Question 1

Which of the following findings has been demonstrated in research on traditional employment interviews?

Accepted Answer

A)  Interviews tend to be very high in predictive validity. 
B)  Applicants who exhibit the least amount of self-promotion are likely to be hired. 
C)  Interviews eliminate biases toward physically attractive applicants. 
D)  An employer's expectations can distort the interview process. 
A)  Interviews tend to be very high in predictive validity. 
B)  Applicants who exhibit the least amount of self-promotion are likely to be hired. 
C)  Interviews eliminate biases toward physically attractive applicants. 
D)  An employer's expectations can distort the interview process.

Question 2

In a typical 360-degree assessment, _______ rate the performance of the employee.

Accepted Answer

A)  supervisors 
B)  human resource managers 
C)  all who are directly in contact with the employee 
D)  project managers 
A)  supervisors 
B)  human resource managers 
C)  all who are directly in contact with the employee 
D)  project managers

Question 3

_______ does not influence the supervisor appraisals of an employee.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ability 
B)  Friendliness 
C)  On-the-job knowledge 
D)  Dependability 
A)  Ability 
B)  Friendliness 
C)  On-the-job knowledge 
D)  Dependability

Question 4

Dwight is a salesman for a paper company. His performance is assessed by determining how many boxes of paper he sells each month, which means that he is being appraised in terms of a(n) ____ criterion.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychographic and abstract 
B)  preferential absolute 
C)  objective and quantifiable performance 
D)  subjective performance 
A)  psychographic and abstract 
B)  preferential absolute 
C)  objective and quantifiable performance 
D)  subjective performance

Question 5

When Kinnaird applies for a job at a new firm, they give him a paper-and-pencil questionnaire that asked questions about whether or not he has been involved in any of several transgressions, such as illegal drug use and shoplifting. Kinnaird is taking a(n) ____ test.

Accepted Answer

A)  situational judgment 
B)  Polygraph 
C)  Integrity 
D)  personality 
A)  situational judgment 
B)  Polygraph 
C)  Integrity 
D)  personality

Question 6

While violating the sunk cost principle, people often

Accepted Answer

A)  attribute random fluctuations in the stock market to predictable causes, thereby increasing the likelihood that self-fulfilling prophecies will occur. 
B)  feel entrapped by their prior commitments to some failing course of action but continue to pursue it to justify their prior decisions. 
C)  wait too long before making their investment decisions, thereby passing up the opportunity to buy stocks when they are least expensive. 
D)  base their decisions purely on economic rules and ignore the psychological implications of their actions. 
A)  attribute random fluctuations in the stock market to predictable causes, thereby increasing the likelihood that self-fulfilling prophecies will occur. 
B)  feel entrapped by their prior commitments to some failing course of action but continue to pursue it to justify their prior decisions. 
C)  wait too long before making their investment decisions, thereby passing up the opportunity to buy stocks when they are least expensive. 
D)  base their decisions purely on economic rules and ignore the psychological implications of their actions.

Question 7

What is a "probing question"?

Accepted Answer

A)  A question that asks indirectly about a person's personal lives 
B)  A question that inquires directly about a personal issue 
C)  A question that motivates the interviewee to say more about a topic 
D)  A question that takes the conversation to another topic 
A)  A question that asks indirectly about a person's personal lives 
B)  A question that inquires directly about a personal issue 
C)  A question that motivates the interviewee to say more about a topic 
D)  A question that takes the conversation to another topic

Question 8

A structured interview is similar to a standardized test in that both

Accepted Answer

A)  require applicants to first pass rigorous prescreening procedures before they can be administered. 
B)  involve collecting the same information in the same way from all applicants. 
C)  maximize an employer's impact on potential applicants. 
D)  are potentially compromised by subjective judgments of the interviewer. 
A)  require applicants to first pass rigorous prescreening procedures before they can be administered. 
B)  involve collecting the same information in the same way from all applicants. 
C)  maximize an employer's impact on potential applicants. 
D)  are potentially compromised by subjective judgments of the interviewer.

