Industrial Psych

Question 1

What is industrial psychology?

Answer 1

The study of efficiency and effectiveness through employees please. (Output)

Question 2

What are the 4 main focuses of industrial psychology?

Answer 2

1. Job analysis
2. Personnel selection
3. Training
4. Performance Appraisal

Question 3

What are the facets of personnel selection?

Answer 3

Testing, work samples/exercises, interviews

Question 4

What is the halo effect

Answer 4

Supervisor rates employee’s overall ability based on their performance in one area

Question 5

What is Job Analysis?

Answer 5

Process of creating a job description to guide the hiring process

Question 6

job-oriented vs person-oriented job analysis

Answer 6

Job-oriented: duties that are intrinsic to the job

Person-oriented: personal traits, skills, and abilities needed

Question 7

KSAO

Answer 7

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Other

Question 8

Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

Answer 8

• employers cannot refuse to work with a person with a disability if they are able to perform essential functions of the job
• employers are required to provide reasonable accommodations whenever possible

Question 9

Multiple cutoff

Answer 9

Applicants must obtain a minimum score across all designated criterion measures (must meet minimum requirements)

Question 10

Multiple hurdle

Answer 10

Minimum criteria established in stages rather than simultaneously (jumping “hurdles”)

Question 11

Multiple regression

Answer 11

Assess applicant qualifications based on known predictors of work performance and then use the score across all criteria to determine probability of job success

Question 12

Testing

Answer 12

Formal evaluation of a candidate’s KSAOs.
Cognitive and psychological testing to assess intelligence, ID personality traits, screen for motivation, temperament, and interests

Question 13

Training

Answer 13

Period of acclimation and on-the-job learning.

Orientation to workplace, additional formal training, mentoring.

Question 14

I/O Psychology

Answer 14

the scientific study of working and the application of science to workplace issuesfacing individuals, teams, and organizations.

Question 15

360 Degree Feedback

Answer 15

Mitigates effects of personal bias

Employee performance rated by direct supervisor, self, peers, subordinates, and customers.

Question 16

Career assessments

Answer 16

tools that are designed to help individuals understand how a variety of personal attributes (i.e., data values, preferences, motivations, aptitudes, and skills), impact their potential success andsatisfaction with different career options and work environments

Question 17

EEOC

Answer 17

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for coordinating andenforcing the Federals government’s employment nondiscrimination efforts

Question 18

Teams

Question 19

OSHA

Answer 19

An agency of the U.S. Department of Labor, created in by Congress under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

Question 20

Taylor-Russell Tables

Answer 20

Probability table used to help select successful employees

Question 21

Taylor-Russell Table components

Answer 21

Criterion-related validity coefficient
Selection Ratio
Performance base rate (rate of success)