The process of finding how well an employee performs in alignment with a given rating scale

Performance Appraisal

A way of measuring performance in which you have visual images and values to assign employees with

Graphic Rating Scale

A similar measure to the Graphic Rate Scale but it is ANCHORED by behaviors that exemplify what each value is meant to represent

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS)

A measure that puts forth things can be seen in an employee that together produce a score with points based on whether these are present

Checklist (Weighted)

Helpful for: Development and Training, Personnel Decisions (Give a raise or fire)

Performance Appraisal

Making relative judgements on employees based on each other's performance

Employee Comparison

Focusing feedback on the task rather than the person results in better reception

Feedback Intervention Theory (FIT)

How well a person takes feedback on average

Feedback Orientation

Being too lenient, being too harsh, defaulting to the middle, being swayed by good or bad judgments are all examples of ____ ____

Rater Errors

How someone views the capacity to change within others

Implicit Person Theory

Your accuracy on each question causes adjustments in difficulty of successive questions

Computer Adaptive Testing

A judgement of how quickly you can perform the task or complete the questions; time limited

Speed Test

A judgement of how well you can solve the more complex problems

Power Test

A test administered in a question - response format, sometimes on paper, sometimes on computer; knowledge assessment

Pencil and Paper Test

A test administered to measure a specific skill via your demonstration of it (eg. manual dexterity vs psychomotor skills)

Performance Test

The objective of our measure, what we are trying to get a better understanding of

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