Industrial and Organizational Assessment
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Course Introduction
Industrial and Organizational Assessment focuses on the methods and tools used to evaluate individuals, teams, and organizational systems within workplace settings. This course explores various assessment techniques such as psychological testing, performance appraisals, structured interviews, job analyses, and organizational surveys. Students learn how assessments inform personnel selection, training and development, leadership identification, and organizational effectiveness. Ethical considerations, reliability, validity, and legal implications of assessment processes are also emphasized, enabling students to critically implement and interpret assessment results to support evidence-based decision-making in organizations.
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Chapter 1: Psychological Testing and Assessment
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Q1) A clinician administers a computerized psychological test in her own office.Minutes after the examinee has completed the test,the same computer used to administer the test now spews out a report of the findings from that test.This is an example of A) local processing.
B) central processing.
C) teleprocessing.
D) None of these
Answer: A
Q2) Using CAPA,test users have the capability of has the capability of A) creating virtual reality useful in role-play evaluations.
B) making quick and efficient score comparisons.
C) tailoring a test administration to testtaker's responses.
D) All of these
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Historical, cultural, and Legal Ethical
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Q1) In ancient Egypt,counseling and psychotherapy was MOST probably carried out by A) physicians.
B) pharaohs.
C) priests.
D) barbers.
Answer: C
Q2) Which is the BEST example of malpractice by a psychologist?
A) A psychologist misdiagnosed a client
B) A psychologist acted in a significantly different way as compared to the way that other psychologists would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.
C) A psychologist who did not hold a doctoral degree administered and interpreted tests while employed as a school psychologist.
D) A psychologist learned about why certain psychological tests were administered by watching re-runs of Dr. Phil.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: A Statistics Refresher
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Q1) Psychological assessment instruments often employ an ordinal scale because
A) it can quantify categories such as ethnicity, sex, and medical diagnoses.
B) it contains equal intervals between numbers.
C) it has an absolute zero point.
D) it permits rank-ordering of scores.
Answer: D
Q2) The data from most psychological tests could BEST be characterized as which level of measurement?
A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) interval
D) ratio
Answer: B
Q3) What is the relationship between the correlation coefficient and the standard error of estimate?
A) It is a positive relationship.
B) It is an inverse relationship.
C) No relationship exists.
D) None of these
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Of Tests and Testing
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Q1) A raw score of 0 on a test suggests to the test user that the testtaker
A) did not possess any of the construct/ability being assessed by the test.
B) did not understand the instructions.
C) was not physically capable of responding appropriately.
D) All of these
Q2) A test designed to provide information about whether or not an aviator has mastered the ability to fly solo is an example of a test that is
A) norm-referenced.
B) criterion-referenced.
C) trait-referenced.
D) All of these
Q3) What is the relationship between the correlation coefficient and the standard error of estimate?
A) It is a positive relationship.
B) It is an inverse relationship.
C) No relationship exists.
D) It is best characterized as "stormy."
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Chapter 5: Reliability
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Q1) The directions for scoring a particular motor ability test instruct the examiner to "Give credit if the child holds his hands open most of the time." Because what constitutes "most of the time" is not specifically defined,directions such as these could result in lowered reliability estimates for
A) test-retest reliability.
B) alternate-form reliability.
C) inter-rater reliability.
D) parallel forms reliability.
Q2) Most reliability coefficients,regardless of the specific type of reliability they are measuring,range in value from:
A) -1 to +1
B) 0 to 100
C) 0 to 1.
D) negative infinity to positive infinity
Q3) Which type of reliability is directly affected by the heterogeneity of a test?
A) test-retest
B) interrater
C) internal-consistency
D) alternate-forms or parallel-forms
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Chapter 6: Validity
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Q1) A construct is
A) unobservable.
B) something that describes behavior.
C) something that is assumed to exist.
