Industrial Psychology CSU 440 UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is I/O Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The scientific study of the workplace,
study of the mind and behavior related to work
Industrial Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - The assessment, measurement, and
selection of people into jobs, methods for training them, and methods for assessing performance
and providing feedback.
wundt - CORRECT ANSWER - -established lab in Leipzig Germany
-Trained hugo munsterberg and James McKeen Cattell
Munsterberg - CORRECT ANSWER - -Director of Harvard PSY lab
-One of the first to measure abilities in workers and link it to performance
-wrote first I/O psychology textbook
-Conducted research on industrial efficiency
Cattell - CORRECT ANSWER - -believed individual differences matter
-Recognized individual differences as a way to predict performance
Scott & Bingham - CORRECT ANSWER - -worked at carnegie institute
-Developed methods for selecting and training sales personnel
-Volunteered to assist the US army in WWI
-Standford-Binet intelligence test to assess the recruits; army alpha, army beta
Gilbreth - CORRECT ANSWER - first Phd in I/O Psychology
-Applied scientific management principles of Frederick Winslow Taylor
-Sought to increase industrial efficiency
, Scientific Management - CORRECT ANSWER - -conducted time and motion studies
-"one best way to perform a task/job
Hawthorne Studies - CORRECT ANSWER - -aimed to improve productivity
-changed aspects of the work environment to achieve best productivity
-found that worker attitudes and emotions matter!
1892 - CORRECT ANSWER - APA founded
1917 - CORRECT ANSWER - Journal of applied psychology started
extraneous variable - CORRECT ANSWER - test theories and minimize confounds
Internal Validity - CORRECT ANSWER - Extent to which we can draw causal inferences
about our variables
External validity - CORRECT ANSWER - Extent to which our results generalizeto other
people, settings, or situations
Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER - Industrial psychology deals with assessment and
measurement of people in work settings
•Job -applicants - personnel selection tests
•Job incumbents - measures of job performance
Why is it important to study reliability of measurement in this class? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Examples of predictors in selection:
•Cognitive ability tests
•Personality measures
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is I/O Psychology? - CORRECT ANSWER - The scientific study of the workplace,
study of the mind and behavior related to work
Industrial Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - The assessment, measurement, and
selection of people into jobs, methods for training them, and methods for assessing performance
and providing feedback.
wundt - CORRECT ANSWER - -established lab in Leipzig Germany
-Trained hugo munsterberg and James McKeen Cattell
Munsterberg - CORRECT ANSWER - -Director of Harvard PSY lab
-One of the first to measure abilities in workers and link it to performance
-wrote first I/O psychology textbook
-Conducted research on industrial efficiency
Cattell - CORRECT ANSWER - -believed individual differences matter
-Recognized individual differences as a way to predict performance
Scott & Bingham - CORRECT ANSWER - -worked at carnegie institute
-Developed methods for selecting and training sales personnel
-Volunteered to assist the US army in WWI
-Standford-Binet intelligence test to assess the recruits; army alpha, army beta
Gilbreth - CORRECT ANSWER - first Phd in I/O Psychology
-Applied scientific management principles of Frederick Winslow Taylor
-Sought to increase industrial efficiency
, Scientific Management - CORRECT ANSWER - -conducted time and motion studies
-"one best way to perform a task/job
Hawthorne Studies - CORRECT ANSWER - -aimed to improve productivity
-changed aspects of the work environment to achieve best productivity
-found that worker attitudes and emotions matter!
1892 - CORRECT ANSWER - APA founded
1917 - CORRECT ANSWER - Journal of applied psychology started
extraneous variable - CORRECT ANSWER - test theories and minimize confounds
Internal Validity - CORRECT ANSWER - Extent to which we can draw causal inferences
about our variables
External validity - CORRECT ANSWER - Extent to which our results generalizeto other
people, settings, or situations
Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER - Industrial psychology deals with assessment and
measurement of people in work settings
•Job -applicants - personnel selection tests
•Job incumbents - measures of job performance
Why is it important to study reliability of measurement in this class? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Examples of predictors in selection:
•Cognitive ability tests
•Personality measures
