When women apply for an entry-level management position, wear perfume, and convey friendliness through nonverbal behaviors,
a. male interviewers are typically distracted and pay less attention to responses.
b. they are negatively viewed, perhaps because they seem manipulative.
c. they are viewed as appropriate management candidates.
d. the salary that is offered will be higher.
When there has been one unfavorable impression in an interview, ____ of the interviewees are rejected; when there have been only positive impressions, ____ are rejected.
a. 50; 50
b. 75; 25
c. 75; 10
d. 90; 25
In structured interviews, candidates who work hard at impression management
a. have no advantage.
b. receive higher ratings.
c. are seen as manipulative.
d. pay less attention to the questions.
____ psychology is the study and practice of job analysis, job recruitment, employee selection, and the evaluation of employees, while ____ psychology is the study and practice of leadership, job satisfaction, and employee motivation
a. Cognitive; social
b. Personnel; organizational
c. Human resource; leadership
d. Selection psychology; motivational
The difference between I/O psychology and human resource management is that
a. human resource emphasizes quantitative methods.
b. human resource emphasizes testing methods.
c. I/O psychology emphasizes quantitative methods.
d. I/O psychology emphasizes qualitative methods.
In practice, employment interviews involve a search for
a. goodness of fit.
b. skill sets.
c. negative information.
d. employment history.
Research on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
a. suggested that it was unnecessary and not cost effective to screen all pregnant and postpartum women for depression.
b. showed that it did not function well for low income and African American women.
c. showed that it is only able to detect major depression in pregnant and postpartum women.
d. showed that is capable of identifying both major and minor depression in pregnant and postpartum women.
Which of the following is the LEAST stable over time?
a. cognitive deficits
b. stress levels
c. traits
d. states
Different people confronted with the same stressful situation
a. may respond quite differently.
b. tend to respond in similar ways.
c. systematically assess all possible coping mechanisms and then choose the one that uniquely suits them.
d. experience similar health outcomes associated with stress regardless of how they choose to cope.
By 3 years old, infants who suffered from early brain lesions
a. had still not developed verbal abilities, coordination, and visual spatial abilities.
b. had caught up to their healthy peers in verbal ability, coordination, and visual spatial ability.
c. showed poor performance on tests of verbal ability, coordination, and visual spatial ability.
d. varied significantly in their verbal ability, coordination, and visual spatial ability.
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