Question 1

Higher rates of job satisfaction cultivate positive moods,which are associated with all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  lower rates of absenteeism and employee turnover. 
B)  a greater willingness to help others on the job. 
C)  higher training costs and inefficiency. 
D)  more creative problem-solving. 
A)  lower rates of absenteeism and employee turnover. 
B)  a greater willingness to help others on the job. 
C)  higher training costs and inefficiency. 
D)  more creative problem-solving.

Question 2

In order to incorporate many of the features of Theory Y leadership,the Honda plant in Marysville,Ohio,made several changes.Which of the following was NOT one of these changes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Employees, regardless of their position, wear identical white uniforms and hold the title of associate and work alongside company executives. 
B)  Private offices, separate dining halls, and reserved parking spaces for executives were abolished. 
C)  Departmental meetings are held daily with decisions being made and thoughts freely shared. 
D)  Executives were made entirely responsible for quality control and worker safety. 
A)  Employees, regardless of their position, wear identical white uniforms and hold the title of associate and work alongside company executives. 
B)  Private offices, separate dining halls, and reserved parking spaces for executives were abolished. 
C)  Departmental meetings are held daily with decisions being made and thoughts freely shared. 
D)  Executives were made entirely responsible for quality control and worker safety.

Question 3

Her fellow employees consider Arica to be helpful,conscientious,and courteous.Arica does not gossip,complain or make small problems into bigger ones.She always attends voluntary and mandatory meetings in order to keep herself informed about organizational issues.Arica is displaying the characteristics of

Accepted Answer

A)  being in the quality circle. 
B)  organizational citizenship. 
C)  a person in a social trap. 
D)  hypervigilant coping style. 
A)  being in the quality circle. 
B)  organizational citizenship. 
C)  a person in a social trap. 
D)  hypervigilant coping style.

Question 4

An employer who lets employees make as many decisions as possible about what they do with their time probably believes in

Accepted Answer

A)  Theory X leadership. 
B)  Theory Y leadership. 
C)  scientific management. 
D)  industrial biodata. 
A)  Theory X leadership. 
B)  Theory Y leadership. 
C)  scientific management. 
D)  industrial biodata.

Question 5

If you are given a test and asked to mark all identical numbers and names in a long list of pairs,you would probably be taking which type of test regarding a clerical occupation?

Accepted Answer

A)  in-basket test 
B)  personal interview 
C)  vocation interest test 
D)  aptitude test 
A)  in-basket test 
B)  personal interview 
C)  vocation interest test 
D)  aptitude test

Question 6

Recent studies suggest that interviews can be improved by

Accepted Answer

A)  using honesty test questions within the interview. 
B)  making the interview more conversational and unstructured. 
C)  giving the interview more structure. 
D)  utilizing the halo effect while interviewing. 
A)  using honesty test questions within the interview. 
B)  making the interview more conversational and unstructured. 
C)  giving the interview more structure. 
D)  utilizing the halo effect while interviewing.

Question 7

Task orientation is to person orientation as

Accepted Answer

A)  job enrichment is to job satisfaction. 
B)  Theory X leadership is to Theory Y leadership. 
C)  Theory Y leadership is to job satisfaction. 
D)  job enrichment is to Theory X leadership. 
A)  job enrichment is to job satisfaction. 
B)  Theory X leadership is to Theory Y leadership. 
C)  Theory Y leadership is to job satisfaction. 
D)  job enrichment is to Theory X leadership.

Question 8

Putting a raised flowerbed around a sign to protect it from vandalism would reflect the work of __________ psychologists.

Accepted Answer

A)  territorial 
B)  environmental 
C)  behavioral 
D)  engineering 
A)  territorial 
B)  environmental 
C)  behavioral 
D)  engineering

Question 9

The invisible barrier that in the past has prevented women from moving into leadership positions was called the

Accepted Answer

A)  communal barrier. 
B)  glass ceiling. 
C)  stereotype threat. 
D)  Type X labyrinth. 
A)  communal barrier. 
B)  glass ceiling. 
C)  stereotype threat. 
D)  Type X labyrinth.

Question 10

Which of the following add value to their company by creating and manipulating information?

Accepted Answer

A)  Theory X leaders 
B)  scientifically-managed workers 
C)  knowledge workers 
D)  work efficiency experts 
A)  Theory X leaders 
B)  scientifically-managed workers 
C)  knowledge workers 
D)  work efficiency experts

Question 11

A program set up within an organization to conduct in-depth evaluations of job candidates is known as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  assessment center. 
B)  quality circle. 
C)  job enrichment. 
D)  management by objectives. 
A)  assessment center. 
B)  quality circle. 
C)  job enrichment. 
D)  management by objectives.

Question 12

Which of the following workers tend to think of their work as a career rather than a job and will work hard to gain competence and use their talents?

Accepted Answer

A)  Theory X workers 
B)  scientifically-managed workers 
C)  knowledge workers 
D)  all of these 
A)  Theory X workers 
B)  scientifically-managed workers 
C)  knowledge workers 
D)  all of these

Question 13

Collecting biodata,giving standardized psychological tests,and employing the assessment center approach are three methods

Accepted Answer

A)  of job enrichment. 
B)  used in Theory X leadership, but not Theory Y. 
C)  for evaluating job candidates. 
D)  used in job analysis. 
A)  of job enrichment. 
B)  used in Theory X leadership, but not Theory Y. 
C)  for evaluating job candidates. 
D)  used in job analysis.

Question 14

Workers are encouraged to continuously learn and exercise a broad range of options,skills,and information related to their occupations in which management approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  flextime. 
B)  impression management. 
C)  scientific management. 
D)  job enrichment. 
A)  flextime. 
B)  impression management. 
C)  scientific management. 
D)  job enrichment.

