PSYC 3050 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
▶ How are I/Os trained? . Answer: APA and SIOP
▶ I/O academic areas... . Answer: Teach and research
▶ I/O applied areas... . Answer: Consult and research
▶ I/O psychologists in the academic field work in... . Answer: Psychology,
management, human resources
▶ I/O psychologists in the applied field work in... . Answer: Government
scientist, organizational consultant
▶ Examples of I/O psychologist jobs . Answer: Professor, psychologist,
data scientist, management
▶ 4 founding figures of I/O psychology . Answer: Scott, Munsterberg,
Taylor, Gilbreth
▶ Walter Dill Scott . Answer: Started in academia and then helped the
army with the recruiting process
▶ Hugo Munsterberg . Answer: Considered the father of I/O psychology
▶ Frederick W. Taylor . Answer: Known for the Principles of Scientific
Management
▶ Lillian Moller Gilbreth . Answer: Known for time and motion studies
▶ Robert Yerkes . Answer: APA president who developed intelligence tests
for placing people in the army
, ▶ Army Alpha . Answer: Intelligence test made by Yerkes; used to
determine what class soldiers would be put in
▶ Army Beta . Answer: Intelligence test made by Yerkes; used by the army
for soldiers who could not read
▶ Hawthorne Studies . Answer: Experiment that experimented whether
organizations help with productivity; a series of studies during the 1920s
and 1930s that provided new insights into individual and group behavior
▶ AGCT . Answer: Used to place people in the army during the WWII to
the mid 1960s
▶ What emerged during WWII to the mid 1960s? . Answer: Military
research centers
▶ Examples of military research centers . Answer: ARI, AFHRL
▶ During WWII to the mid 1960s, there was an increase in I/O ________. .
Answer: Graduate training programs
▶ Division 14 of APA . Answer: About I/O psychology
▶ IRB . Answer: Institutional Review Board; reviews methods in
experiments to make sure they are ethical
▶ __________ resulted in the ASVAB. . Answer: Project A
▶ ASVAB . Answer: A multiple-aptitude battery that measures developed
abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the
military
▶ Methodological innovations . Answer: Meta-analyses, multi-level
modeling
▶ What influenced governmental policies in the mid 1980s to 2000s? .
Answer: The Civil Rights Act of 1991, American Disabilities Act of 1990
▶ Top 10 workplace trends for 2019 . Answer: AI and machine learning
TEST 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
▶ How are I/Os trained? . Answer: APA and SIOP
▶ I/O academic areas... . Answer: Teach and research
▶ I/O applied areas... . Answer: Consult and research
▶ I/O psychologists in the academic field work in... . Answer: Psychology,
management, human resources
▶ I/O psychologists in the applied field work in... . Answer: Government
scientist, organizational consultant
▶ Examples of I/O psychologist jobs . Answer: Professor, psychologist,
data scientist, management
▶ 4 founding figures of I/O psychology . Answer: Scott, Munsterberg,
Taylor, Gilbreth
▶ Walter Dill Scott . Answer: Started in academia and then helped the
army with the recruiting process
▶ Hugo Munsterberg . Answer: Considered the father of I/O psychology
▶ Frederick W. Taylor . Answer: Known for the Principles of Scientific
Management
▶ Lillian Moller Gilbreth . Answer: Known for time and motion studies
▶ Robert Yerkes . Answer: APA president who developed intelligence tests
for placing people in the army
, ▶ Army Alpha . Answer: Intelligence test made by Yerkes; used to
determine what class soldiers would be put in
▶ Army Beta . Answer: Intelligence test made by Yerkes; used by the army
for soldiers who could not read
▶ Hawthorne Studies . Answer: Experiment that experimented whether
organizations help with productivity; a series of studies during the 1920s
and 1930s that provided new insights into individual and group behavior
▶ AGCT . Answer: Used to place people in the army during the WWII to
the mid 1960s
▶ What emerged during WWII to the mid 1960s? . Answer: Military
research centers
▶ Examples of military research centers . Answer: ARI, AFHRL
▶ During WWII to the mid 1960s, there was an increase in I/O ________. .
Answer: Graduate training programs
▶ Division 14 of APA . Answer: About I/O psychology
▶ IRB . Answer: Institutional Review Board; reviews methods in
experiments to make sure they are ethical
▶ __________ resulted in the ASVAB. . Answer: Project A
▶ ASVAB . Answer: A multiple-aptitude battery that measures developed
abilities and helps predict future academic and occupational success in the
military
▶ Methodological innovations . Answer: Meta-analyses, multi-level
modeling
▶ What influenced governmental policies in the mid 1980s to 2000s? .
Answer: The Civil Rights Act of 1991, American Disabilities Act of 1990
▶ Top 10 workplace trends for 2019 . Answer: AI and machine learning
