Summary: Work Psychology

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  • 1 Introduction to I/O psychology

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  • What are the major fields in I/O psychology?

    - Personnel psychology (selection and evaluation of employees)
    - Organizational psychology (behavior in job context, leadership, satisfaction, motivation)
    - Human factors/ergonomics (workspace design)
  • What is the Hawthorne studies in 1930 about?

    It is a series of studies at Western Electric plant in which the researchers found out that employee behavior is heavily influenced by the environment (interactions) and not only by work conditions.
  • What is Army Alpha & Beta cognitive test about?

    An intelligence test developed during WW1 and used for soldiers who couldn't read, psychologists used this test to place recruits in appropriate positions
  • What is the main existence for research in I/O psychology?

    Increases effectiveness and thereby saves money
  • What is another reason for the existence of I/O psychology?

    Commen sense is often wrong (i.e. Structured interviews are better than unstructured, still people use unstructured because they are biased/overconfident)
  • What are 3 methods of research in I/O psychology?

    - Experiments
    - Archival research (use previous data)
    - Surveys
  • 2 Individual differences at work

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  • What are 6 general mental capability's?

    - reason
    - plan
    - solve problems
    - think abstractly
    - comprehend complex ideas
    - learn quickly and learn from experiences
  • Who developed the first IQ test?

    Developed by psychologist Alfred Binet to help the French government identify schoolchildren who needed extra academic assistance
  • What are 3 models of intelligence?

    - Vernon: verbal (reading, speaking, etc) and spatial (drawing, building, puzzling)

    - Cattel: Crystallized and fluid intelligence
    - Spearman: G-factor
  • How does cognitive ability help in complex jobs?

    General cognitive ability helps with complex jobs with correlation of 0.50 - but not for low complexity jobs with correlation 0.23

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