Quiz 2 terms Flashcards
What is “g”
-Abbreviation for general mental ability
What is the 5-factor model
-The 5 personality factors model
What 5 personality factors make up the 5-factor model?
- Openness to experience
- Conscientiousness
- Extraversion
- Agreeableness
- Neurotisicsm
What is Procedural Knowledge?
-Familiarity with a procedure or process
What is Declarative Knowledge?
-Understanding what is required to perform at a task
What is the Speed Test?
-A test with a demanding time limit
What is the Power Test?
-A test with no time limit
What is the Cognitive ability test?
-A test that demonstrates the individual’s mental abilities
What mental abilities does the Cognitive Ability test?
-Problem solving, memory, training
What is the Assessment Center?
-Collection of procedures for testing a group of individuals
What is Fairness?
-A value judgment about actions or decisions based on test scores
What is Bias?
-It is a statistical term used when a test systematically over or underpredicts a given subgroup
What is Test Culture?
-System in which test takers share meanings and common ways of viewing events and objects
What is the Work-Sample test?
-A test that measures skills under job-like conditions
What is the Situational Judgement test?
-It is a test where candidates are given a scenario and must choose the best response from a list of alternatives
What is Incremental Validity?
-Increased validity from adding another predictor to existing system
What is the Criterion Deficiency?
-Criterion is missing info on the behavior being measured
What is Criterion Contamination?
-Criterion includes irrelevant info on the behavior being measured
What is Organizational Citizenship Behavior? (OCB)
-Behavior that goes beyond what is expected
What is Counterproductive Work Behavior? (CWB)
-Behavior that threatens/harms individuals or the organization
What are KSAO’s?
- Knowledge
- Success
- Abilities
- Other attributes that are required to successfully perform a job task
What are Subject Matter Experts? (SME)
-Employees who provide info about a job for job analysis
What is Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications? (BFOQ)
-Qualifications that an employer is allowed to consider under law to hire for a specific person
What are Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales? (BARS)
-Scale that compares an individual’s performance against specific examples on a numeric rating scale
What is a Job Family?
-Group of jobs that have similar human attributes required
