PY 326 Exam 1 Study Guide
Why do I/O psychologists consider themselves scientist-practitioners? - ANS They are trained
as both researchers and practitioners
Explain five activities an I/O psychologist does. - ANS get information, establish and maintain
interpersonal relationships, make decisions, analyze data, communicate with people outside the
organization
What kind of organizations hire I/O psychologists? - ANS manufacturing, commercial
enterprises, labor unions, health care facilities
What are the top three most common jobs for an I/O psychologist with a master's degree? -
ANS industry, consulting, government
What are the top three most common jobs for an I/O psychologist with a Ph.D.? - ANS
academics, consulting, industry
How did World War1 affect the development of I/O psychology? What were the Army Alpha and
Army Beta tests? What significance did they play in developing the field? What is the modern
equivalent test? - ANS WWI caused the unification of the field of industrial psychology... the
precursor to the ASVAB
What were the Hawthorne studies? What did they teach us about human work behavior? - ANS
...elton mayo?
How did the Great Depression of the 1930s impact the development of I/O psychology? - ANS
the 1933 Occupational Research program started and the DOT was made
What is the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)? When and why was it created? What is the
modern equivalent of the DOT? - ANS was created by the employment and training
administration to help define all different jobs. ONET
Frederick Taylor - ANS the principles of scientific management
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth - ANS therbligs (18 kinds of elemental motions for the workplaces...
search, find, select, grasp, hold, transport loaded, transport empty, position, assemble, use,
disassemble, inspect, preposition, release load, unavoidable delay, avoidable delay, plan, rest)
Bruce Moore - ANS first SIP president... developed tests of types of ability to predict
performance and tests of interests to predict turnover
, Hugo Munsterberg - ANS selection of street car drivers... wrote On the Witness Stand... father
of industrial psych
Walter Dill Scott - ANS one of the first psychologists to write about the relation of psychology to
advertising.
What did the Civil Rights legislation of 1964 do to workplaces? Why and how did I/O
psychologists become involved? - ANS
List 4 reasons we typically do research. - ANS to describe, predict, explain, or make changes
true experiment - ANS an experiment conducted where an effort is made to impose control over
all other variables except the one under study..... way easier to be a lab study
quasi-experiments - ANS manipulate a variable, but not in complete control.. not a true
experiment because they lack random assignment
correlational study - ANS measure variables as they naturally occur
qualitative study - ANS may be for either descriptive or relational purposes
What are the strengths and weaknesses of a field study? What are the strengths and
weaknesses of a laboratory study? - ANS
Can a laboratory study be correlational? - ANS yes
Can a field study be a true experiment? - ANS no?
What is a meta-analysis? Why is it beneficial? - ANS quantitative way of consolidating
completed research
Explain the difference between reliability and validity. - ANS reliability: extent to which a
measure consistently gives the same answer
validity: extent to which a measure correctly assesses what it's expected
What is the difference between validity of a study and validity of a measure? - ANS
Can you have reliability of study results as well as reliability of a measure? Explain. - ANS
Given a study description, identify: other dependent variable constructor the dependent variable
measure (operational definition)the independent variable constructor the independent variable
measure (operational definition)other statistical test - ANS
Why do I/O psychologists consider themselves scientist-practitioners? - ANS They are trained
as both researchers and practitioners
Explain five activities an I/O psychologist does. - ANS get information, establish and maintain
interpersonal relationships, make decisions, analyze data, communicate with people outside the
organization
What kind of organizations hire I/O psychologists? - ANS manufacturing, commercial
enterprises, labor unions, health care facilities
What are the top three most common jobs for an I/O psychologist with a master's degree? -
ANS industry, consulting, government
What are the top three most common jobs for an I/O psychologist with a Ph.D.? - ANS
academics, consulting, industry
How did World War1 affect the development of I/O psychology? What were the Army Alpha and
Army Beta tests? What significance did they play in developing the field? What is the modern
equivalent test? - ANS WWI caused the unification of the field of industrial psychology... the
precursor to the ASVAB
What were the Hawthorne studies? What did they teach us about human work behavior? - ANS
...elton mayo?
How did the Great Depression of the 1930s impact the development of I/O psychology? - ANS
the 1933 Occupational Research program started and the DOT was made
What is the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)? When and why was it created? What is the
modern equivalent of the DOT? - ANS was created by the employment and training
administration to help define all different jobs. ONET
Frederick Taylor - ANS the principles of scientific management
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth - ANS therbligs (18 kinds of elemental motions for the workplaces...
search, find, select, grasp, hold, transport loaded, transport empty, position, assemble, use,
disassemble, inspect, preposition, release load, unavoidable delay, avoidable delay, plan, rest)
Bruce Moore - ANS first SIP president... developed tests of types of ability to predict
performance and tests of interests to predict turnover
, Hugo Munsterberg - ANS selection of street car drivers... wrote On the Witness Stand... father
of industrial psych
Walter Dill Scott - ANS one of the first psychologists to write about the relation of psychology to
advertising.
What did the Civil Rights legislation of 1964 do to workplaces? Why and how did I/O
psychologists become involved? - ANS
List 4 reasons we typically do research. - ANS to describe, predict, explain, or make changes
true experiment - ANS an experiment conducted where an effort is made to impose control over
all other variables except the one under study..... way easier to be a lab study
quasi-experiments - ANS manipulate a variable, but not in complete control.. not a true
experiment because they lack random assignment
correlational study - ANS measure variables as they naturally occur
qualitative study - ANS may be for either descriptive or relational purposes
What are the strengths and weaknesses of a field study? What are the strengths and
weaknesses of a laboratory study? - ANS
Can a laboratory study be correlational? - ANS yes
Can a field study be a true experiment? - ANS no?
What is a meta-analysis? Why is it beneficial? - ANS quantitative way of consolidating
completed research
Explain the difference between reliability and validity. - ANS reliability: extent to which a
measure consistently gives the same answer
validity: extent to which a measure correctly assesses what it's expected
What is the difference between validity of a study and validity of a measure? - ANS
Can you have reliability of study results as well as reliability of a measure? Explain. - ANS
Given a study description, identify: other dependent variable constructor the dependent variable
measure (operational definition)the independent variable constructor the independent variable
measure (operational definition)other statistical test - ANS
