PSY 255 COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER
2026 FULL SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
● Industrial Psychology (I). Answer: Focuses on hiring, training, testing,
and evaluating employee performance.
● Organizational Psychology (O). Answer: Focuses on people, attitudes,
stress, leadership, and teamwork.
● Human Factors. Answer: Designing workspaces and systems to make
work safer and easier for employees.
● Main Goal of I/O Psychology. Answer: Help organizations succeed
while also supporting employees.
● Selection & Assessment. Answer: Choosing the right person for the
job.
● Training. Answer: Teaching employees skills they need to succeed.
● Organizational Development. Answer: Improving how people work
together.
, ● Performance Management. Answer: Measuring and improving
employee performance.
● Leadership Development. Answer: Helping leaders support and guide
their teams.
● Quality of Work Life. Answer: Improving fairness, satisfaction, and
well-being at work.
● Scientist-Practitioner Model. Answer: I/O psychologists both create
research and apply it in real workplaces.
● Scientist Role. Answer: Uses research to generate knowledge.
● Practitioner Role. Answer: Applies research to real organizational
problems.
● Hugo Münsterberg. Answer: Early I/O psychologist who showed
abilities relate to job performance.
● Scientific Management. Answer: Focus on efficiency and finding the
"best way" to do a job.
2026 FULL SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
● Industrial Psychology (I). Answer: Focuses on hiring, training, testing,
and evaluating employee performance.
● Organizational Psychology (O). Answer: Focuses on people, attitudes,
stress, leadership, and teamwork.
● Human Factors. Answer: Designing workspaces and systems to make
work safer and easier for employees.
● Main Goal of I/O Psychology. Answer: Help organizations succeed
while also supporting employees.
● Selection & Assessment. Answer: Choosing the right person for the
job.
● Training. Answer: Teaching employees skills they need to succeed.
● Organizational Development. Answer: Improving how people work
together.
, ● Performance Management. Answer: Measuring and improving
employee performance.
● Leadership Development. Answer: Helping leaders support and guide
their teams.
● Quality of Work Life. Answer: Improving fairness, satisfaction, and
well-being at work.
● Scientist-Practitioner Model. Answer: I/O psychologists both create
research and apply it in real workplaces.
● Scientist Role. Answer: Uses research to generate knowledge.
● Practitioner Role. Answer: Applies research to real organizational
problems.
● Hugo Münsterberg. Answer: Early I/O psychologist who showed
abilities relate to job performance.
● Scientific Management. Answer: Focus on efficiency and finding the
"best way" to do a job.
