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Psychology and Work,
An Introduction to Industrial and
Organizational Psychology
2nd Edition by Donald M. Truxillo
Complete Chapter Test Bank are
included (Ch 1 to 14)
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,Ch 01 2e
1 SIOP's training guidelines states that a central tenet of I-O psychology is the ______
model.
(A) Performance-Health
(B) Teacher-Practitioner
(C) Research-Teaching
(D) Scientist-Practitioner
Answer: (D) Scientist-Practitioner
2 The first I-O psychologists were trained in ________ lab.
(A) James McKeen Cattell's
(B) Wilhelm Wundt's
(C) Hugo Munsterberg's
(D) Walter Dill Scott's
Answer: (B) Wilhelm Wundt's
3 This area of psychology specifically focuses on improving the welfare of people in low-
income nations, as opposed to just wealthy and industrialized nations.
(A) world psychology
(B) humanitarian work psychology
(C) health psychology
(D) occupational health psychology
Answer: (B) humanitarian work psychology
4 An I-O psychologist would be qualified to investigate all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) how personality characteristics influence work behavior.
(B) how to best diagnose clinical disorders and offer therapy to employees.
(C) how individuals’ work affects their home life.
(D) how culture influences people's perceptions of their working environments.
Answer: (B) how to best diagnose clinical disorders and offer therapy to employees.
5 ______ refers to situations in which workers work from a remote location away from a
work site or standard office.
(A) Telework
(B) Coworking
(C) Satellitework
(D) Peripheral specialization
Answer: (A) Telework
6 The U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 led I-O psychologists to place more of an emphasis on:
(A) efficient and effective performance management systems.
(B) psychometrically sound worker assessments.
(C) fair and valid selection procedures.
(D) cost effective human resource management.
Answer: (C) fair and valid selection procedures.
7 Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the high-tech HR era?
(A) employee resumes stored in secured filing cabinets
(B) applications submitted electronically
(C) employees trained via online materials and trainers
(D) applicant testing administered online and scored immediately
Answer: (A) employee resumes stored in secured filing cabinets
, Ch 01 2e
8 Sarah investigated the role of different levels of heat in the work environment. In her
study, she had two conditions: a warm workplace and a cool workplace. To her surprise,
participants in both conditions demonstrated nearly equal levels of productivity. In speaking
with the participants later, they all said they worked harder because they wanted to please
her. This is called the ____.
(A) Hawthorne Effect
(B) Bystander Effect
(C) Diffusion of Responsibility
(D) Social Loafing
Answer: (A) Hawthorne Effect
9 _______ used motion pictures to conduct time-and-motion studies aimed at
understanding the most efficient ways to do work.
(A) Hugo Munsterberg
(B) Walter Dill Scott, Fred Garrison
(C) Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth
(D) Wilhelm Wundt
Answer: (C) Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth
10 These I-O psychologists trained under Wilhelm Wundt and later moved to the U.S. Both
focused on the role of individual differences in human behavior.
(A) Walter Dill Scott, Frederick Taylor
(B) Hugo Munsterberg, James McKeen Cattell
(C) Frederick Taylor, James McKeen Cattell
(D) Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth
Answer: (B) Hugo Munsterberg, James McKeen Cattell
11 The Hawthorne Effect refers to situations in which:
(A) research participants behave in a certain way because they know they are part of a study.
(B) researchers investigate a psychological phenomenon that they have personally faced.
(C) researchers are biased in favor of the organization over the worker.
(D) research participants believe the researcher is colluding with the organization.
Answer: (A) research participants behave in a certain way because they know they are part
of a study.
12 _______ is often cited as the first person to receive a Ph.D. in industrial psychology.
(A) Lillian Gilbreth
(B) Frank Gilbreth
(C) Walter Dill Scott
(D) Frederick Taylor
Answer: (A) Lillian Gilbreth
13 The first known I-O psychology textbook was written by:
(A) James McKeen Cattell
(B) Wilhelm Wundt
(C) Hugo Munsterberg
(D) Walter Dill Scott
Answer: (C) Hugo Munsterberg
14 The professional organization to which most Industrial-Organizational psychologists
in the US belong is ____.
