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What is I/O Psychology? |
"I-O psychology (the I-O in organizational psychology refers to Industrial-Organizational), which is the application of psychological concepts and practices to workplace problems or issues." - pg. 4 |
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What is Industrial Psychology? |
"Industrial psychology focuses on human resource concepts such as recruitment, selection, training, promotion and attrition." - pg. 4 |
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What is Organizational Psychology? |
" Organizational psychology focuses on psychological concepts like motivation, attitudes and leadership." - pg. 4 |
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Where are I/O Psychologists employed? |
"Approximately 40% of I-O psychologists teach and work at Universities or Colleges. Learning institutes employ the largest proportion of I-O psychologists. The remaining I-O psychologists work in private or public organizations, and in consulting firms." - pg. 5 |
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What are some responsibilities of an employed I/O Psychologist? |
"As an I-O psychologist you may be involved in training, organizational development, performance appraising, quality of work-life issues, and other human factors. [...] The core competency that you as an I-O psychologist will use when helping in all the areas listed above is individual psychological assessment.." - pg. 5 |
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Who was Sir Walter Dill Scott (1869-1955)? |
"Sir Walter Dill Scott (1869-1955) is credited as the founder of I-O psychology. He was a student of Wundt’s and gave a talk on the subject of psychology and the workplace back in 1901. In 1903 he published a book on the theory and practice of advertising, so named. He was a professor of Northwestern’s school of commerce." - pg. 6 |
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Who was Fredrick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915)? |
"Fredrick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) was a work place engineer. In 1909 Fredrick Winslow Taylor published a book on the principles of scientific management, so named." - pg. 6 |
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Who was Hugo Munsterberg (1863-1916)? |
"Hugo Munsterberg designed the first training simulator and published his work in his book “Psychology and Industrial Efficiency.”" -pg. 6 |
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Who was Lillian Gilbreth (1878-1972)? |
"Lillian Gilbreth (1878-1972) was awarded the first PhD in industrial psychology from Brown University in 1915. Lillian worked with her husband, Frank Gilbreth (1868-1924) in their management-consulting firm." - pg. 6 |
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Who was the first I/O Psychologist? |
Lillian Gilbreth (1878-1972) was the first I/O Psychologist. However, due to the sexism at the time, she was only afforded a government job. |
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Who was the first I/O Professor? |
"Walter Dill Scott was the first I-O Professor." - pg. 6 |
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From 1917 -1929, how many I/O Psychologists were there? |
"In 1917, there were approximately ten I/O Psychologists working in the field. By 1929, this number had grown close to fifty." - pg. 7 |
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What was the Hawthorne study? |
I/O research conducted by Mayo in 1926 at the Western Electric plant in Hawthorne, Illinois. When he made conditions worse by reducing the lighting for workers, he found that productivity increased. When he thought he had made conditions better by improving the lighting, productivity dropped. After interviewing employees, it was determined that work productivity typically improved when the workers thought that someone cared about them or were interested in what they were doing. - pg. 7 |
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What is the Hawthorne Effect? |
"The Hawthorne effect suggests that people’s behaviour changes when they believe they are being observed." - pg. 7 |
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What is the I/O field currently dominated by? |
"The field is still dominated by selection, in addition to leadership, Internet applications, work-family issues, teams, justice, legal issues, performance appraisals, performance management, and employee engagement." - pg. 7 |
