Review for Exam 1

As a general rule, you should know everything that was presented about these topics in the book and in class. See "How to get Straight A's" for exam studying tips.

The exam consists of 45 multiple choice questions (1 point each) and one short essay question (5 points).

Introduction to Organizational Psychology

importance of work

I-side and O-side

scientist practitioner model

Hawthorne studies

Hawthorne effect

Frederick Taylor

Kurt Lewin

contingency perspective

levels of analysis (individual, group, organizational)

Scientific Methods in Organizational Psychology

theory

main, mediator, moderator hypotheses

operational definitions

deficiency, contamination

internal consistency reliability

test-retest reliability

interrater reliability

types of measurement error

reliability and validity

criterion-related validity

content validity

construct validity

experimental designs

quasi-experimental designs

internal validity vs. external validity

IVs and DVs

survey design

social desirability

central tendency: mean, median

dispersion: standard deviation

correlation coefficients: direction, magnitude, scatterplots, causality

meta-analysis

Essay Question

Define reliability and validity and explain the relationship between them.

Questions for Review

1.    What is the difference between the I-side and the O-side?

2.    What were the Hawthorne studies and why were they important?

3.    What is the contingency perspective?

4.    What is a mediator? Diagram and give an example.

5.    What is a moderator? Diagram and give an example.

6.    What are operational definitions. How do they relate to conceptual definitions?

7.    What is an experimental design and when is it used? How does it compare to a quasi-experimental design?

8.    What is reliability and how is it estimated?

9.    What is validity and how is it estimated?

10.   Describe the features of a correlation coefficient. How do correlations relate to the idea of causality.