SIOP Organizational Behavior & Performance 2

Question 1

Which reinforcement schedule produces the highest and most persistent rate of responding and is most resistant to extinction?

Accepted Answer

Variable ratio

Answer

Variable ratio schedules produce the most persistent responding because the unpredictability of reinforcement timing makes extinction very slow.

Question 2

An employee consistently attributes her team's failures to external factors (e.g., market conditions) but attributes successes to her own efforts. This best illustrates:

Accepted Answer

Self-serving bias

Answer

Self-serving bias is the tendency to attribute successes to internal factors and failures to external factors to protect self-esteem.

Question 3

According to Hackman and Oldham's Job Characteristics Model, which psychological state is directly produced by task identity and task significance?

Accepted Answer

Experienced meaningfulness of work

Answer

Experienced meaningfulness of work is the psychological state linked to skill variety, task identity, and task significance in the JCM.

Question 4

A company uses 360-degree feedback. Which of the following is the MOST significant psychometric concern with peer ratings in this system?

Accepted Answer

Leniency bias from friendship effects

Answer

Peers who are friends with the ratee tend to inflate ratings, making leniency bias driven by friendship the primary psychometric concern in peer feedback systems.

Question 5

In expectancy theory, the term 'instrumentality' refers to:

Accepted Answer

The belief that performance will lead to a specific outcome

Answer

Instrumentality is the perceived probability that achieving a performance level will result in a desired outcome or reward.

(SIOP) Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Certification Practice Test

(SIOP) Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Certification Practice Test

SIOP Organizational Behavior & Performance 2