Chapter 10 Ability

Question 1

What is ability?

Answer 1

Ability refers to the relatively stable capabilities of people to perform a particular range of different but related activities.

Differences in ability are a function of both genes and the environment.

Question 2

What are the various types of cognitive ability?

Answer 2

Cognitive abilities include

1. verbal ability
2. quantitative ability
3. reasoning ability
4. spatial ability
5. perceptual ability.

Question 3

What are the various types of emotional ability?

Answer 3

Emotional intelligence includes four specific kinds of emotional skills:

1. self-awareness,
2. other awareness
3. emotion regulation
4. use of emotions.

Question 4

What are the various types of physical ability?

Answer 4

Physical abilities include strength, stamina, flexibility and coordination, psychomotor abilities, and sensory abilities.

Question 5

How does cognitive ability affect job performance and organizational commitment? 10.6 What steps can organizations take to hire people with high levels of cognitive ability?

Answer 5

General cognitive ability has a strong positive relationship with job performance, due primarily to its effects on task performance.

In contrast, general cognitive ability is only weakly related to organizational commitment.

Question 6

What steps can organizations take to hire people with high levels of cognitive ability?

Answer 6

Many organizations use cognitive ability tests to hire applicants with high levels of general cognitive ability. One of the most commonly used tests is the Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test.