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occupational psych Flashcards

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Aims of OP

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  • ensure physical and mental wellbeing of employees
  • understand human behaviour in the work place
  • increase work place productivity
  • improve organisational and individual performance
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person job fit

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how does their skills fit demands of job

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person-organisation fit

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How well does their personality and values fit job

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KASO stands for

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knowledge skills abilities and other characteristics

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men tend to go for jobs that are advertised as what

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greater masculine words such as leader, competitive and dominan

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what is attraction selection theory?

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how the job and organization are described influences who will apply, people will choose environments that match their disposition.

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what are they types of bias within recruitment selection?

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beautyism
halo effect
horns effect
similar to me
stereotyping

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what is halo effect?

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Positive first impression influences their judgement

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what is horns effect?

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Positive first impression influences their judgement

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what is strength based recruitment?

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  • increases employment engagement
  • increases self esteem and decreasing percieved stress
  • lower employee turnover
  • make employees feel more supported and included when appraisals are strength based
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strength-based interviewing?

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Focus more on: what candidates strengths are, how effect they use them and how engaged/motivated they are.

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what is systematic slsection?

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techniques used to avoid bias and identify best candidate

  1. ability and aptitude tests, asses general mental ability (GMA) and cognitive tests are powerful in predicting performance
  2. personality tests—> interest values and motivations
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what is general mental ability?

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The path from the ability to do something to actually being able to complete it.

higher learning ability —> quicker knowledge acquisition —> steeper learning curve

more complex job means the better GMA predicts performance

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Construct validity

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does the test measure what it claims to?

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face validity?

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is it relevant to candidates

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content validity

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is it relevnant to the role

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criterion validity

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does it predict job perfomrance

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what are the traits in the five factor model of personality?

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openness
conscientiousness
extraversion
agreeableness
neuroticism

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what jobs are low neuroticism found in?

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low = calm, self confident
found in –> construction and building

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high neuroticism

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anxious and pensive
buisness and public service positions

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conscientiousness

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organised
skilled trades and managerial positions

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agreeableness

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maintaining positive relations
personal care leisure and teaching

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openness

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creativity
media and sports, teaching or research

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maslows hierachry of needs

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self actualisation
esteem
love
safety
physiological needs

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McClelland - Motivation as a trait

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we have the same three needs but in different amounts and we will be picked by the one the employer wants the most.

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what are McClellands three traits

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  1. need for achievement - drive to do well and succeed
  2. need for affiliation - develop close and meaningful relationships
  3. need for power - control and influence others
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Self-determination theory

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self-determination is the ability to make your own choices and control your own life.

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intrinsic motivation

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doing a task for the inherent satisfaction and interest

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extrinsic motivation

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driven by external rewards

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controlled motivation

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external, reward

the more extrinsic reward there is there more likely intrinsic motivation will reduce.

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what are our three psychological needs?

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  1. autonomy; feeling of control
  2. competence: feeling you have necessary skills
  3. relatedness: good social relationships
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what is the social envionment?

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the idea that things around you can help or hinder the trhee psychological needs

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social support

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Support for autonomy promotes internalisation: most important factor for predicting identification and integration.

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extrinsic rewards

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Lower self-determination: the more controlled by rewards, the lower the autonomy, and internal motivation is reduced

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feedback

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Positive feedback increases self-determination

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SDT in work place

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  • workplaces that aim to fulfill the three needs will enhance intrinsic motivation and lead to;

Persistence and maintained behaviour change
Effective performance
Job satisfaction
Positive work-related attitudes
Organisational citizenship behaviour
Psychological adjustment and well-being

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equity theory

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  • work motivation comes from being treated fairly by your employer
  • we decide how fairly we are being treated by assessing how much we put into our work and how much we get out of it. if we put loads in and don’t get much out of it we won’t be as motivated.
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organisational justice

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distribution of rewards and the process in which they are distributed by and the communication between employees and employers

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distributive justice

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do they feel rewarded compared to others

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procedural justice

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how are rewards distributed and are systems of reward fair

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interpersonal justice

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do people feel they are treated with respect and dignity

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informational justice

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relates to ways decisions/procedures are communicated and explained

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what is goal setting theory?

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goals influence behaviour
behaviour changed by goals

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charectoristics of a goal

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specificity and ifficultyt
measurable
possible

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