Industrial Psychology Chapters 1, 2, 3
Importance of IO psychology - Answer-studies the importance of work in peoples lives
What is IO - Answer-application of psychological principles, theory and research to the work setting
Fields of IO psychology - Answer-personnel psychology, organizational psychology, human (factors)
engineering psychology
Personnel psychology (human resources) - Answer-fitting the person to the job; recruiting, hiring,
training, performance evaluation, promotion, firing
Organizational Psychology - Answer-combines social psychology and human behavior, human emotion
and motivation at the workplace
Human Factors Engineering - Answer-person-environment factors, fitting the job environment to the
person
History: 1917 - Answer-WWI, one million plus soldiers joined the army alpha (literacy test) and beta
(nonliteracy test)
, History: 1930 - Answer-Hawthorne studies: created interest in worker emotion and motivation
History: 1941 - Answer-human factors applied to cockpit design -- assessment center for spies
History: 1964 - Answer-civil rights act title VII - closer look at employment tests and new types
History: 1982 - Answer-SIOP founded (society for industrial and organizational psychology)
What is science? - Answer-approach that involves the understanding, prediction, and control some
phenomenon of interest
Science is a logical approach to investigation - Answer-because it is based on hypothesis theory or basic
interest
Scientists set out to disprove theories - Answer-scientists to not set out to prove theories, the goal is to
eliminate all plausible explanations except one
science depends on data - Answer-that is found in a lab or field
scientists are objective - Answer-because they are not biased or prejudice
Research must be - Answer-communicable, open, public
Experimental research - Answer-random assignment of participants to conditions
Quasi-experimental research - Answer-nonrandom assignment of participants to conditions
Importance of IO psychology - Answer-studies the importance of work in peoples lives
What is IO - Answer-application of psychological principles, theory and research to the work setting
Fields of IO psychology - Answer-personnel psychology, organizational psychology, human (factors)
engineering psychology
Personnel psychology (human resources) - Answer-fitting the person to the job; recruiting, hiring,
training, performance evaluation, promotion, firing
Organizational Psychology - Answer-combines social psychology and human behavior, human emotion
and motivation at the workplace
Human Factors Engineering - Answer-person-environment factors, fitting the job environment to the
person
History: 1917 - Answer-WWI, one million plus soldiers joined the army alpha (literacy test) and beta
(nonliteracy test)
, History: 1930 - Answer-Hawthorne studies: created interest in worker emotion and motivation
History: 1941 - Answer-human factors applied to cockpit design -- assessment center for spies
History: 1964 - Answer-civil rights act title VII - closer look at employment tests and new types
History: 1982 - Answer-SIOP founded (society for industrial and organizational psychology)
What is science? - Answer-approach that involves the understanding, prediction, and control some
phenomenon of interest
Science is a logical approach to investigation - Answer-because it is based on hypothesis theory or basic
interest
Scientists set out to disprove theories - Answer-scientists to not set out to prove theories, the goal is to
eliminate all plausible explanations except one
science depends on data - Answer-that is found in a lab or field
scientists are objective - Answer-because they are not biased or prejudice
Research must be - Answer-communicable, open, public
Experimental research - Answer-random assignment of participants to conditions
Quasi-experimental research - Answer-nonrandom assignment of participants to conditions
