Industrial and Organization Psychology

Part A: Respond to one (1) of the following essays. Provide
the number of the question you’ve chosen and answer your question in 10-15
sentences. Each answer is worth 30 points.

1.
Name and define the two types of rater and bias
errors. Then name and discuss the two types of training that have been
developed to control and eliminate them. If you wanted to decrease bias in
student ratings of professors, which type of training would you use? Explain
your choice.

2.
Your text presents a model of employee turnover.
Diagram the model, naming and defining all of the concepts. According to this
model, when would an employee want to leave but not do so?

3.
Name the four dimensions of political skill,
giving an example of how each dimension might be used to gain and maintain
power. Then explain how each of them might relate to Yukl’s three sources of
political power.

Part B: Answer All of the following questions in 5-10
sentences. Each answer is worth 10 points.

1.
For the job of your choice, specify the
theoretical criterion and describe an actual criterion that’s often used.
Explain how this creates criterion deficiency, relevance, and contamination.

2.
Discuss the major advantage(s) and
disadvantage(s) of the pretest-posttest design for evaluating training success.

3.
List and briefly describe the “Big Five”
dimensions of personality.

Part C: Answer ALL of the following questions in 2-5
sentences. Each answer is worth 5 points.

1.
Describe the purpose of a meta-analysis.

2.
What is the difference between a role and a
norm? Give examples of each.

3.
Explain why some uncertainty exists concerning
the construct validity of individual dimension scores in assessment centers.

4.
Explain why low selection ratios produce greater
utility than high selection ratios.

5.
What are the three components of motivation?

6.
Define “negative affectivity” and explain why
it’s related or unrelated to job satisfaction.

7.
Explain the health problems that result from
working long (10- to 12-hour) shifts.

8.
Describe the role of team building on
organizational development.