1 CH 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
industrial organizational psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - a specialization in
psychology focused on the application of psychological principles to understanding people in the
workplace
industrial psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - focus on human resource procedures in the
workplace which are guided by psychological principles
organizational psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - focus on the human side of the
worker (work motivation, leadership, teams, job satisfaction, work-life balance, etc)
society for industrial and organizational psychology (SIOP) - CORRECT ANSWER -
primary professional organization to which most i/o psychologists in the US and Canada belong
work and organizational psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - term used in many parts of
the world, such as Europe, referring to the field of i/o psychology
european association of work and organizational psychology (EAWOP) - CORRECT
ANSWER - one of the largest i/o organizations consisting of 25 constituent organizations
from different european countries
europsy - CORRECT ANSWER - the european certification of psychology provides a
standard for evaluating the professional training of psychologists in europe, providing a
subspecialty in work and organizational psychology
scientist practitioner model - CORRECT ANSWER - a central tenet of i/o psychology
stating that a strong i/o psychologist will be both a researcher as well as a practitioner