I-O Psychology: Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who were the two individuals credited with being the fathers of I/O psychology? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Walter Dill Scott and Hugo Munsterberg
Becky has finally finished her degree in I/O psychology! What are the three most common
settings in which she would be most likely to work? - CORRECT ANSWER - consulting,
private company, university
Which of following areas are you least likely to study while in graduate school in I/O
psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER - Treatment of psychology disorders
Erin is applying for a major fast food chain. What type of psychologist is most likely to have
developed the employee selection procedures, training sessions and performance appraisal
system that she will be subject to? - CORRECT ANSWER - An industrial psychologist
In the U.S., the major(and largest) association of I/O psychologist is called: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
The field of I/O psychology boomed during World War I, when Yerkes and his team developed
the first large-scale psychology test, Army Alpha and Army Beta. These tests were designed to: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Asses skills so that recruits could be place in jobs for which they
were best-suited.
Mary is experiencing feelings of insecurity and depression. She is having difficulty finding the
motivation to complete even the simplest task at work and when at home she just sits and shares
her TV. Her employer has suggested she seek the help of a professional. What type of
psychologist is the most likely to go for help? - CORRECT ANSWER - A clinical
psychologist
, Results of some of the Hawthorne studies were tentatively explained by what has come to be
know as the Hawthorne Effect, in which - CORRECT ANSWER - Employee performance
increases because the knowledge if participating in a study.
The husband and wife team that was the subject if the movie Cheaper By the Dozen and credited
with beginning the study of efficient ways of performing tasks through the time and motion
studies was: - CORRECT ANSWER - Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
Occupational health psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with: - CORRECT
ANSWER - employee health, safety, and well-being
A researcher administers a survey to a team of engineers in the morning. She administers the
same survey to the same engineers later in the day to ensure that they survey scores do not
change substantially. The researcher is assessing the survey measure's: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Test-retest reliability
The major advantage of the experiment is the ability to - CORRECT ANSWER - draw
casual conclusions
A hypothesis is - CORRECT ANSWER - all of these options are correct
Procedures that allow researchers to rule out certain explanations for results other than the
hypothesis they wish to test are referred to as ________ procedures. - CORRECT
ANSWER - control
What is a primary when conducting survey research in organizations? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ensuring that subjects can accurately self-report the the variables of interest.
Dr. Fields conducts a research study in which she adjust the lighting of employees' offices to be
dim, average, or bright and then measures the employees' productivity over the next three hours.
In this study, employee productivity is the: - CORRECT ANSWER - dependent variable.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who were the two individuals credited with being the fathers of I/O psychology? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Walter Dill Scott and Hugo Munsterberg
Becky has finally finished her degree in I/O psychology! What are the three most common
settings in which she would be most likely to work? - CORRECT ANSWER - consulting,
private company, university
Which of following areas are you least likely to study while in graduate school in I/O
psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER - Treatment of psychology disorders
Erin is applying for a major fast food chain. What type of psychologist is most likely to have
developed the employee selection procedures, training sessions and performance appraisal
system that she will be subject to? - CORRECT ANSWER - An industrial psychologist
In the U.S., the major(and largest) association of I/O psychologist is called: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
The field of I/O psychology boomed during World War I, when Yerkes and his team developed
the first large-scale psychology test, Army Alpha and Army Beta. These tests were designed to: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Asses skills so that recruits could be place in jobs for which they
were best-suited.
Mary is experiencing feelings of insecurity and depression. She is having difficulty finding the
motivation to complete even the simplest task at work and when at home she just sits and shares
her TV. Her employer has suggested she seek the help of a professional. What type of
psychologist is the most likely to go for help? - CORRECT ANSWER - A clinical
psychologist
, Results of some of the Hawthorne studies were tentatively explained by what has come to be
know as the Hawthorne Effect, in which - CORRECT ANSWER - Employee performance
increases because the knowledge if participating in a study.
The husband and wife team that was the subject if the movie Cheaper By the Dozen and credited
with beginning the study of efficient ways of performing tasks through the time and motion
studies was: - CORRECT ANSWER - Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
Occupational health psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with: - CORRECT
ANSWER - employee health, safety, and well-being
A researcher administers a survey to a team of engineers in the morning. She administers the
same survey to the same engineers later in the day to ensure that they survey scores do not
change substantially. The researcher is assessing the survey measure's: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Test-retest reliability
The major advantage of the experiment is the ability to - CORRECT ANSWER - draw
casual conclusions
A hypothesis is - CORRECT ANSWER - all of these options are correct
Procedures that allow researchers to rule out certain explanations for results other than the
hypothesis they wish to test are referred to as ________ procedures. - CORRECT
ANSWER - control
What is a primary when conducting survey research in organizations? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ensuring that subjects can accurately self-report the the variables of interest.
Dr. Fields conducts a research study in which she adjust the lighting of employees' offices to be
dim, average, or bright and then measures the employees' productivity over the next three hours.
In this study, employee productivity is the: - CORRECT ANSWER - dependent variable.