Question 15

Which of the following is typical of Theory X leadership?

Accepted Answer

A)  participative management 
B)  worker autonomy 
C)  management by objectives 
D)  job specialization 
A)  participative management 
B)  worker autonomy 
C)  management by objectives 
D)  job specialization

Question 16

"Looking at past behavior is a good way to predict future behavior" is the main assumption behind which method of personnel selection?

Accepted Answer

A)  the personal interview 
B)  biodata 
C)  situational judgment testing 
D)  critical incident profile 
A)  the personal interview 
B)  biodata 
C)  situational judgment testing 
D)  critical incident profile

Question 17

Whether it is the click wheel,the computer mouse,voice-activated computers,or computerized systems that disabled users can control,the type of psychologists who design better computer tools by utilizing an understanding of human behavior are the __________ psychologists.

Accepted Answer

A)  humanistic 
B)  human factors 
C)  comparative 
D)  developmental 
A)  humanistic 
B)  human factors 
C)  comparative 
D)  developmental

Question 18

An industrial psychologist hoping to improve job satisfaction,work-group relations,relations with supervisors,and to reduce absenteeism should be advised to try

Accepted Answer

A)  computer monitoring. 
B)  flextime. 
C)  the natural management design. 
D)  Theory X management. 
A)  computer monitoring. 
B)  flextime. 
C)  the natural management design. 
D)  Theory X management.

Question 19

Which of the following would NOT be a topic of special interest to industrial-organizational psychologists?

Accepted Answer

A)  absenteeism 
B)  pay schedules 
C)  management styles 
D)  market research 
A)  absenteeism 
B)  pay schedules 
C)  management styles 
D)  market research

Question 20

One of the anticipated consequences of the use of Theory Y leadership strategies is

Accepted Answer

A)  the increased interest in formalizing employer-employee relationships through negotiated contracts. 
B)  that workers are able to anticipate and respond to the needs of their employer. 
C)  that workers develop preferences for specialization in performing a single task very well. 
D)  that workers view work as a cooperative effort. 
A)  the increased interest in formalizing employer-employee relationships through negotiated contracts. 
B)  that workers are able to anticipate and respond to the needs of their employer. 
C)  that workers develop preferences for specialization in performing a single task very well. 
D)  that workers view work as a cooperative effort.

Exam 18: A: Applied Psychology

Higher rates of job satisfaction cultivate positive moods,which are associated with all of the following EXCEPT

In order to incorporate many of the features of Theory Y leadership,the Honda plant in Marysville,Ohio,made several changes.Which of the following was NOT one of these changes?

An employer who lets employees make as many decisions as possible about what they do with their time probably believes in

If you are given a test and asked to mark all identical numbers and names in a long list of pairs,you would probably be taking which type of test regarding a clerical occupation?

Recent studies suggest that interviews can be improved by

Task orientation is to person orientation as

Putting a raised flowerbed around a sign to protect it from vandalism would reflect the work of __________ psychologists.

The invisible barrier that in the past has prevented women from moving into leadership positions was called the

Which of the following add value to their company by creating and manipulating information?

A program set up within an organization to conduct in-depth evaluations of job candidates is known as a(n)

Which of the following workers tend to think of their work as a career rather than a job and will work hard to gain competence and use their talents?

Collecting biodata,giving standardized psychological tests,and employing the assessment center approach are three methods

Workers are encouraged to continuously learn and exercise a broad range of options,skills,and information related to their occupations in which management approach?

Which of the following is typical of Theory X leadership?

"Looking at past behavior is a good way to predict future behavior" is the main assumption behind which method of personnel selection?

Whether it is the click wheel,the computer mouse,voice-activated computers,or computerized systems that disabled users can control,the type of psychologists who design better computer tools by utilizing an understanding of human behavior are the __________ psychologists.

An industrial psychologist hoping to improve job satisfaction,work-group relations,relations with supervisors,and to reduce absenteeism should be advised to try

Which of the following would NOT be a topic of special interest to industrial-organizational psychologists?

One of the anticipated consequences of the use of Theory Y leadership strategies is

A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

B: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

C: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

A: Brain and Behavior

C: Brain and Behavior

A: Human Development

B: Human Development

C: Human Development

D: Human Development

A: Sensation and Perception

B: Sensation and Perception

C: Sensation and Perception

D: Sensation and Perception

A: States of Consciousness

B: States of Consciousness

C: States of Consciousness

D: States of Consciousness

A: Conditioning and Learning

B: Conditioning and Learning

C: Conditioning and Learning

D: Conditioning and Learning

A: Memory

B: Memory

C: Memory

A: Cognition,language,and Creativity

B: Cognition,language,and Creativity

C: Cognition,language,and Creativity

A: Intelligence

B: Intelligence

C: Intelligence

A: Motivation and Emotion

B: Motivation and Emotion

C: Motivation and Emotion

D: Motivation and Emotion

A: Gender and Sexuality

B: Gender and Sexuality

C: Gender and Sexuality

D: Gender and Sexuality Completion

A: Personality

B: Personality

C: Personality

D: Personality

A: Health,stress,and Coping

B: Health,stress,and Coping

C: Health,stress,and Coping

A: Psychological Disorders

B: Psychological Disorders

C: Psychological Disorders

D: Psychological Disorders

A: Therapies

B: Therapies

C: Therapies

D: Therapies

A: Social Thinking and Social Influence

B: Social Thinking and Social Influence

C: Social Thinking and Social Influence

A: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

B: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

C: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

B: Applied Psychology