Lecture 1 (exam 1)

Question 1

What is industrial/organisational psychology textbook definition

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is industrial/organisational psychology lecture definition

Answer 2

The study of employees’ behaviours at work using psych principles

Question 3

What are the characteristics of industrial/organisational psychology

Answer 3

Study individuals
Normal behaviour
Apply research to specific problems and use problems to guide research
Behavioural science

Question 4

What are the different fields of I-O psychology

Answer 4

Industrial/personnel psychology
Organisational psychology
Human factors/ergonomics

Question 5

What are all the steps of the research method

Answer 5

Question
Hypothesis
Study design
Collect data
Analyse data
Results
Draw conclusions

Question 6

Types of research strategies

Answer 6

Lab exp - random assignment (CAN establish cause/effect relationships)
Field exp - IV not manipulated, subjects not randomly assigned therefore can’t establish cause/effect (e.g., factory lighting)
Field study - no variable manipulation or randomisation so can’t determine cause/effect (e.g., job satisfaction surveys)
Simulation - some control of an experiment without artificiality of the setting but cannot determine cause/effect relationships (flight simulator)

Question 7

Lab experiment

Answer 7

High internal validity (control of extraneous variables)
Low external validity
Less realistic
More obtrusive

Question 8

Simulation

Answer 8

Quite high internal validity
Quite low external validity
Slightly less realistic
Slightly more obtrusive

Question 9

Field experiment

Answer 9

Quite low internal validity
Quite high external validity
More realistic
Slightly less obtrusive

Question 10

Field study

Answer 10

Low internal validity
High external validity
More realistic
Less obtrusive

Question 11

Running the study

Answer 11

Need informed consent
Instructions
Deception
Debriefing upon task completion

Question 12

Types of data

Answer 12

Self-report
Archival records
Observation methods
Trace measures

Question 13

Self-report

Answer 13

E.g., questionnaires, surveys
Different ways of administration
Open ended questions provide richer quality but more difficult to analyse
Close ended provide quantitative answers so easier to analyse but less in depth answers

Question 14

Archival records

Answer 14

On the books information
If kept accurately, great source of info, v intrusive and therefore straightforward.
But there can be biases/filters that come into play

Question 15

Observation methods

Answer 15

Watching for specific behaviours
Main benefit is you obtain complete natural behaviour; can be unobtrusive.
But being obtrusive can be problematic with demand characteristics.
Also need at least 2 observers to cross analyse

Question 16

Trace measures

Answer 16

Physical evidence indicating a behaviour has occurred.
Very obtrusive way to find out communication patterns.
But can be ambiguous.

Question 17

Analysing data

Answer 17

The difference between data points is what matter, whether it is a true or chance difference. 
Use probability (p

Question 18

What are the two types of statistics

Answer 18

Descriptive

Inferential