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IO Psychology |
That specialty area within the broad field of psychology that studies human behavior in work settings. |
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IO Psychology main aspects |
multidisciplinary and a cooperative venture. |
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Founding Fathers of IO Psychology |
Hugo Munsterberg Walter Dill Scott Frederick W Taylor Elton Mayo |
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Time and Motion Studies |
Procedures in which work tasks are broken down into simple component movements and the movements timed to develop a more efficient method for performing the tasks. |
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Scientific Management |
begun by Frederick Taylor, a method of using scientific principles to improve the efficiency and productivity of jobs |
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Earliest Female IO Psychology |
Lillian Gilbreth |
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World War 1 |
American Psychological Association, and a group of psychologists worked with the U.S. Army to create intelligence tests for the placement of Army recruits. |
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Army Alpha and Beta Test |
Alpha tests - used for those who could read. Beta tests - for nonliterate recruits |
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Following World War I |
Psychologists began to be involved in the screening and placement of personnel in industry. |
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1921 |
The first doctoral degree in industrial psychology was awarded and psychologists worked directly with industries as consultants and researchers. |
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Where were the tests conducted for the Hawthorne Experiment? |
Western Electric Company in Hawthorne, Illinois. |
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Who founded the Hawthorne Effect |
Elton Mayo. He explored the effects of lighting on worker productivity. |
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Hawthorne Effect |
Changes in behavior occurring as a func-tion of participants’ knowledge that they are being observed and their expectations concerning their role as research participants. |
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Human Relations Movement |
A movement based on the studies of Elton Mayo that emphasizes the importance of social factors in influencing work performance. |
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World War II |
I/O psychologists were called on to improve selection and placement of military personnel, continuing the work that psychologists had begun during World War I. |
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Army General Classification Test |
A group-administered, pencil-and-paper test, was developed to separate recruits into categories based on their abilities to learn military duties and responsibilities. |
