MIDTERMS

• He was a pioneer in behaviorism who developed perceptual and motor tests for potential pilots serving in the army during World War 1. Answer: J. John Watson
• Scientific management


  Four basic principles developed by Frederick Taylor in 1909 to advocate the removal of inefficiency in the workplace
• Frederick Taylor is the developer of the four basic principles of scientific management
• Hugo Münsterberg is more popularly known as the "Father of Industrial Psychology"
• Walter Dill Scott conducted performance evaluations of officers and prepared job specifications
• Robert Yerkes proposed ways of screening people with mental deficiency and selecting those who are qualified for working in the army
• The Hawthorne Studies are a series of studies conducted at the Western Electric plant that have come to represent any change in behavior when people react to a change in environment like receiving attention or are being observed
• The Army Alpha test is applicable to literate individuals who wish to be enlisted as soldiers in the army. They will be placed in the appropriate positions through this testing
• Walter Bingham stood as the spokesperson for psychology to be recognized and to achieve the respect it rightly deserved and he started the Division of Applied Psychology
• Kurt Lewin studied about the effects of leadership styles and his work led to the use of participative management techniques
• James McKeen Cattell edited several psychological journals and founded the Psychological Corporation which was one of the largest publishers of psychological tests
• A core domain of Industrial Psychology where knowledge of various tools such as psychological tests, interviews, surveys, and electronic sources are important. This particular domain can be used for personnel selection, job analysis, and/to identify training needs. Answer: Assessment
• . One of the major areas of Industrial Psychology focus on finding ways to improve the productivity and job satisfaction of employees usually by devising concrete measures to create good quality of life in the workplace. Answer: Work life
• A core domain where the Industrial Psychologist must possess the necessary knowledge in psychometrics and statistics in order to know how to validate organizations interventions and processes. Answer: Research and Inquiry
• It focuses on how to make the employees become more productive by improving management styles and devising a better work environment to elicit employee motivation, satisfaction, and increased productivity. Answer: Organizational Approach
• . It is the management of employees by matching the employees to their jobs and by using human resource management procedures as such recruitment and selection, performance and job evaluations. Answer: Industrial Approach
• . Influenced by Frederick Taylor; focused on monetary rewards and dehumanized the work of people in factories. Answer: Scientific Management
• It allows workers to participate in the decision-making process to ensure increase in productivity. Answer: Participative Management
• Defined as a group of people who work together in an organized way for a shared purpose. Answer: Organization
• It recognizes the crucial leadership role of the manager, and it is believed that there is no best way to organize, to lead, or to make decisions in an organization. Answer: Contingency Theory
• organizational chart reflects a company where employees are divided into teams, and it shows a company that operates using cross - functional groups instead of vertical line up. Answer: Matrix