The Final Section of a Performance Appraisal Is a Rating

question 20

Multiple Choice

The final section of a performance appraisal is a rating scale.This scale is very detailed and relates to competency standards specific to surgical clients.The scale is a summary of performance directly observed or documentation reviewed and is specific to client care situations in which the employee has been involved.This type of evaluation is most commonly known as:

• A) a traditional rating scale.
• B) management by objectives/learning goals.
• C) a forced distribution scale.
• D) a behaviorally anchored rating scale.

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Definitions:

Phallic

Relating to or resembling a phallus; often used in psychoanalytic theory to describe the stage of psychosexual development focused on the genitals.

Fixated

An intense focus or obsession on a particular object, concept, or person, often to the exclusion of other considerations.

Oral Stage

A term used in Freudian psychology to describe the first stage of psychosexual development, where pleasure centers on the mouth.

Freud

Also known as the father of psychoanalysis, Freud developed theories on the unconscious mind, mechanisms of repression, and the importance of dreams.