DrMacCollum Analyzes a Job,scripts Interview Questions,and Trains Interviewers to Ask

question 148

Multiple Choice

Dr.MacCollum analyzes a job,scripts interview questions,and trains interviewers to ask the same questions,in the same order,to all applicants,rating each applicant on an established scale.Her work best illustrates that of a(n) ________ psychologist.

• A) personnel
• B) organizational
• C) human factors
• D) clinical

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Definitions:

Dispositional Attributions

The inclination to assign the cause of a behavior or event to an individual's innate characteristics rather than to external factors.

Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon

The tendency for people to agree to a large request after first agreeing to a small one.

Cognitive Dissonance

The psychological discomfort experienced when holding two or more conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A cognitive bias that involves overemphasizing personality traits and underestimating situational factors when explaining other people's behavior.