I/O Psychology EXAM 1 Ch.1-5 Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Personnel Psychology (the "I' in I/O)(subspecialty) - ✔✔defining and analyzing jobs
recruiting and selecting employees for jobs
training employees
assessing performance
promoting and retaining employees
test development and validation
legal issues
Organizational Psychology (the "O" in I/O)(subspecialty) - ✔✔determining how people
feel about work
determining why people act as they do at work
examining the effects work has on people
examining the effects people have on one another
how organizations are structured and function
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,how work is designed
tool and equipment usage on the job
examining work relevant health, safety, and well-being issues
Army Alpha and Beta Tests - ✔✔Tests of verbal and nonverbal skills developed by
psychologists to test WWI recruits. Used to assess intelligence
Army Alpha Project - ✔✔Army hires psychologists
Early examples of employment testing
Screen recruits for intelligence
Army Beta - created for those that were illiterate
What happened to the field of I/O psychology post war? - ✔✔I/O psychology was
accepted as a legitimate field
and
Legal actions have been taken to provide equal employment opportunities to all
Post World War II - ✔✔Evolved into legitimate area of practice
Government intervention
-protected class
-equal employment opportunity commission
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, Information Age
-technology improvements
-higher demands for organizations and employees
-focus on selection methods
"I" and "O" of I/O Psychology stand for - ✔✔industrial and organizational
Which employees should participate in job analysis process? - ✔✔SMEs who have been
in the job for at least 6 months
and
Top performing employees who are very knowledgeable
Types of Job Analyses - ✔✔Work/Task Oriented Method
-time and motion studies
-functional job analysis: people, data
-critical incident technique
-task inventories
Worker/KSAO Oriented Method
-position analysis questionnaire
Hybrid Methods
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Personnel Psychology (the "I' in I/O)(subspecialty) - ✔✔defining and analyzing jobs
recruiting and selecting employees for jobs
training employees
assessing performance
promoting and retaining employees
test development and validation
legal issues
Organizational Psychology (the "O" in I/O)(subspecialty) - ✔✔determining how people
feel about work
determining why people act as they do at work
examining the effects work has on people
examining the effects people have on one another
how organizations are structured and function
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,how work is designed
tool and equipment usage on the job
examining work relevant health, safety, and well-being issues
Army Alpha and Beta Tests - ✔✔Tests of verbal and nonverbal skills developed by
psychologists to test WWI recruits. Used to assess intelligence
Army Alpha Project - ✔✔Army hires psychologists
Early examples of employment testing
Screen recruits for intelligence
Army Beta - created for those that were illiterate
What happened to the field of I/O psychology post war? - ✔✔I/O psychology was
accepted as a legitimate field
and
Legal actions have been taken to provide equal employment opportunities to all
Post World War II - ✔✔Evolved into legitimate area of practice
Government intervention
-protected class
-equal employment opportunity commission
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, Information Age
-technology improvements
-higher demands for organizations and employees
-focus on selection methods
"I" and "O" of I/O Psychology stand for - ✔✔industrial and organizational
Which employees should participate in job analysis process? - ✔✔SMEs who have been
in the job for at least 6 months
and
Top performing employees who are very knowledgeable
Types of Job Analyses - ✔✔Work/Task Oriented Method
-time and motion studies
-functional job analysis: people, data
-critical incident technique
-task inventories
Worker/KSAO Oriented Method
-position analysis questionnaire
Hybrid Methods
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