Question 9

Grant, a chief executive officer for more than two decades, has observed the rise of many people to positions of leadership in his company. In retrospect, he realizes that most of these people have exhibited a particular set of traits, including intelligence, ambition, a need for power, and an ability to adapt to changing circumstances. Grant's observations are consistent with the

Accepted Answer

A)  great person theory. 
B)  interactions approach. 
C)  transactional approach. 
D)  contingency model. 
A)  great person theory. 
B)  interactions approach. 
C)  transactional approach. 
D)  contingency model.

Question 10

Jordan, a successful CEO, is asked in an interview to explain her success. She replies, "To lead, you must inspire." Given her response, she can best be described as a ____ leader.

Accepted Answer

A)  transactional 
B)  relations-oriented 
C)  transformational 
D)  task-oriented 
A)  transactional 
B)  relations-oriented 
C)  transformational 
D)  task-oriented

Question 11

Identify the factor (s) that influences human relations.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Hawthorne studies 
B)  The study of scientific management 
C)  The threat of unionization 
D)  All of the above 
A)  The Hawthorne studies 
B)  The study of scientific management 
C)  The threat of unionization 
D)  All of the above

Question 12

Although the structured interview helps to reduce the bias often present in a conventional interview, it does not do so completely because

Accepted Answer

A)  most interviewers do not stick to the structured protocol. 
B)  of the power of first impressions in a preinterview. 
C)  most job applicants do not like the structure. 
D)  people take a very long time to size up a job applicant. 
A)  most interviewers do not stick to the structured protocol. 
B)  of the power of first impressions in a preinterview. 
C)  most job applicants do not like the structure. 
D)  people take a very long time to size up a job applicant.

Question 13

Research by Vohs and colleagues (2006) demonstrates the effects of leading participants to think about money. What is not one of those effects?

Accepted Answer

A)  People tend to prefer to work alone as opposed to in groups. 
B)  People tend to fail to ask for help with a problem they are having trouble solving. 
C)  People tend to interfere in other people's lives. 
D)  People tend to offer less help to others who are clearly in need of assistance. 
A)  People tend to prefer to work alone as opposed to in groups. 
B)  People tend to fail to ask for help with a problem they are having trouble solving. 
C)  People tend to interfere in other people's lives. 
D)  People tend to offer less help to others who are clearly in need of assistance.

Question 14

Aretha is trying to determine the extent to which she should include her subordinates in a decision she is making regarding a company problem that has arisen. According to the normative model of leadership, which of the following factors should she consider?

Accepted Answer

A)  The clarity of the problem 
B)  The magnitude of the problem 
C)  The immediacy of the problem 
D)  The level of employee morale 
A)  The clarity of the problem 
B)  The magnitude of the problem 
C)  The immediacy of the problem 
D)  The level of employee morale

Question 15

According to Amabile and Kramer (2011), ____ is one of the most important factors to motivation at work.

Accepted Answer

A)  pay 
B)  recognition for good work 
C)  making meaningful progress at work 
D)  having social support at work 
A)  pay 
B)  recognition for good work 
C)  making meaningful progress at work 
D)  having social support at work

Question 16

Sanchez and Chavez (2010) presented participants with a Latino candidate's resume for a selective minority internship. The candidate's background was strong, and half the time, the candidate was presented as bilingual (English/Spanish) and half the time not (English speaking only). They found that the language manipulation

Accepted Answer

A)  made no difference in how participants rated the candidate. 
B)  affected how Caucasians, but not Latinos, rated the candidate. 
C)  affected how Latinos, but not Caucasians, rated the candidate. 
D)  influenced both Caucasians' and Latinos' ratings of the candidate. 
A)  made no difference in how participants rated the candidate. 
B)  affected how Caucasians, but not Latinos, rated the candidate. 
C)  affected how Latinos, but not Caucasians, rated the candidate. 
D)  influenced both Caucasians' and Latinos' ratings of the candidate.

