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I/O Psychology - answer Application of psychological principles and
theories in the workplace
-not traditional
-applied branch of psychology
-workplace- application in the context of the workplace
What I tell Grandma: Study how people get along or not and are able to
perform effectively
Pieces of I/O Psychology - answer -Industrial (or personnel) psychology
-Organizational psychology
-Human factors
Industrial - answer Human Resource management
-Job analysis, selection, training, performance review, compensation
Organizational - answer Warm and fuzzy issues (how they get along, etc.)
-Motivation, leadership, work-related attitudes, organization change and
development
Human Factors - answer (now more into engineering)
-Human-machine interaction, ergonomics
Where do I/O Psychologists Work? - answer Academic 40%
Private organizations 29%
Consulting 24%
,Public Organizations 7%
note: primary function is the same despite settings
Primary Areas for I/O Work - answer -Selection
-Training
-Organizational development
-Performance management
-Quality of work life (job attitudes)
-Human factors
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) - answer -
Division of APA
-Guidelines for education and training at the doctoral level
Scientist-Practitioner Model - answer Scientist --> Generator of
knowledge
Practitioner --> consumer of applied knowledge
^2 hats of I/O Psycholgy
Level of Schooling for I/O Psychology - answer -Most have MA's or PhD's
-2-5 years of graduate training
- Involves classwork, research experiences, dissertation, comprehensive
exams
Walter Dill Scott - answer -Book on theory of advertising
-First Professor of Applied Psychology at Carnegie Melon
Walter VanDyke Bingham - answer -Established division of Applied
Psychology at Carneigie Melon in 1915
-First I/O program
, Hugo Munsterberg - answer -Wrote first I/O textbook
Frederick W. Taylor - answer -Scientific management
-Advocated division of labor and designing work so as to maximize
efficiency
Walter Scott and Bingham - answer -Started personnel psychology in the
military
-developed personnel files, performance rating forms
Robert Yerkes (President of APA) - answer -Selection and placement in
military
-Developed army Alpha and Beta mental ability tests
Bruce V Moore - answer First recipient of I/O PhD (Carnegie Melon)
1930s-WWII - answer -Western Electric and Hawthorne effect (Effect of
lighting on work productivity that lead to them noticing that workers liked
being paid attention to)
-Rise of the O in I/O (e.g. motivation, group processes)
WWII - 1960s - answer -I/O works with military again
-Emergence of research centers, such as ARI and Lewin's at MIT
-Rapid growth of I/O University graduate programs
MSU's started in 1960
Title VII Civil Rights Act (1964) - answer -Addressed discrimination in
employment decisions
-Can't recruit, hire, fire, promote, etc. based on protected groups (race,
gender, religion, color, national origin)
Today - answer SIOP huge!
with complete verified
solutions already graded A+
I/O Psychology - answer Application of psychological principles and
theories in the workplace
-not traditional
-applied branch of psychology
-workplace- application in the context of the workplace
What I tell Grandma: Study how people get along or not and are able to
perform effectively
Pieces of I/O Psychology - answer -Industrial (or personnel) psychology
-Organizational psychology
-Human factors
Industrial - answer Human Resource management
-Job analysis, selection, training, performance review, compensation
Organizational - answer Warm and fuzzy issues (how they get along, etc.)
-Motivation, leadership, work-related attitudes, organization change and
development
Human Factors - answer (now more into engineering)
-Human-machine interaction, ergonomics
Where do I/O Psychologists Work? - answer Academic 40%
Private organizations 29%
Consulting 24%
,Public Organizations 7%
note: primary function is the same despite settings
Primary Areas for I/O Work - answer -Selection
-Training
-Organizational development
-Performance management
-Quality of work life (job attitudes)
-Human factors
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) - answer -
Division of APA
-Guidelines for education and training at the doctoral level
Scientist-Practitioner Model - answer Scientist --> Generator of
knowledge
Practitioner --> consumer of applied knowledge
^2 hats of I/O Psycholgy
Level of Schooling for I/O Psychology - answer -Most have MA's or PhD's
-2-5 years of graduate training
- Involves classwork, research experiences, dissertation, comprehensive
exams
Walter Dill Scott - answer -Book on theory of advertising
-First Professor of Applied Psychology at Carnegie Melon
Walter VanDyke Bingham - answer -Established division of Applied
Psychology at Carneigie Melon in 1915
-First I/O program
, Hugo Munsterberg - answer -Wrote first I/O textbook
Frederick W. Taylor - answer -Scientific management
-Advocated division of labor and designing work so as to maximize
efficiency
Walter Scott and Bingham - answer -Started personnel psychology in the
military
-developed personnel files, performance rating forms
Robert Yerkes (President of APA) - answer -Selection and placement in
military
-Developed army Alpha and Beta mental ability tests
Bruce V Moore - answer First recipient of I/O PhD (Carnegie Melon)
1930s-WWII - answer -Western Electric and Hawthorne effect (Effect of
lighting on work productivity that lead to them noticing that workers liked
being paid attention to)
-Rise of the O in I/O (e.g. motivation, group processes)
WWII - 1960s - answer -I/O works with military again
-Emergence of research centers, such as ARI and Lewin's at MIT
-Rapid growth of I/O University graduate programs
MSU's started in 1960
Title VII Civil Rights Act (1964) - answer -Addressed discrimination in
employment decisions
-Can't recruit, hire, fire, promote, etc. based on protected groups (race,
gender, religion, color, national origin)
Today - answer SIOP huge!
