Chap 1: Intro to IOPsy Flashcards
Branch of Psychology that applies the principles of Psychology to the workplace
IO PSYCH
I/O apply research findings so that the work they perform with organization will be of high quality and enhance organization’s effectiveness
Scientist-Practitioner
Goal of I/O psych
Increase the productivity and well-being of employees
Focuses on determining the competencies needed to perform a job, staffing the organization with employees who have those competencies, and increasing those competencies through training
Industrial Psychology
Concentrates on the selection and evaluation of employees
Personnel psychology
Investigates the behaviour of employees within the context of an organization
Organizational psychology
Employee to organization (down to up)
Industrial Psychology
Organization to employee (up to down)
Organizational psychology
Concentrates on the interaction between humans and machine
Human Factors/ergonomics
Used by the army for soldiers who can read
Army Alpha
Used by the army for soldiers who can’t read
Army Beta
-Pioneer in behaviourism
-developed perceptual and motor test for ‘potential pilots’
John Watson
-importance of selecting right employees
- 163-item knowledge test
- 5% out of 900 passed
-not a psychologist
-invented light bulb
Thomas Edison
The theory of advertising
Walter Dill Scott
Psychology and industrial efficiency
Hugo munsterberg
- a mathematician
- skillset and matching
Charles Babbage
The principle of scientific management
Time and motion
Frederick Taylor
Improve productivity and reduce fatigue
Breaking down job components into steps (planning procedure)
Frank and lillian gilbreth
5 functions of management
Henri Fayol
Planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, controlling
Employees are motivated by relational factors than environmental factor such as lighting or monetary rewards.
Elton Mayo
-Current theories of motivation and quality of work life can be traced to his work.
-Workers want opportunity for recognition, achievement, responsibility, and growth.
-“Two factor theory” (motivators and hygiene factors)
Frederick Herzberg
-Theory of human nature
-Managers should have a positive view of people and help them realize their potential.
-Theory of X n Y
Douglas McGregor
- Hierarchy of needs.
-Money is also a physiological needs.
Abraham Maslow
Army Alpha and Beta
Robert Yorkes
Employee change their behavior because they are being observed
Hawthorne Effect
Initially Designed to investigate such issues as the effect of lighting, levels, work schedules, wages, temperature, and rest breaks on “employee performance”
Hawthorne Studies
Hawthorne studies/effect revealed the:
-Existence of informal employee groups and their control on production
-Importance of employee attitudes
- Value of having sympathetic and understanding superior
Standardized admission test required by most psychological graduate schools
Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
Graduate programs that offer a master’s degree but not a Ph.D
Terminal master’s degree
programs
A situation in which a student works for an
organization, either for pay or as a volunteer, to receive practical work experience.
Internship
A paid or unpaid position with an organization that gives a student practical work experience.
Practicum
student working toward a Ph.D. must complete a _________
dissertation