Question 17

Compared to structured interviews, specific questions and specified answers are the major features of

Accepted Answer

A)  directive interviews. 
B)  appraisal interviews. 
C)  unstructured interviews. 
D)  exit interviews. 
A)  directive interviews. 
B)  appraisal interviews. 
C)  unstructured interviews. 
D)  exit interviews.

Question 18

Briefly explain the equity theory.

Accepted Answer

Equity theory is based on the idea that

Question 19

The term _______ was coined by Robert K. Merton in 1948.

Accepted Answer

A)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  illusory correlation 
C)  regression toward the average 
D)  the hindsight bias 
A)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  illusory correlation 
C)  regression toward the average 
D)  the hindsight bias

Question 20

The economic rule of thumb that only future costs and benefits, not past commitments, should be considered in making a decision is the

Accepted Answer

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

Which of the following findings has been demonstrated in research on traditional employment interviews?

In a typical 360-degree assessment, _______ rate the performance of the employee.

_______ does not influence the supervisor appraisals of an employee.

Dwight is a salesman for a paper company. His performance is assessed by determining how many boxes of paper he sells each month, which means that he is being appraised in terms of a(n) ____ criterion.

When Kinnaird applies for a job at a new firm, they give him a paper-and-pencil questionnaire that asked questions about whether or not he has been involved in any of several transgressions, such as illegal drug use and shoplifting. Kinnaird is taking a(n) ____ test.

While violating the sunk cost principle, people often

What is a "probing question"?

A structured interview is similar to a standardized test in that both

Jordan, a successful CEO, is asked in an interview to explain her success. She replies, "To lead, you must inspire." Given her response, she can best be described as a ____ leader.

Identify the factor (s) that influences human relations.

Although the structured interview helps to reduce the bias often present in a conventional interview, it does not do so completely because

Research by Vohs and colleagues (2006) demonstrates the effects of leading participants to think about money. What is not one of those effects?

Aretha is trying to determine the extent to which she should include her subordinates in a decision she is making regarding a company problem that has arisen. According to the normative model of leadership, which of the following factors should she consider?

According to Amabile and Kramer (2011), ____ is one of the most important factors to motivation at work.

Compared to structured interviews, specific questions and specified answers are the major features of

Briefly explain the equity theory.

The term _______ was coined by Robert K. Merton in 1948.

The economic rule of thumb that only future costs and benefits, not past commitments, should be considered in making a decision is the

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Which of the following findings has been demonstrated in research on traditional employment interviews?

In a typical 360-degree assessment, _______ rate the performance of the employee.

_______ does not influence the supervisor appraisals of an employee.

Dwight is a salesman for a paper company. His performance is assessed by determining how many boxes of paper he sells each month, which means that he is being appraised in terms of a(n) ____ criterion.

When Kinnaird applies for a job at a new firm, they give him a paper-and-pencil questionnaire that asked questions about whether or not he has been involved in any of several transgressions, such as illegal drug use and shoplifting. Kinnaird is taking a(n) ____ test.

While violating the sunk cost principle, people often

What is a "probing question"?

A structured interview is similar to a standardized test in that both

Jordan, a successful CEO, is asked in an interview to explain her success. She replies, "To lead, you must inspire." Given her response, she can best be described as a ____ leader.

Identify the factor (s) that influences human relations.

Although the structured interview helps to reduce the bias often present in a conventional interview, it does not do so completely because

Research by Vohs and colleagues (2006) demonstrates the effects of leading participants to think about money. What is not one of those effects?

Aretha is trying to determine the extent to which she should include her subordinates in a decision she is making regarding a company problem that has arisen. According to the normative model of leadership, which of the following factors should she consider?

According to Amabile and Kramer (2011), ____ is one of the most important factors to motivation at work.

Compared to structured interviews, specific questions and specified answers are the major features of

Briefly explain the equity theory.

The term _______ was coined by Robert K. Merton in 1948.

The economic rule of thumb that only future costs and benefits, not past commitments, should be considered in making a decision is the

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

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