Chapter 1: Intro to Industrial Organizational Psychology

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branch of psychology that applies the principles of psychology to the workplace

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Industrial Organizational Psychology

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purpose of IO Psych

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to enhance the dignity and performance of human beings, and the organizations they work in, by advancing the science and knowledge of human behavior

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Main difference between IO Psych and business programs

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IO- examines factors affecting people in the organization

business programs- concerned about the broader aspects of running an organization

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societal contribution of IO Psych

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improving quality of life by increasing employee effectiveness which
•reduces the cost of goods sold by improving product quality
•reduces repair and replacement costs by improving organizational efficiency
•reduce the use of health insurance

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one of the major fields of IO Psych that study and practice in such areas as:
•analyzing jobs
•recruiting applicants 
•selecting employees
•determining salary levels
•training employee
•evaluating employee performance
•examines various methods to train and develop employees

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Personnel Psychology

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Organizational Psych are concerned with the issues of:

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• leadership
• job satisfaction
• organizational communication
• employee motivation
• conflict management
• Organizational change
• group processes within an organization

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this books covered industrial issues from employee selection through work design and motivation to marketing, advertising, and selling, this work was the first to present a unified view of the psychological foundations of business practice. It was also influential in emphasizing the need to validate tests in relation to job-oriented criteria.

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Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Hugo Münsterberg

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this books was first to apply psychology to business

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The Theory of Advertising by Walter Dill Scott

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a field of study concentrating on the interaction between human and machines

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Human factors/ Ergonomics

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research method in which the experimenter either does not manipulate the independent variable or in which subjects are not randomly assigned

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Quasi-experiments

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research that involves the use of previously collected data

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Archival research

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a committee designed to ensure the ethical treatment of research subjects

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a committee designed to ensure the ethical treatment of research subjects

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research conducted in a natural setting as opposed to a laboratory

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field research

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the extent to which research results can be expected to hold true outside the specific setting in which they are obtain

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external validity

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the extent to which the result of a study have an actual impact on human behavior

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Practical significance

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a third variable that can often explain the relationship between two variables

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intervening variable

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a type of dilemma in which there is a high level of uncertainty as to what is right or wrong, there appears to be a best solution, and there are both negative consequences to a decision

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Type A Dilemma

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a type of dilemma in which the difference between right or wrong is clear but choose the solution that is most advantageous to themselves

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Type B or Rationalizing Dilemma

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the manipulated variable

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independent variable

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a committee design to ensure the ethical treatment of research subjects

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institutional review boards

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research conducted in a natural setting

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field research

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research method in which the experimenter either does not manipulate tue independent variable or i which subjects are not randomly selected

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quasi experiments

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research that involves use of previously collected data

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archival research

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used in meta-analysis, a statistic that is the average of the effect sizes for all studies included in the analysis

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mean effect size

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a statistic, resulting from performing a correlation, that indicates the magnitude and direction of relationship

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correlation coefficients

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the extent to which the results of a study have an actual impact on hunan behavior

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practical significance

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a statistic that indicates the amount of change caused by an experimental manipulation

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effect size

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informing the subject in an experiment about the purpose of the study in which he or she was a participant and providing any other relevant information

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debriefing

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a third variavle that can often explain the relationship between two variables

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intervening variable

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a sttpe of effect size used in meta analysis that indicates how many standard deviations separate the mean score for the experimental group from the control group

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difference score

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eheb employees change their behavior due to the fact that they are receiving attention or are being observed

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hawthorne effect

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the field of study that concentrates on the selection and evaluation of employees

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Personnel psychology

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the field of study that jnvestigates the behavior of employees within the context of an organization

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Organizational Psychology

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a field of study concentrating on the interactiin between humans and machines

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Human factors or ergonomics

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the author of The Theory of Advertising and Increasing Human Efficiency im Business

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Walter Dill Scott

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he wrote the Psychology and Industrial Efficiency

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Hugo Münsterberg

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the firat professor of IO Psych

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W. L. Bryan