard of the use of standardized tests of intelligence in personnel selection. 
C) agreed that intelligence is not fully captured by standardized tests. 
D) believed that integrity tests were more important intelligence tests. 
A) relied extensively on standardized tests of intelligence in personnel selection. 
B) had never heard of the use of standardized tests of intelligence in personnel selection. 
C) agreed that intelligence is not fully captured by standardized tests. 
D) believed that integrity tests were more important intelligence tests.

Question 2

As managers,Homer is viewed as easygoing and agreeable,while Marge is seen as very conscientious.Which of the following is most likely to occur?

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A) Homer will be more lenient than Marge in evaluating employees. 
B) Homer will be harsher than Marge in evaluating employees. 
C) Marge will be more likely than Homer to use objective measures of appraisal. 
D) Marge will be more likely than Homer to use subjective measures of appraisal. 
A) Homer will be more lenient than Marge in evaluating employees. 
B) Homer will be harsher than Marge in evaluating employees. 
C) Marge will be more likely than Homer to use objective measures of appraisal. 
D) Marge will be more likely than Homer to use subjective measures of appraisal.

Question 3

What is not a reason for why preferential selection policies have negative effects?

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A) People perceive focus on group membership in the decision process as unjust. 
B) The beneficiaries of the policies do not attribute their success on the job to their own skill and performance. 
C) Preferential selection leads beneficiaries of it to feel stigmatized at work. 
D) Preferential selection increases diversity in the workforce. 
A) People perceive focus on group membership in the decision process as unjust. 
B) The beneficiaries of the policies do not attribute their success on the job to their own skill and performance. 
C) Preferential selection leads beneficiaries of it to feel stigmatized at work. 
D) Preferential selection increases diversity in the workforce.

Question 4

Marilyn is the director of human resources for a small financial services company.The CEO of the company,Phil,asks her to interview three candidates for an open position in the billing department.Phil is particularly excited about candidate A,and tells Marilyn this.Research suggests that when interviewing candidate A,Marilyn will

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A) be somewhat more outgoing and cheerful than when she interviews the other candidates. 
B) scrutinize every response more carefully in the effort to disconfirm Phil's expectations. 
C) engage in self-promotion. 
D) hold off on making any judgments about the candidate until she completes the other two interviews as well. 
A) be somewhat more outgoing and cheerful than when she interviews the other candidates. 
B) scrutinize every response more carefully in the effort to disconfirm Phil's expectations. 
C) engage in self-promotion. 
D) hold off on making any judgments about the candidate until she completes the other two interviews as well.

Question 5

Ken wants his managers to be better evaluators of his employees.Toward this end,he can do all of the following except

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A) rely on one evaluator who is shown to be objective for all employees. 
B) train his managers to sharpen their memory skills. 
C) teach managers to focus attention on job-relevant behaviors. 
D) minimize the time between employee performance and performance evaluation. 
A) rely on one evaluator who is shown to be objective for all employees. 
B) train his managers to sharpen their memory skills. 
C) teach managers to focus attention on job-relevant behaviors. 
D) minimize the time between employee performance and performance evaluation.

Question 6

Plant and colleagues (2009)found that the more multicultural the dominant white employees were in their diversity beliefs,

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A) the more minority employees were employed. 
B) the more minority employees reported being engaged in their work. 
C) the less minority employees were paid. 
D) the lower the overall earnings of the company. 
A) the more minority employees were employed. 
B) the more minority employees reported being engaged in their work. 
C) the less minority employees were paid. 
D) the lower the overall earnings of the company.

Question 7

Hellman et al.(1998)had pairs of men and women work on two-person tasks in which the woman was always assigned a leadership role.The women in the study were

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A) more confident in their leadership ability when they felt they had,at least in part,earned the position on merit than when they were assigned to it based on their gender. 
B) less satisfied with their performance on the task when they felt they had been appointed leader based on merit than when they were assigned to it based on gender. 
C) more negative in their appraisals of their performance than their male partners when gender was in any way part of the decisional process for assigning leaders. 
D) likely to perceive the leadership selection process as unfair to the extent that their gender contributed in any way to their leadership position. 
A) more confident in their leadership ability when they felt they had,at least in part,earned the position on merit than when they were assigned to it based on their gender. 
B) less satisfied with their performance on the task when they felt they had been appointed leader based on merit than when they were assigned to it based on gender. 
C) more negative in their appraisals of their performance than their male partners when gender was in any way part of the decisional process for assigning leaders. 
D) likely to perceive the leadership selection process as unfair to the extent that their gender contributed in any way to their leadership position.

