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PSY 210 CSU FINAL
The third part
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/22/2008

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What are the four needs?
Definition
achievement, affiliation, power, cognition
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What are the parts of IO psych
Definition
Industrial: Equipment, human interaction, staffing selection
Organizational: leadership, teams culture
Term
What are the keys to effective training?
Definition
Participation, repetition, transfer of training, feedback
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Two types of knowledge?
Definition
Declarative knowledge: knowledge about facts or things
Procedural knowledge: knowledge about how to use information to address issues and solve problems
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Principles of Learning?
Definition
Learning, practice variability, behavioral modeling, goal setting, self-efficacy
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What are the elements of effective goal setting?
Definition
S- specific
m- memorable
a-
r realistic
T
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What is the Five-Stage Model?
Definition
The conceptualization claiming that groups develop in five stages – forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. (FSNPA)
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WHat are tuckmans 5 stages?
Definition
Forming: Members get to know each other
Storming: Members question each other, reveal more of who they really are
Coalitions may develop
Norming: Group becomes more cohesive and united
Performing: Members are productive
Adjourning: Group is dissolved
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What is the contingency theory?
Definition
Two leaders: Task leaders and Relationship.
Task are best in unfavorable and favorable situations, relationships are in moderate situations.
You are the kind of leader you are, can't change
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What are roles?
Definition
patterns of behavior that are adapted based on expectations about the functions of a position
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what about social facilitation?
Definition
The tendency for the presence of others sometimes to enhance an individual’s performance and at other times to impair it.
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What is evaluation apprehension?
Definition
The fear of being evaluated or judged by another person.
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What is the great person theory?
Definition
The view that leaders possess special traits that set them apart from others and that these traits are responsible for their assuming positions of power and authority.
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Social Loafing?
Definition
When group members exert less effort than they would if they were working alone
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Groupthink
Definition
When concurrence-seeking behavior overrides the ability of a cohesive group to make a critical decision
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COnflict?
Definition
Behavior by a person or group intended to inhibit the attainment of goals by another person or group
(can be good b/c you challenge, or cause problems)
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Power Distance
Definition
Power distance: Extent to which individuals are comfortable with inequality between people
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uncertainty avoidance
Definition
Uncertainty avoidance: Stress in a society related to unknown future
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collectivism/individualism?
Definition
Collectivism/individualism: Integration of individuals into primary groups
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Masculinity/feminity
Definition
Masculinity/femininity: Division of emotional roles between males and females
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Long term/short term orientation?
Definition
Long term/short term orientation: Time perspective of individuals
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What is Job performance?
Definition
completeing the tasks required, core task behavior, deviant behavior
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What is personnel psychology?
Definition
selection/placement, trainging and job development, evaluation of performance (I topics)
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What is Organizational psychology?
Definition
motivation/job satisfaction, leadership, teams, culture (o topics)
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What is human factors?
Definition
Interaction between individuals and equipment, Performance, culture, training
Term
What are the topics of O?
Definition
teams, culture, motivation, job satisfaction
Term
Schwoerer, et. al.
Definition
-experimental design
- trainging, self-efficacy, social learning
- SE-> better learning
- training -> better SE
- work self-efficacy led to an incrfease in training self-efficacy and performance expectancy
Term
Kerr et al
Definition
-emotional intelligence
- created a scale
- leader Emotional intelligent related to follower ratings
- survey
Term
Jackson et al
Definition
- developed a measure of collectivism
-measured: task performance, citizenship perforamance, counterproductive work behvior
- collectivism relates to all
- meta-analysis
Term
bell
Definition
-focuses on deep-level composistion variables
-meta-analysis
- big 5 will relate to learning performance
-compare lab and field setting
-effects stronger when you cosider team composition rather than individuals
- all related
Term
Riggio and throckmorton
Definition
-Interview study
-training for interviews but null findings
- Effected performance: social skills, nonverbal behavior, looks, dress, positive verbal statements, verbal errors all effect interview performance
Term
Mille and Cardy
Definition
lab and field correlational design
- self-monitoring
- 360 degree feedback
- high agreement for low monitors between peer and superisor, low for high monitors
Term
Social need theory
Definition
social need theory: everyone has a stronger need: power, cognition
Term
Goal setting theory
Definition
Performance is best when: Goals are specific, measureable, goals are challenging, but realist, feedback is provided, or SMART
Term
SMART
Definition
Specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, time-based
Term
What is the justice theory?
Definition
Peoples perceptions of fairness in organizations, consisting of perceptions of how decision are mad regarding the distribution of outcomes and the perceived fairness of those outcomes themselves
Term
What is distributive justice?
Definition
Distributive justice: The perceived fairness of the way rewards are distributed among people
Term
What is procedural justice?
Definition
Procedural justice: Perceptions of the fairness of the procedures use to determine outcomes. (process)
Term
what is Interactional justice?
Definition
Interactional justice: The perceived fairness of the interpersonal treatment used to determine organizational outcomes
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What motivates people?
Definition
-Meeting their needs (social need theory)
-Aspects of the job (justice)
-They way people think (goal setting theory)
Term
types of selection tests?
Definition
-Resumes, application blanks
-Tests (cognitive ability, personality, strength, biodata, integrity)
-Interviews, assessment centers
-Reference checks, background tests
Drug testing, medical tests
Term
star interviewing
Definition
Situation
Task
Action
Result
Term
What are the keys to effective training?
Definition
Participation, Repetition, Transfer of Training, Feedback
Term
Other forms of learning?
Definition
Practice variability
Behavioral modeling
Goal setting
Self-efficacy
Term
Effective performance appraisals are high on what?
Definition
Relevance, Sensitivity, Reliability, Acceptability, Practicality
Term
How should you give effective feedback?
Definition
a regular, expected management activity.
Term
Compare the traits approach, behavioral approach, contingency theory
Definition
Traits: traits of leaders
Behavior: how leaders act
Contingency: leaders can be task or relationship oriented, it is situational (The chart)
Term
Leader-member exchange
Definition
A theory suggesting that leaders form differencet relations with various subordinates and that their nature can exert strong effects on subordinates’ performance and satisfaction
Term
Coercive Power
Definition
Power to punish AND willingness to use power
Term
Expert Power
Definition
Leader has knowledge others need
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Referent power
Definition
Power because others like you and want you to like them
Term
Conflict resolution styles
Definition
Forcing, Avoiding, Compromising, Accommodating, Collaboration
Term
Groups?
Definition
Groups are better
-Best individual is better than the team
-Individuals take less time to reach decision
-Increase team size decrease amount of work done individually
Term
what helps with working in a team?
Definition
Collectivism and preference for working in teams
Term
What was the US high on?
Definition
Individualism
Term
What are Hofstede’s cultural dimensions?
Definition
Power distance, Uncertainty avoidance, Collectivism/individualism, Masculinity/femininity, Long term/short term orientation
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