I-O Psychology: Exam 1 Questions and
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Who were the two individuals credited with being the fathers of I/O psychology? -
✔✔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? - ✔✔consulting, private
company, university
Which of following areas are you least likely to study while in graduate school in I/O
psychology? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔An industrial psychologist
In the U.S., the major(and largest) association of I/O psychologist is called: - ✔✔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
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, were designed to: - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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: - ✔✔Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
Occupational health psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with: -
✔✔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: - ✔✔Test-retest reliability
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Who were the two individuals credited with being the fathers of I/O psychology? -
✔✔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? - ✔✔consulting, private
company, university
Which of following areas are you least likely to study while in graduate school in I/O
psychology? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔An industrial psychologist
In the U.S., the major(and largest) association of I/O psychologist is called: - ✔✔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
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, were designed to: - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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: - ✔✔Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
Occupational health psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with: -
✔✔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: - ✔✔Test-retest reliability
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