Question 8

Thor would like to get his son to read more without compromising the child's intrinsic motivation to read.Which strategy could best achieve this?

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A) Give the child a strict deadline by which time he must have read a set number of books. 
B) Set up a competition with other kids in the neighborhood to see who can read the most books. 
C) Create a schedule of how many hours the child should be reading each day and then closely supervise him to make sure he sticks to the schedule. 
D) Give the child a new book for every book that he reads and make it clear that he is doing a good job of reading the books. 
A) Give the child a strict deadline by which time he must have read a set number of books. 
B) Set up a competition with other kids in the neighborhood to see who can read the most books. 
C) Create a schedule of how many hours the child should be reading each day and then closely supervise him to make sure he sticks to the schedule. 
D) Give the child a new book for every book that he reads and make it clear that he is doing a good job of reading the books.

Question 9

Research on race and corporate leadership indicates that

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A) while minority individuals are underrepresented in entry-level positions,minority leaders and CEOs are well- represented. 
B) there is a disproportionately low number of racial minority CEOs. 
C) no racial underrepresentation is observed among leaders of Fortune 500 companies. 
D) race but not gender underrepresentation is observed among leaders of Fortune 500 companies 
A) while minority individuals are underrepresented in entry-level positions,minority leaders and CEOs are well- represented. 
B) there is a disproportionately low number of racial minority CEOs. 
C) no racial underrepresentation is observed among leaders of Fortune 500 companies. 
D) race but not gender underrepresentation is observed among leaders of Fortune 500 companies

Question 10

All of the following are aspects of the due process model of performance appraisal except

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A) adequate notice. 
B) fair hearing. 
C) integrity tests. 
D) evidence of job performance. 
A) adequate notice. 
B) fair hearing. 
C) integrity tests. 
D) evidence of job performance.

Question 11

Supervisor appraisals of an employee seem to be least influenced by

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A) ability. 
B) friendliness. 
C) on-the-job knowledge. 
D) dependability. 
A) ability. 
B) friendliness. 
C) on-the-job knowledge. 
D) dependability.

Question 12

Employee selection processes likely tests for all of the following except

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A) intelligence. 
B) personality. 
C) integrity. 
D) mental health. 
A) intelligence. 
B) personality. 
C) integrity. 
D) mental health.

Question 13

Compared to a paper-and-pencil personality test,a structured interview is

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A) more difficult to fake. 
B) less predictive of future performance. 
C) too expensive for most companies to utilize. 
D) less likely to result in a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
A) more difficult to fake. 
B) less predictive of future performance. 
C) too expensive for most companies to utilize. 
D) less likely to result in a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Question 14

According to research by Zhou and colleagues (2009),social rejection leads people to

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A) give up pleasures such as chocolate and sunshine. 
B) value money less. 
C) value money more. 
D) strive harder for social acceptance. 
A) give up pleasures such as chocolate and sunshine. 
B) value money less. 
C) value money more. 
D) strive harder for social acceptance.

Question 15

Two changes in the world that have led organizational psychologists to begin to consider cultural issues in the workplace are

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A) the U.S Civil Rights movement and affirmative action. 
B) affirmative action and a worldwide trend toward globalization. 
C) an increase in the number of workplace discrimination lawsuits and a worldwide trend toward globalization. 
D) the U.S.Civil Rights movement and an increase in the number of workplace discrimination lawsuits. 
A) the U.S Civil Rights movement and affirmative action. 
B) affirmative action and a worldwide trend toward globalization. 
C) an increase in the number of workplace discrimination lawsuits and a worldwide trend toward globalization. 
D) the U.S.Civil Rights movement and an increase in the number of workplace discrimination lawsuits.

Question 16

______________The tendency for people to sell stocks that have risen too early and hold stocks that have declined for too long is called the

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A) endowment effect. 
B) disposition effect. 
C) escalation effect. 
D) sunk cost principle. 
A) endowment effect. 
B) disposition effect. 
C) escalation effect. 
D) sunk cost principle.

Question 17

Mismatches between a leader's personal style and the demands of the situation are most likely to lead to

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A) high situational control. 
B) low rates of employee absenteeism. 
C) increased leader competence. 
D) increased job stress and stress-related illnesses. 
A) high situational control. 
B) low rates of employee absenteeism. 
C) increased leader competence. 
D) increased job stress and stress-related illnesses.