(A) SIOP
(B) Alpha
(C) ION
(D) Beta
Psychology and Work,
An Introduction to Industrial and
Organizational Psychology
2nd Edition by Donald M. Truxillo
Complete Chapter Test Bank are
included (Ch 1 to 14)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Ch 01 2e
1 SIOP's training guidelines states that a central tenet of I-O psychology is the ______
model.
(A) Performance-Health
(B) Teacher-Practitioner
(C) Research-Teaching
(D) Scientist-Practitioner
Answer: (D) Scientist-Practitioner
2 The first I-O psychologists were trained in ________ lab.
(A) James McKeen Cattell's
(B) Wilhelm Wundt's
(C) Hugo Munsterberg's
(D) Walter Dill Scott's
Answer: (B) Wilhelm Wundt's
3 This area of psychology specifically focuses on improving the welfare of people in low-
income nations, as opposed to just wealthy and industrialized nations.
(A) world psychology
(B) humanitarian work psychology
(C) health psychology
(D) occupational health psychology
Answer: (B) humanitarian work psychology
4 An I-O psychologist would be qualified to investigate all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) how personality characteristics influence work behavior.
(B) how to best diagnose clinical disorders and offer therapy to employees.
(C) how individuals’ work affects their home life.
(D) how culture influences people's perceptions of their working environments.
Answer: (B) how to best diagnose clinical disorders and offer therapy to employees.
5 ______ refers to situations in which workers work from a remote location away from a
work site or standard office.
(A) Telework
(B) Coworking
(C) Satellitework
(D) Peripheral specialization
Answer: (A) Telework
6 The U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 led I-O psychologists to place more of an emphasis on:
(A) efficient and effective performance management systems.
(B) psychometrically sound worker assessments.
(C) fair and valid selection procedures.
(D) cost effective human resource management.
Answer: (C) fair and valid selection procedures.
7 Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the high-tech HR era?
(A) employee resumes stored in secured filing cabinets
(B) applications submitted electronically
(C) employees trained via online materials and trainers
(D) applicant testing administered online and scored immediately
Answer: (A) employee resumes stored in secured filing cabinets
, Ch 01 2e
8 Sarah investigated the role of different levels of heat in the work environment. In her
study, she had two conditions: a warm workplace and a cool workplace. To her surprise,
participants in both conditions demonstrated nearly equal levels of productivity. In speaking
with the participants later, they all said they worked harder because they wanted to please
her. This is called the ____.
(A) Hawthorne Effect
(B) Bystander Effect
(C) Diffusion of Responsibility
(D) Social Loafing
Answer: (A) Hawthorne Effect
9 _______ used motion pictures to conduct time-and-motion studies aimed at
understanding the most efficient ways to do work.
(A) Hugo Munsterberg
(B) Walter Dill Scott, Fred Garrison
(C) Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth
(D) Wilhelm Wundt
Answer: (C) Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth
10 These I-O psychologists trained under Wilhelm Wundt and later moved to the U.S. Both
focused on the role of individual differences in human behavior.
(A) Walter Dill Scott, Frederick Taylor
(B) Hugo Munsterberg, James McKeen Cattell
(C) Frederick Taylor, James McKeen Cattell
(D) Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth
Answer: (B) Hugo Munsterberg, James McKeen Cattell
11 The Hawthorne Effect refers to situations in which:
(A) research participants behave in a certain way because they know they are part of a study.
(B) researchers investigate a psychological phenomenon that they have personally faced.
(C) researchers are biased in favor of the organization over the worker.
(D) research participants believe the researcher is colluding with the organization.
Answer: (A) research participants behave in a certain way because they know they are part
of a study.
12 _______ is often cited as the first person to receive a Ph.D. in industrial psychology.
(A) Lillian Gilbreth
(B) Frank Gilbreth
(C) Walter Dill Scott
(D) Frederick Taylor
Answer: (A) Lillian Gilbreth
13 The first known I-O psychology textbook was written by:
(A) James McKeen Cattell
(B) Wilhelm Wundt
(C) Hugo Munsterberg
(D) Walter Dill Scott
Answer: (C) Hugo Munsterberg
14 The professional organization to which most Industrial-Organizational psychologists
in the US belong is ____.
(A) SIOP
(B) Alpha
(C) ION
(D) Beta
