Industrial Psychology Chapters 1, 2, 3
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Importance of IO psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - studies the importance of work in
peoples lives
What is IO - CORRECT ANSWER - application of psychological principles, theory and
research to the work setting
Fields of IO psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - personnel psychology, organizational
psychology, human (factors) engineering psychology
Personnel psychology (human resources) - CORRECT ANSWER - fitting the person to the
job; recruiting, hiring, training, performance evaluation, promotion, firing
Organizational Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - combines social psychology and
human behavior, human emotion and motivation at the workplace
Human Factors Engineering - CORRECT ANSWER - person-environment factors, fitting
the job environment to the person
History: 1917 - CORRECT ANSWER - WWI, one million plus soldiers joined the army
alpha (literacy test) and beta (nonliteracy test)
History: 1930 - CORRECT ANSWER - Hawthorne studies: created interest in worker
emotion and motivation
History: 1941 - CORRECT ANSWER - human factors applied to cockpit design --
assessment center for spies
, History: 1964 - CORRECT ANSWER - civil rights act title VII - closer look at
employment tests and new types
History: 1982 - CORRECT ANSWER - SIOP founded (society for industrial and
organizational psychology)
What is science? - CORRECT ANSWER - approach that involves the understanding,
prediction, and control some phenomenon of interest
Science is a logical approach to investigation - CORRECT ANSWER - because it is based
on hypothesis theory or basic interest
Scientists set out to disprove theories - CORRECT ANSWER - scientists to not set out to
prove theories, the goal is to eliminate all plausible explanations except one
science depends on data - CORRECT ANSWER - that is found in a lab or field
scientists are objective - CORRECT ANSWER - because they are not biased or prejudice
Research must be - CORRECT ANSWER - communicable, open, public
Experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER - random assignment of participants to
conditions
Quasi-experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER - nonrandom assignment of
participants to conditions
Nonexperimental research (survey or observational) - CORRECT ANSWER - no unique
conditions for participants
UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Importance of IO psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - studies the importance of work in
peoples lives
What is IO - CORRECT ANSWER - application of psychological principles, theory and
research to the work setting
Fields of IO psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - personnel psychology, organizational
psychology, human (factors) engineering psychology
Personnel psychology (human resources) - CORRECT ANSWER - fitting the person to the
job; recruiting, hiring, training, performance evaluation, promotion, firing
Organizational Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER - combines social psychology and
human behavior, human emotion and motivation at the workplace
Human Factors Engineering - CORRECT ANSWER - person-environment factors, fitting
the job environment to the person
History: 1917 - CORRECT ANSWER - WWI, one million plus soldiers joined the army
alpha (literacy test) and beta (nonliteracy test)
History: 1930 - CORRECT ANSWER - Hawthorne studies: created interest in worker
emotion and motivation
History: 1941 - CORRECT ANSWER - human factors applied to cockpit design --
assessment center for spies
, History: 1964 - CORRECT ANSWER - civil rights act title VII - closer look at
employment tests and new types
History: 1982 - CORRECT ANSWER - SIOP founded (society for industrial and
organizational psychology)
What is science? - CORRECT ANSWER - approach that involves the understanding,
prediction, and control some phenomenon of interest
Science is a logical approach to investigation - CORRECT ANSWER - because it is based
on hypothesis theory or basic interest
Scientists set out to disprove theories - CORRECT ANSWER - scientists to not set out to
prove theories, the goal is to eliminate all plausible explanations except one
science depends on data - CORRECT ANSWER - that is found in a lab or field
scientists are objective - CORRECT ANSWER - because they are not biased or prejudice
Research must be - CORRECT ANSWER - communicable, open, public
Experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER - random assignment of participants to
conditions
Quasi-experimental research - CORRECT ANSWER - nonrandom assignment of
participants to conditions
Nonexperimental research (survey or observational) - CORRECT ANSWER - no unique
conditions for participants