D) All of these
Q2) In an expectancy table,the percentage of employees who are currently successful in a position provides some indication of:
A) the validity of the proposed selection measure as compared to another proposed selection measure.
B) the percent successful using current methods of selection.
C) the reliability of the proposed selection measure.
D) the base rate of the proposed selection measure.
Q3) Lawshe devised a method for determining agreement among raters or judges who rate items on how essential they are.This method provides a way to quantify what type of validity?
A) content
B) construct
C) criterion-related
D) predictive
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Chapter 7: Utility
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Q1) In Chapter 7,the pedagogical tool presented to help you remember the implications of a low selection ratio was:
A) "Selection ratio low, more employees to know."
B) "Selection ratio high, watch workers wave good-bye."
C) "Selection ratio down, less employees around."
D) "Selection ratio low, long road to hoe."
Q2) Sally and Bob both apply for a position as an accounting clerk.The Human Resource (HR)professional responsible for selecting the best candidate for position administers a standardized test of basic mathematical skills to both Sally and Bob.Based on their scores,the HR professional chooses Sally.The reason for this choice is a determination that Sally has an 85% chance of performing at an acceptable level.By contrast,Bob's score indicated that he had only a 50% chance of performing successfully.The tool of assessment used to make this hiring decision MOST probably was
A) the method of predictive yield.
B) a Taylor-Russell table.
C) an expectancy table.
D) the Rorschach.
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Chapter 8: Test Development
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Q1) According to the text,which statement is TRUE of scaling?
A) There is only one best approach to scaling and only one best type of scale.
B) Ratio scaling leads to the least scoring drift.
C) Ratio scaling was first developed in the Republic of Samoa.
D) None of these
Q2) Test developers have at their disposal a number of statistical tools that may be applied when selecting items items for use on a test.In Chapter 8's Meet an Assessment
Professional,Dr.Scott Birkeland made reference to two such techniques.One was a measure of item discrimination,and the other was a measure of item
A) reliability.
B) utility.
C) difficulty.
D) variance.
Q3) The Likert scale is an example of which type of rating scale?
A) categorical
B) paired methods
C) summative
D) content
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Chapter 9: Intelligence and Its Measurement
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Q1) In discussing the role of personality in the measured intelligence of infants,it is this term that comes to mind:
A) "sensory ability"
B) "mood-related variables"
C) "temperament"
D) "alerting response"
Q2) According to E.L.Thorndike,an individual's ability to learn is determined primarily by A) consistency of the bonds that can be established.
B) speed of the bonds that can be established.
C) the number of bonds that can be established.
D) Both b and c
Q3) In Sternberg's study of the characteristics of academic intelligence,laypeople stressed the "interpersonal and social aspects," whereas experts stressed A) reading abilities.
B) memory.
C) motivation.
D) cognitive skills.
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Chapter 10: Tests of Intelligence
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Q1) The W-B I borrowed from existing tests in A) content not format.
B) format not content.
C) content and scoring methods.
D) format and test administration instructions.
Q2) The WISC-R improved on its predecessor,the WISC in that
A) the standardization sample contained not only White adults but White children.
B) test material pictures were more balanced culturally.
C) Verbal and Performance subtests were to be administered in alternating fashion.
D) Both b and c
Q3) At the time of its publication in 1939,a key difference between the W-B I and the more widely used Stanford-Binet was that that the W-B I was
A) an age scale.
B) independent of IQ.
C) a point scale.
D) not subject to the Flynn effect.
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Chapter 11: Assessment for Education
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Q1) The difference between whether an achievement test item is said to be fact-based or conceptual has to do in large part with the extent to which
A) the content of the item is indeed factual or merely opinion-based.
B) concepts referred to in the test item are presented clearly.
C) rote memory alone can be used to access the correct response.
D) the testtaker believes that the content has a true basis in fact.
Q2) Which of the following is a psychoeducational test battery?
