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Characteristics that define/distinguish the field of I/O Psychology - Answer-• 2 sides to IO psych: science and practice • Concerned with behavior in work • Focus on adult behavior in work settings • Systematic discovery of new information • Involves application of scientific knowled...

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Industrial Organizational Psychology
Exam 1 Questions and Answers
Characteristics that define/distinguish the field of I/O Psychology - Answer-• 2 sides to
IO psych: science and practice
• Concerned with behavior in work
• Focus on adult behavior in work settings
• Systematic discovery of new information
• Involves application of scientific knowledge

Components of a Work System - Answer-o Work:
Requirements, tasks, outputs, demands, physical, social and cognitive demands of
work
o Workers
Knowledge, skills, abilities, preferences, values, and personal goals
o Physical work environment
Physical habitat, tools, equipments
o Social work environment
A lot of power, people pleasing
o External environment
Economic, cultural, political climate

I/O Psychology Approaches to Solving Work-related Problems: Goal, Strategies,
Approaches - Answer-o Goal:
Design a system that benefits organizations and workers
o Strategy
Improve fit between workers and work requirements
o Approaches to improve fit
Change the worker
Change the work
Change the environment

Three Traditions and an Emerging "tradition" - Answer-o Personal psychological
approach
Emphasize notion to change person to achieve and see fit
To see fit need to look at measurement
o Organizational psychology approach
How to achieve goal of fit of workers and work place
Social environment: looking to modify for people
o Human factors psychological approach
Humans to be accommodated by built environment
i.e. how can we fit machines to fit with humans
o Occupational health psychological approach
Physical beings-health issues

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