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What is the definition of industrial-organizational psychology? - Answer-The branch of psychology that studies how human behavior and psychology affect work and how they are affected by work. What is the difference between the industrial portion and organizational portion of I/O psychology? - An...

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Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Human Factors Exam Questions and
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What is the definition of industrial-organizational psychology? - Answer-The branch of
psychology that studies how human behavior and psychology affect work and how they
are affected by work.

What is the difference between the industrial portion and organizational portion of I/O
psychology? - Answer-Industrial: Job selection, training, evaluation
Organizational: Social elements of work such as job satisfaction, organizational
structure, leadership, culture

What is the Hawthorne effect? - Answer-Increase in performance of individuals who are
noticed, watched, and paid attention to by researchers or supervisors. (Remember
social facilitation?)

How did the researchers discover the Hawthorne effect? - Answer-A series of
experiments were conducted at Western Electric's factory in Hawthorne

Why is the Hawthorne effect so important for psychology? - Answer-it showed the
tendency of some people to work harder and perform better when they are participants
in an experiment. Individuals may change their behavior due to the attention they are
receiving from researchers rather than because of any manipulation of independent
variables.


What is a job analysis? - Answer-Job Analysis: Determining the skills necessary for the
job

What is the difference between a worker-oriented versus task-oriented job analysis? -
Answer-Task-oriented procedures focus on the actual activities involved in performing
work.
Worker-oriented procedures aim to examine the human attributes needed to perform
the job successfully


What is the idea of candidate testing for job selection? - Answer-Candidate Testing:
Personality testing, aptitude testing, skill testing (e.g. typing test, intelligence test,
personality test, etc.)

What are two different forms of interview questioning you might get in a job interview? -
Answer-Structured: Standardized set of questions

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