Question 18

Aloysius,a cashier in a department store,has been asked by store management to evaluate his shift supervisor. Aloysius is being asked to provide

Accepted Answer

A) situational judgments. 
B) upward feedback. 
C) preferential absolute information. 
D) due process. 
A) situational judgments. 
B) upward feedback. 
C) preferential absolute information. 
D) due process.

Question 19

Halo effects are most likely to be caused by

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A) reliance on implicit personality theories. 
B) the tendency to perceive women as having a nurturing role. 
C) biases in the graphology process. 
D) the use of structured interviews in personnel selection. 
A) reliance on implicit personality theories. 
B) the tendency to perceive women as having a nurturing role. 
C) biases in the graphology process. 
D) the use of structured interviews in personnel selection.

Question 20

The behavior of the second highest bidder in Tiger's (1980)dollar auction demonstrates

Accepted Answer

A) effective use of the sunk cost principle. 
B) that people do not handle money as carefully as professionals do. 
C) escalation of a counterproductive endeavor. 
D) the fact that people take greater risks when gains are at stake. 
A) effective use of the sunk cost principle. 
B) that people do not handle money as carefully as professionals do. 
C) escalation of a counterproductive endeavor. 
D) the fact that people take greater risks when gains are at stake.

Murphy and others' (2003)survey of over 700 professionals indicated that most

As managers,Homer is viewed as easygoing and agreeable,while Marge is seen as very conscientious.Which of the following is most likely to occur?

What is not a reason for why preferential selection policies have negative effects?

Ken wants his managers to be better evaluators of his employees.Toward this end,he can do all of the following except

Plant and colleagues (2009)found that the more multicultural the dominant white employees were in their diversity beliefs,

Hellman et al.(1998)had pairs of men and women work on two-person tasks in which the woman was always assigned a leadership role.The women in the study were

Thor would like to get his son to read more without compromising the child's intrinsic motivation to read.Which strategy could best achieve this?

Research on race and corporate leadership indicates that

All of the following are aspects of the due process model of performance appraisal except

Supervisor appraisals of an employee seem to be least influenced by

Employee selection processes likely tests for all of the following except

Compared to a paper-and-pencil personality test,a structured interview is

According to research by Zhou and colleagues (2009),social rejection leads people to

Two changes in the world that have led organizational psychologists to begin to consider cultural issues in the workplace are

______________The tendency for people to sell stocks that have risen too early and hold stocks that have declined for too long is called the

Mismatches between a leader's personal style and the demands of the situation are most likely to lead to

Aloysius,a cashier in a department store,has been asked by store management to evaluate his shift supervisor. Aloysius is being asked to provide

Halo effects are most likely to be caused by

The behavior of the second highest bidder in Tiger's (1980)dollar auction demonstrates

What Is Social Psychology

Doing Social Psychology Research

The Social Self

Perceiving Persons

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Attitudes

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Exam 13: Business

Murphy and others' (2003)survey of over 700 professionals indicated that most

As managers,Homer is viewed as easygoing and agreeable,while Marge is seen as very conscientious.Which of the following is most likely to occur?

What is not a reason for why preferential selection policies have negative effects?

Ken wants his managers to be better evaluators of his employees.Toward this end,he can do all of the following except

Plant and colleagues (2009)found that the more multicultural the dominant white employees were in their diversity beliefs,

Hellman et al.(1998)had pairs of men and women work on two-person tasks in which the woman was always assigned a leadership role.The women in the study were

Thor would like to get his son to read more without compromising the child's intrinsic motivation to read.Which strategy could best achieve this?

Research on race and corporate leadership indicates that

All of the following are aspects of the due process model of performance appraisal except

Supervisor appraisals of an employee seem to be least influenced by

Employee selection processes likely tests for all of the following except

Compared to a paper-and-pencil personality test,a structured interview is

According to research by Zhou and colleagues (2009),social rejection leads people to

Two changes in the world that have led organizational psychologists to begin to consider cultural issues in the workplace are

______________The tendency for people to sell stocks that have risen too early and hold stocks that have declined for too long is called the

Mismatches between a leader's personal style and the demands of the situation are most likely to lead to

Aloysius,a cashier in a department store,has been asked by store management to evaluate his shift supervisor. Aloysius is being asked to provide

Halo effects are most likely to be caused by

The behavior of the second highest bidder in Tiger's (1980)dollar auction demonstrates

What Is Social Psychology

Doing Social Psychology Research

The Social Self

Perceiving Persons

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Attitudes

Conformity

Group Processes

Attraction and Close Relationships

Helping Others

Aggression

Law

Health

Filters