Industrial Organizational Psychology
Exam 1 (Ch. 1-5)-Graded A
Industrial-Organizational Psychology - ANS-the application of psychological principles
and theories to the workplace
Industrial side - ANS-The more "technical" side of I/O, involving job analysis, training,
selection, and performance measurement
Organizational side - ANS-The "softer" side of I/O, involving motivation, work attitudes,
leadership, and organizational development
SIOP - ANS-The professional association for I/O psychology
Scientist-Practitioner Model - ANS-The method that I/O Psychologists use to both
generate and consume knowledge
Walter Dill Scott - ANS-Published the Theory of Advertising in 1903
The Theory of Advertising - ANS-What Walter Dill Scott published in 1903
Hugo Munsterberg - ANS-Wrote Psychology and Industrial Efficiency in 1913
Bingham and Scott - ANS-The two people who developed the performance rating
system for the military
Yerkes - ANS-The person who led the development of the Army Alpha and Beta Mental
Ability Tests
Army Alpha and Beta Mental Ability Tests - ANS-Tests developed by Yerkes that helped
the military select and classify army personnel, which later became the prototype for
group-administered tests despite being criticized for being too culture-dependent and
less about actual mental ability
Bruce Moore - ANS-The person who received the first PhD in I/O Psychology from
Carnegie Tech who later became the first president of the I/O Psychology section of the
APA
Section 14 - ANS-The section (#) of the APA devoted specifically to I/O Psychology
Lily Gilbreth - ANS-"The first lady of Management"
, Quasi-Experiments - ANS-An experimental design that is essentially a field experiment
without the random assignment, a popular technique in I/O Psychology because in most
organizations it's unrealistic to expect to be able to randomly assign people
Naturalistic Observation - ANS-The observation of someone/something in its natural
environment
Participant Observation - ANS-A method of naturalistic observation in which the
observer attempts to blend completely with those to be observed
Unobtrusive Observation - ANS-A method of naturalistic observation in which the
observed tries to observe objectively and unobtrusively without fully blending in
Case Studies - ANS-A examination of a single individual, group, organization, or
company
Archival Research - ANS-Relying on secondary data sets collected by other people to
generate theories
Cross-Sectional - ANS-A type of archival research that studies many subjects from one
point in time
Longitudinal - ANS-A type of archival research that studies on subject through time
Surveys - ANS-A common method in I/O Psychology to study attitudes/beliefs of a large
group of people at one time
Self-Administered Questionnaire - ANS-A type of survey completed in absence of an
interviewer, which allows for easy administering, large group participation, and
protection of anonymity for participants
Interview - ANS-A type of survey completed in the presence of an interviewer, leading to
a higher response rate and an ability to clear up ambiguities about questions in real-
time
Experience Sampling Methodology - ANS-A newer surveying method where automated
web-based surveys are sent to participants in real-time to capture data in the moment,
such as how people regulate their emotions at work
Measurement - ANS-
Reliability - ANS-The consistency of a measure - Do we get the same results each
time?
Validity - ANS-The relevance of a measure - Are we measuring the correct thing?
Exam 1 (Ch. 1-5)-Graded A
Industrial-Organizational Psychology - ANS-the application of psychological principles
and theories to the workplace
Industrial side - ANS-The more "technical" side of I/O, involving job analysis, training,
selection, and performance measurement
Organizational side - ANS-The "softer" side of I/O, involving motivation, work attitudes,
leadership, and organizational development
SIOP - ANS-The professional association for I/O psychology
Scientist-Practitioner Model - ANS-The method that I/O Psychologists use to both
generate and consume knowledge
Walter Dill Scott - ANS-Published the Theory of Advertising in 1903
The Theory of Advertising - ANS-What Walter Dill Scott published in 1903
Hugo Munsterberg - ANS-Wrote Psychology and Industrial Efficiency in 1913
Bingham and Scott - ANS-The two people who developed the performance rating
system for the military
Yerkes - ANS-The person who led the development of the Army Alpha and Beta Mental
Ability Tests
Army Alpha and Beta Mental Ability Tests - ANS-Tests developed by Yerkes that helped
the military select and classify army personnel, which later became the prototype for
group-administered tests despite being criticized for being too culture-dependent and
less about actual mental ability
Bruce Moore - ANS-The person who received the first PhD in I/O Psychology from
Carnegie Tech who later became the first president of the I/O Psychology section of the
APA
Section 14 - ANS-The section (#) of the APA devoted specifically to I/O Psychology
Lily Gilbreth - ANS-"The first lady of Management"
, Quasi-Experiments - ANS-An experimental design that is essentially a field experiment
without the random assignment, a popular technique in I/O Psychology because in most
organizations it's unrealistic to expect to be able to randomly assign people
Naturalistic Observation - ANS-The observation of someone/something in its natural
environment
Participant Observation - ANS-A method of naturalistic observation in which the
observer attempts to blend completely with those to be observed
Unobtrusive Observation - ANS-A method of naturalistic observation in which the
observed tries to observe objectively and unobtrusively without fully blending in
Case Studies - ANS-A examination of a single individual, group, organization, or
company
Archival Research - ANS-Relying on secondary data sets collected by other people to
generate theories
Cross-Sectional - ANS-A type of archival research that studies many subjects from one
point in time
Longitudinal - ANS-A type of archival research that studies on subject through time
Surveys - ANS-A common method in I/O Psychology to study attitudes/beliefs of a large
group of people at one time
Self-Administered Questionnaire - ANS-A type of survey completed in absence of an
interviewer, which allows for easy administering, large group participation, and
protection of anonymity for participants
Interview - ANS-A type of survey completed in the presence of an interviewer, leading to
a higher response rate and an ability to clear up ambiguities about questions in real-
time
Experience Sampling Methodology - ANS-A newer surveying method where automated
web-based surveys are sent to participants in real-time to capture data in the moment,
such as how people regulate their emotions at work
Measurement - ANS-
Reliability - ANS-The consistency of a measure - Do we get the same results each
time?
Validity - ANS-The relevance of a measure - Are we measuring the correct thing?