A) Stanford-Binet 5
B) Woodcock-Johnson III
C) Hilton PTB
D) K-ABC
Q3) As reported in the text,one study critical of the SAT observed differential item functioning on that college admission test as a function of
A) the grade-point averages of the testtakers.
B) the measured intelligence of the testtakers.
C) the gender of the testtakers.
D) the effects of daylight savings time.
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Chapter 12: Personality Assessment: An Overview
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Q1) The research of Gosling et al.(2003)can be summarized by stating simply that
A) rhesus monkeys exhibit motivated behavior.
B) dogs have personality.
C) differences in personality are inherited in mice.
D) personality is multifaceted in parrots.
Q2) What conclusion did Achenbach reach after investigating differences between respondents who evaluate children?
A) Parents are more accurate than teachers in evaluating children.
B) Teachers are more honest than parents in their evaluations.
C) Physicians are less accurate than either parents or teachers.
D) None of these
Q3) Gosling's cross-species work in personality assessment has suggested that differences in the personality of dogs exist and can be
A) reliably measured.
B) distinguished by breed.
C) inherited from one generation to the next.
D) All of these
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Chapter 13: Personality Assessment Methods
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Q1) Henry Murray is perhaps best known for developing the TAT.Little known,however,is Murray's work in developing a projective instrument that involved response to spoken paragraphs.This little-known instrument was called the
A) Auditory Apperception Test.
B) Auditory Sound Association Test.
C) Azzageddi Test.
D) TAT-RF.
Q2) Sign is to sample,as traditional is to A) objective.
B) projective.
C) behavioral.
D) None of these
Q3) As concluded in Chapter 13,the semantic distinction between objective and projective tests
A) is meaningful, especially as it relates to the content of the items.
B) should be abandoned because there is really no difference between them.
C) is only meaningful to the extent that each relies heavily on self-report.
D) has meaning insofar as the mechanisms typically used for scoring.
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Chapter 14: Clinical and Counseling Assessment
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Q1) According to your textbook,which is TRUE of cultural competence?
A) The term refers to developing tests that reflect particular values.
B) The term refers to knowledge of a particular culture through academic study, life experience, or both.
C) The textbook authors recommend it not only for psychologists but many other groups such as sales people.
D) All of these
Q2) Forensic psychological assessment entails evaluation in matters involving
A) whether a parent should retain custody of a child.
B) whether an individual is competent to stand trial.
C) whether an individual is guilty by reason of insanity.
D) All of these
Q3) Which of the following assessment tools is a new employee MOST likely to be administered by the new employer?
A) the Rorschach
B) the MMPI-2-RF
C) the Addiction Potential Scale
D) urine test for drugs
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Chapter 15: Neuropsychological Assessment
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Q1) Attention,concentration,and related factors play what role in the model of memory presented in your textbook?
A) They play a role only in episodic and procedural memory.
B) They enhance memory to the extent that they are operating normally.
C) They determine which input becomes conscious.
D) They inhibit memory when operative under extreme conditions.
Q2) Members of populations at risk for neurological impairment include all of the following EXCEPT
A) psychiatric patients.
B) the elderly.
C) war veterans.
D) alcoholics.
Q3) A ____________ is typically administered during the course of a neuropsychological examination.
A) personality measure
B) measure of intellectual functioning
C) specific neuropsychological test
D) All of these
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Chapter 16: Assessment, Careers, and Business References
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Q1) Which type of survey research is MOST susceptible to non-response?
A) the mail survey
B) the telephone survey
C) the personal interview
D) the mall intercept
Q2) In Chapter 16's Everyday Psychometrics,Ronald Jay Cohen's approach to evaluating _________ was presented.
A) organizational culture
B) personality characteristics of managers
C) organizational commitment
D) consumer personality traits
Q3) Performance assessments
A) provide an opportunity for potential employees to candidly discuss their strengths and weaknesses.
B) involve a thorough background check with previous employers.
C) provide a job-related sample of behavior.
D) are usually not standardized.
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