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industrial organizational psychology - Answer-branch of psychology that is concerned with the study of behavior in work settings and the application of psychology principles to change work behavior dual focus of IO psych - Answer--efficiency/productivity of organizations -health/well-being of e...

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PSYC 142 Industrial Organizational
Psych Exam 1 Questions with Latest
Update
industrial organizational psychology - Answer-branch of psychology that is concerned
with the study of behavior in work settings and the application of psychology principles
to change work behavior

dual focus of IO psych - Answer--efficiency/productivity of organizations
-health/well-being of employees

time-and-motion studies - Answer-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 task

scientific management - Answer-a method of using scientific principles to improve the
efficiency and productivity of jobs;
most effective for manual labor jobs rather than cognitively complex occupations

WW1/1920s/Great Depression - Answer-intelligence testing for army placement;
Hawthorne effect: lighting effects work efficiency/being watched increases productivity;
human relations movement: social interactions are really important in the workplace/for
productivity, should like the people you work with

Post War Era - Answer-specialty areas in IO emerged
growth of defense industry
civil rights legislation: banned discrimination in employment

Four key trends today in IO Psych - Answer--the changing nature of work (becoming
more complex, outsourcing, downsizing);
-expanding focus on human resources (viewing your employee as a whole person not
just a worker bee);
-increasing diversity and globalization of the workforce (international growth,
globalization);
-increasing relevance of IO psych in policy and practice (improving selection and
training of leader, leveraging/utilizing diversity in workforce)

job analysis - Answer-the systematic study of the tasks, duties, and responsibilities of a
job and the qualities needed to perform it

What four things do a job analysis produce? - Answer-job description
job specification
job evaluation

, performance evaluation

job description - Answer-tasks/activities you do on the job;
what people in a particular job do

job specification - Answer-qualifications/human characteristics necessary for the job

job evaluation - Answer-assessment of the relative worth of a job in order to determine
how much money that job should pay;
based upon perceived value and KSAOs

KSAOs - Answer-Knowledge
Skill
Ability
Other Personal characteristics

subject matter expert (SME) - Answer-job incumbents (person holding the current job)
or superivsors

What is the difference between skill and ability? - Answer-skill is learned and can be
improved;
an ability is usually something you are born with and relatively fixed

purposes of job analysis - Answer-career development
human resource planning
project future needs
legal defense
performance appraisal
selection
training
research

sources of job analysis data - Answer-analysts
subject matter expert (SME)
records
data base (such as O*NET)

data collection approaches for job analysis - Answer-surveys
existing data (O*NET; company records)
interviews with SMEs
diary
observation (like job shadowing)
participation

specific methods of job analysis - Answer-critical incident
functional job analysis

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