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Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology - Answer-the professional organization that represents I/O psychologists in the United States I/O psychology - Answer-an area of scientific study and professional practice that addresses psychological concepts and principles in the work world ...

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I/O Psychology Exam 1 Questions with
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Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology - Answer-the professional
organization that represents I/O psychologists in the United States

I/O psychology - Answer-an area of scientific study and professional practice that
addresses psychological concepts and principles in the work world

scientist-practitioner model - Answer-a model for understanding scientific findings and
how they provide the basics for the professional practice

licensure - Answer-the process by which a professional practice is regulated by law to
ensure quality standards are met to protect the public

Army Alpha Test - Answer-an intelligence test developed during WWI by I/O
psychologists for the selection and placement of military personnel

Army Beta Test - Answer-a nonverbal intelligence test developed during WWI by I/O
psychologists to assess illiterate recruits

Hawthorne studies - Answer-a series of research studies that refocused the interests of
I/O psychologists on how work behavior manifests itself in an organizational context

Hawthorne effect - Answer-a positive change in behavior that occurs at the onset of an
intervention followed by a gradual decline, often to the original level of the behavior prior
to the intervention

Army General Classification Test - Answer-a test developed during WWII by I/O
psychologists for the selection and placement of military personnel

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery - Answer-a test developed in the 1980s by
I/O psychologists for the selection and placement of military personnel; now
administered to between 300,000 and 400,000 people each year

economic recession - Answer-a sustained period of lowered productivity, increased
unemployment, and reduced spending

cross-cultural psychology - Answer-an area of research that examines the degree to
which psychological concepts and findings generalize to people in other cultures and
societies

research - Answer-a formal process by which knowledge is produced and understood

, generalizability - Answer-the extent to which conclusions drawn from one research
study spread or apply to a larger population

theory - Answer-a statement that proposes to explain relationships among phenomena
of interest

inductive method - Answer-a research process in which conclusions are drawn about a
general class of objects or people based on knowledge of a specific member of the
class under investigation

deductive method - Answer-a research process in which conclusions are drawn about a
specific member of a class based on knowledge of the general class under investigation

research design - Answer-a plan for conducting scientific research for the purpose of
learning about a phenomenon of interest

internal validity - Answer-the degree to which the relationships evidenced among
variables in a particular research study are accurate or true

external validity - Answer-the degree to which the relationships evidenced among
variables in a particular research study are generalizable or accurate in other contexts

primary research methods - Answer-a class of research methods that generates new
information on a particular research question

laboratory experiment - Answer-a type of research method in which the investigator
manipulates independent variables and assigns subjects to experimental and control
condition

quasi-experiment - Answer-a type of research method for conducting studies in field
situations where the researcher may be able to manipulate some independent variables

questionnaire - Answer-a type of research method in which subjects respond to written
questions posed by the investigator

observation - Answer-a type of research method in which the investigator monitors
subjects for the purpose of understanding their behavior and culture

secondary research methods - Answer-a class of research methods that examines
existing information from research studies that used primary methods

meta-analysis - Answer-a quantitative secondary research method for summarizing and
integrating the findings from original empirical research studies

level of analysis - Answer-the unit or level that is the object of the researchers' interest
and about which conclusions are drawn from the research

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