Appendix B Test

Test yourself repeatedly throughout your studies. This will not only help you figure out what you know and don’t know; the testing itself will help you learn and remember the information more effectively thanks to the testing effect.

Question 17.7

What are the three main divisions within industrial-organizational psychology?

human factors; personnel; organizational

Question 17.8

People who view their work as a calling often experience ___________, a focused state of consciousness, with diminished awareness of themselves and of time.

  • a. stress
  • b. apathy
  • c. flow
  • d. facilitation

c

Question 17.9

___________ psychologists study the recruitment, selection, placement, training, appraisal, and development of employees; ___________ ___________ psychologists focus on how people and machines interact, and on optimizing devices and work environments.

Personnel; human factors

Question 17.10

What type of goals will best help you stay focused and motivated to do your finest work in this class?

Focusing on specific, short-term goals, such as maintaining a regular study schedule, will be more helpful than focusing on more distant general goals, such as earning a good grade in this class.

Question 17.11

Research indicates that women are more likely than men to have a _________ leadership style.

transformational

Question 17.12

Effective managers often exhibit

  • a. only task leadership.
  • b. only social leadership.
  • c. both task and social leadership, depending on the situation and the person.
  • d. task leadership for building teams and social leadership for setting standards.

c

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