Intro to Industrial/Organizational
Psychology Final Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
I/O Psychology - ✔✔The science of human behavior at work and the application of
psychological principles to the workplace
Different aspects of I/O Psychology - ✔✔Work Groups & Performance (Effectiveness),
Attitudes, Motivation & Commitment, Performance Appraisal, Organizational
Development, Employee Selection, Job Analysis, Training, Assessment
Industrial Psychology - ✔✔More concerned with the appropriate use of people or
"human resources" in
organizations: Job Design, Employee Selection & Training, Performance Appraisal
Organizational Psychology - ✔✔Understanding behavior and enhancing the well being
of employees in the workplace: Employee Attitudes & Behavior, Job Stress, Supervisory
Practices
Hugo Munsterberg & Walter Dill Scott - ✔✔Applying psychology to problems of
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,organizations
Frederick Winslow Taylor - ✔✔Scientific Management as an approach to handling
production workers in factories
Frank & Lillian Gilbreth - ✔✔Studied how people perform tasks; Best known for time
and motion studies
Army Alpha - ✔✔Tests intelligence of people who can read/write in English. Used for
USA army in WWI
Hawthorne Studies - ✔✔An experiment where a group of 6 employees were segregated,
their work environment was changed and they were monitored
Army General Classification Test - ✔✔a test developed by during WWII psychologists
for the selection and placement of military personnel
What does an I/O Psychologist
do? - ✔✔Conduct job analysis, Design an employee performance appraisal system,
Design an employee selection system, Design training programs, Evaluate the
effectiveness of an activity
or practice, Implement an organizational change
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,Career Opportunities - ✔✔University Professor, Researcher, Consultant, Organizational
Development Specialist, Performance Improvement Specialist, Human Resource
Representative, Management Development, Training & Development
Beneficence and Nonmaleficence - ✔✔Psychologists strive to benefit those with whom
they work and take care to do no harm
Fidelity and Responsibility - ✔✔Psychologists establish relationships of trust with those
with whom they work.
Integrity - ✔✔Psychologists seek to promote accuracy, honesty, and truthfulness in the
science, teaching, and practice of psychology.
Justice - ✔✔Psychologists recognize that fairness and justice entitle all persons to access
to and benefit from the contributions of
psychology and to equal quality in the processes, procedures, and services being
conducted by psychologists.
Respect for People's Rights and Dignity - ✔✔Psychologists respect the dignity and
worth of all people, and the rights of individuals to privacy, confidentiality, and self-
determination.
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, Quasi-experimental - ✔✔Research method similar to an experimental design except that
it makes use of naturally occurring groups rather than randomly assigning subjects to
groups. (No control)
Survey Design - ✔✔a method of asking research participants questions that provides
researchers with a method of information gathering from a large number of people over
a relatively short period of time
Questionnaire - ✔✔-Open-ended questions allow respondents to express opinions,
ideas, or behaviors in their own words without being forced to choose among
alternatives that have been predetermined by a marketing researcher. It captures the
"voice" of the respondents.
Descriptive Statistics - ✔✔Ways of describing a set of data. Three common
measurements are the mean, median and mode.
Meta-Analysis - ✔✔a procedure for statistically combining the results of many different
research studies
Job Analysis - ✔✔Process of defining a job in terms of its
component tasks or duties and the human attributes
Uses and Application of Job Analysis - ✔✔Career Development
Legal Issues
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Psychology Final Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
I/O Psychology - ✔✔The science of human behavior at work and the application of
psychological principles to the workplace
Different aspects of I/O Psychology - ✔✔Work Groups & Performance (Effectiveness),
Attitudes, Motivation & Commitment, Performance Appraisal, Organizational
Development, Employee Selection, Job Analysis, Training, Assessment
Industrial Psychology - ✔✔More concerned with the appropriate use of people or
"human resources" in
organizations: Job Design, Employee Selection & Training, Performance Appraisal
Organizational Psychology - ✔✔Understanding behavior and enhancing the well being
of employees in the workplace: Employee Attitudes & Behavior, Job Stress, Supervisory
Practices
Hugo Munsterberg & Walter Dill Scott - ✔✔Applying psychology to problems of
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,organizations
Frederick Winslow Taylor - ✔✔Scientific Management as an approach to handling
production workers in factories
Frank & Lillian Gilbreth - ✔✔Studied how people perform tasks; Best known for time
and motion studies
Army Alpha - ✔✔Tests intelligence of people who can read/write in English. Used for
USA army in WWI
Hawthorne Studies - ✔✔An experiment where a group of 6 employees were segregated,
their work environment was changed and they were monitored
Army General Classification Test - ✔✔a test developed by during WWII psychologists
for the selection and placement of military personnel
What does an I/O Psychologist
do? - ✔✔Conduct job analysis, Design an employee performance appraisal system,
Design an employee selection system, Design training programs, Evaluate the
effectiveness of an activity
or practice, Implement an organizational change
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,Career Opportunities - ✔✔University Professor, Researcher, Consultant, Organizational
Development Specialist, Performance Improvement Specialist, Human Resource
Representative, Management Development, Training & Development
Beneficence and Nonmaleficence - ✔✔Psychologists strive to benefit those with whom
they work and take care to do no harm
Fidelity and Responsibility - ✔✔Psychologists establish relationships of trust with those
with whom they work.
Integrity - ✔✔Psychologists seek to promote accuracy, honesty, and truthfulness in the
science, teaching, and practice of psychology.
Justice - ✔✔Psychologists recognize that fairness and justice entitle all persons to access
to and benefit from the contributions of
psychology and to equal quality in the processes, procedures, and services being
conducted by psychologists.
Respect for People's Rights and Dignity - ✔✔Psychologists respect the dignity and
worth of all people, and the rights of individuals to privacy, confidentiality, and self-
determination.
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, Quasi-experimental - ✔✔Research method similar to an experimental design except that
it makes use of naturally occurring groups rather than randomly assigning subjects to
groups. (No control)
Survey Design - ✔✔a method of asking research participants questions that provides
researchers with a method of information gathering from a large number of people over
a relatively short period of time
Questionnaire - ✔✔-Open-ended questions allow respondents to express opinions,
ideas, or behaviors in their own words without being forced to choose among
alternatives that have been predetermined by a marketing researcher. It captures the
"voice" of the respondents.
Descriptive Statistics - ✔✔Ways of describing a set of data. Three common
measurements are the mean, median and mode.
Meta-Analysis - ✔✔a procedure for statistically combining the results of many different
research studies
Job Analysis - ✔✔Process of defining a job in terms of its
component tasks or duties and the human attributes
Uses and Application of Job Analysis - ✔✔Career Development
Legal Issues
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