PSYC 2600 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
I/O Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of work and the
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people who do it | | |
Common Jobs of I/O - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-academics, industry,
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consultants, government, research organizations | | |
Levels of analysis in I/O - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-person, group,
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organization, types of organizations, society | | | |
Primary Areas of I/O study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Selection and
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Placement
| - job assessment, job/person selection
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2. Training and Development
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3. Performance Management
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4. Organizational Effectiveness
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5. Quality of Work Life
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| - role behavior, group influence, job satisfaction and commitment
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6. Ergonomics
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,3 Main Themes in I/O - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. ABC's of Psychology
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(affect, behavior, cognition) | |
2. Measurement
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3. Organizations are comprised of people
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1880-1900: Mental Testing Movement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- most
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of I/O is based on general basic knowledge
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- sir francis galton-->mental tests
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-alfred binet--> IQ | |
1900-1917: Industrialization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- frederick taylor:
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scientific management |
- walter dill scott: psychology and advertising
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- hugo munsterberg: selection
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- lillian gilbreth: human resource advocate
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World War 1: Selection of Military Recruits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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they selected military recruits
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1920 to World War 2 (and beyond): Human Relations Movement -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- hawthorne studies: people behave in response
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to changes at work
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, - social factors (norms, peer pressure, recognition) and human needs
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more important than "time/motion"
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World War 2: I/O as we know it - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-training,
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human factors, employee attitudes and motivation
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Post- WW 2: Enter Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- 1964 civil rights act,
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1991 civil rights act
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- 1990 americans with disabilities act
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Current Trends in the Workforce - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-globalization
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diversity
technology
rightsizing, downsizing, restructuring
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organizational image |
contingent workers |
groups/team structure |
customer orientation/ quality emphasis
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cognitive psychology |
Experimental Approach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-systematically vary
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independent variable to determine effects on dependent variable
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WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
I/O Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the study of work and the
| | | | | | | | | |
people who do it | | |
Common Jobs of I/O - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-academics, industry,
| | | | | | | |
consultants, government, research organizations | | |
Levels of analysis in I/O - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-person, group,
| | | | | | | | |
organization, types of organizations, society | | | |
Primary Areas of I/O study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Selection and
| | | | | | | | | |
Placement
| - job assessment, job/person selection
| | | |
2. Training and Development
| | |
3. Performance Management
| |
4. Organizational Effectiveness
| |
5. Quality of Work Life
| | | |
| - role behavior, group influence, job satisfaction and commitment
| | | | | | | |
6. Ergonomics
|
,3 Main Themes in I/O - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. ABC's of Psychology
| | | | | | | | | | |
(affect, behavior, cognition) | |
2. Measurement
| |
3. Organizations are comprised of people
| | | | |
1880-1900: Mental Testing Movement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- most
| | | | | | | |
of I/O is based on general basic knowledge
| | | | | | |
- sir francis galton-->mental tests
| | | |
-alfred binet--> IQ | |
1900-1917: Industrialization - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- frederick taylor:
| | | | | | |
scientific management |
- walter dill scott: psychology and advertising
| | | | | |
- hugo munsterberg: selection
| | |
- lillian gilbreth: human resource advocate
| | | | |
World War 1: Selection of Military Recruits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
they selected military recruits
| | |
1920 to World War 2 (and beyond): Human Relations Movement -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- hawthorne studies: people behave in response
| | | | | | | |
to changes at work
| | |
, - social factors (norms, peer pressure, recognition) and human needs
| | | | | | | | | |
more important than "time/motion"
| | |
World War 2: I/O as we know it - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-training,
| | | | | | | | | | |
human factors, employee attitudes and motivation
| | | | |
Post- WW 2: Enter Law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- 1964 civil rights act,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
1991 civil rights act
| | |
- 1990 americans with disabilities act
| | | | |
Current Trends in the Workforce - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-globalization
| | | | | | |
diversity
technology
rightsizing, downsizing, restructuring
| |
organizational image |
contingent workers |
groups/team structure |
customer orientation/ quality emphasis
| | |
cognitive psychology |
Experimental Approach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-systematically vary
| | | | | |
independent variable to determine effects on dependent variable
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