Test 1

Question 1

The scientific study of working and the application of that science to workplace issues facing individuals, teams, and organizations

Answer 1

Industrial and organizational psych

Question 2

Study of work behavior

Answer 2

Grandma definition of industrial and organizational psych

Question 3

Which part of IO psych involves the following

Job analysis
Training
Selection
Performance management/appraisal

Answer 3

Industrial psych

Question 4

Which part of IO psych involves the following

Motivation
Work attitudes
Leadership
Organizational structure, culture, and processes

Answer 4

Organizational psych

Question 5

A model or framework for education in an academic discipline based on understanding the scientific principles and findings evidenced in the discipline and how they provide the basis for the professional practice

Answer 5

Scientist-Practitioner Model

Question 6

SIOP training guidelines from the Scientist/ Practitioner Model

____________: generators of knowledge
Practitioners: _________ of knowledge

Answer 6

Scientists; consumers

Question 7

I/O psychology as an applied psychology:

Goal of enhancing ________ ____ _________ and institutions

Answer 7

welfare; of; others

Question 8

Primary Employment of __________ _______ members

Nonprofit organizations: 4%
Government/military: 9%
Other private organizations: 20%
Consulting: 26%
Academic: 42%

Answer 8

Doctoral SIOP

Question 9

Why are these people significant to IO psych

Walter Dill Scott
Frederick W. Taylor
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Hugo Münsterberg

Answer 9

Founding figures of IO psych

Question 10

First professor of applied psychology (Carnegie Tech)

Published The ________ of _________ in 1903

Answer 10

Walter Dill Scott; The Theory of Advertising

Question 11

Published Psychology and Industrial ________ in 1913

Answer 11

Hugo Munsterberg; Psychology and Industrial Efficiency

Question 12

Gave talk on psychology of advertising in 1901 (birth of I/O psychology)

Answer 12

Walter Dill Scott

Question 13

“First Lady of Management” and the “Mother of Scientific Management”

Answer 13

Lillian Gilbreth

Question 14

Scientific Management

Pig iron, rest breaks: productivity increased from 12.5 to 47 tons moved per day

Answer 14

Frederick Taylor

Question 15

Pig iron, ____________: productivity increased from 12.5 to ___ tons moved per day

Answer 15

rest breaks; 47 tons

Question 16

Who wrote ‘The Psychology of Management’

Answer 16

Lillian Gilbreth

Question 17

Frank Gilbreth started out by applying his observations on reducing fatigue and improving processes in his own ___________ ____________ business

Answer 17

bricklaying contracting business

Question 18

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth

Considered the habits, health, nutrition, size, strength, skills, temperament, and training of the worker as _________ that can lead to _________

Answer 18

variables; efficiency

Question 19

Main aim of motion study experts is to determine accurately the fatigue resulting from any job and then to eliminate that which was unnecessary by designing convenient _________, furnishing chairs, providing regular __________ periods

Answer 19

workbenches; rest-recovery

Question 20

Who founded the Psychological Corporation
ARI, AFHRL

Answer 20

James Cattell

Question 21

Which study aimed to determine the best physical factors (e.g., lighting) to maximize productivity

Answer 21

Hawthorne studies

Question 22

Hawthorne studies

Productivity of the study group increased whether ________ was increased or decreased

Answer 22

lighting

Question 23

Division 14 of Psychology

Answer 23

SIOP

Question 24

I/O psychologists developed test _________ currently used for military selection

Answer 24

ASVAB

Question 25

Increase the fit between workforce and workplace during rapid change

Help workforce balance work-family issues

Answer 25

Mandate of I/O Psychology

Question 26

Project ___________ is identifying evidence-based, fairer, and more sustainable policy alternatives to the double standard of dual salaries

Answer 26

FAIR (Fairness in Aid Remuneration)

Question 27

Project __________ is a global network of researchers, teachers and practitioners focused on the policy question, “Is there a Global Living Wage that enables people, organizations and communities to prosper and thrive?”

Answer 27

GLOW (Global Living Organizational Wage)

Question 28

Goal is to promote good by following principles pertaining to human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption

Answer 28

UN Global Compact

Question 29

Logic of inquiry—way of doing things to increase understanding of concepts, processes and relationships

Answer 29

Science

Question 30

What are the four main goals of science

Answer 30

Description
Explanation
Prediction
Control

Question 31

Generates predictions based on theory, gather data, and use the data to test predictions

Answer 31

Empiricism

Question 32

Behavior is orderly and systematic

Answer 32

Determination

Question 33

Behavior can be experienced, examined, and discovered

Answer 33

Discoverability

Question 34

Statement
Design
Measurement
Analysis
Conclusions

Answer 34

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH PROCESS

Question 35

Inductive vs. deductive method

Induction: Data => Theory
Deduction: Theory => Data

Answer 35

IDT, DTD

Question 36

Most research is driven by the _______ process, but it is also possible to start with data

Answer 36

deductive

Question 37

Parsimony: (explains a lot, but simple)
Precision: (specific and accurate in its wording)
Testability: (verifiable with experimentation)
Useful: (practical, helpful in describing, explaining, and predicting)
Generativity: (stimulate additional research)

Answer 37

Good theory

Question 38

Extent to which causal inferences can be drawn about variables

Answer 38

Internal validity

Question 39

Extent to which results generalize to other people, settings, time

Answer 39

External validity