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PSY 255 Exam 1
Employee comparison techniques used for PA purposes. Ans: Rank order
Paired Comparison
Forced Distribution
What is the main thing that 360 feedback is supposed to overcome? Ans: Individual rater biases
One item on the course evaluation form is "This instructor uses perso...
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PSY 255 Exam 1
Employee comparison techniques used for PA purposes. Ans: Rank order
Paired Comparison
Forced Distribution
What is the main thing that 360 feedback is supposed to overcome? Ans: Individual rater biases
One item on the course evaluation form is "This instructor uses personal examples to help get the points
across in class," and students will rate the instructor on a scale of 1 = inferior, 2 = below average, 3 =
average, 4 = above average, and 5 = superior. This item is an example of: Ans: Graphic rating scale
element Ans: the smallest unit of work activity
For a school bus driver, turning a key to start the bus engine is an example of a unit of work activity
known as a: Ans: element
Daisy conducted a job-oriented job analysis and wrote up the report. Her report may be criticized for:
Ans: being too narrowly focused
Performance Appraisal (PA) Ans: systematic observation and evaluation of job performance, and
provision of feedback.
What is the belief that the results of PA are fair and will continue to be so? Ans: trust in the PA system
The four goals of science Ans: Description, explanation, prediction, control
Assumption of 360 feedback Ans: participation is liked
What error could Daisy make for grading an assignment that is most likely to make the class very happy?
Ans: leniency
Where are you most likely to find an I/O psychologist? Ans: Academic institutions like MSU
If Daisy follows a forced distribution method to assign grade for this class, this means that Ans: A fixed
proportion of students will get 4.0 regardless of how well they perform.
Daisy gave a statistics test to a group of students at two points in time and found out the high (and low)
scorers on the first test were also the high (and low) scorers on the second test. This means that her test
has: Ans: Test-retest reliability
Data collection methods Ans: Case study
Survey
Archival Data
, Protected ground in personnel law Ans: Race
Gender
Age
The 3 assumptions of science Ans: Empiricism
Determinism
Discovrability
Criteria for a good theory Ans: Precision
Testability
Parsimony
Forms of reliability Ans: Test-retest
Parallel Forms
Internal Consistency
Forms of Validity Ans: Internal
External
Construct
Criteria of job Criteria Ans: Relevance
Sensitivity
Fairness
Contributors to the Criterion problem Ans: Criteria are multidimensional
Criteria are dynamic
Criteria are used for different purposes
Important components of performance appraisal Ans: Observation
Evaluation
Feedback
Employee comparison techniques used for performance appraisals Ans: Paired comparison
Rank order
Forced distribution
Potential rater errors Ans: Halo
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