Lesson 1 - I/O psychology

• Branch of psychology that applies the principles of pscyhology to the workplace

  I/O Psychology
• Relies on the scientific practitioner model that is they act as scientist when they conduct a research

  I/O Pscyhologists
• World War I - Two types of Soldier

  1. Army Alpha
  2. Army Beta
• Developed test for pilots

  John Watson
• Increased cargo ship efficiency

  Henry Gantt
• Worked on applying psychological principles to advertising and published books

  Walter Dill Scott
• Wrote the first I/O Psychology Textbook “Psychology & Industrial Efficiency”

  Hugo Munsterberg
• Started the division for applied psychology

  Walter Bingham
• Time and Motion Study


  Frank & Lilian Gilbreth
• Father of Scientific Management


  Frederick Taylor
• Human Relation Approach


  Elton Mayo
• Is the phenomenon in which subjects in behavorial studies change their performance in response to being observed.

  Hawthorne Effect
• Fields of I/O Psychology

  1. Selection and Placement
  2. Training and Development
  3. Performance Appraisal
  4. Organizational Development
  5. Quality of worklife
  6. Ergonomics
• I/O Psychologists who work in this field are concerned with developing assessment methods for the selection, placement, and promotion of employees.

  Selection & Placement
• This field is concerned with the identification of employee skills that need to be enhanced to improve job performance.

  Training and Development
• Is the process of identifying criteria or standards for determining how well employees are performing their jobs.

  Performance Appraisal
• I/O Psychologists who work in this firld are sensitized to the wide array of factors that influence behavior in organizations.

  Organization Developmenf
• I/O Psychologists who work in this field are concerned with factors that contribute to a healthy and productive workforce.

  Quality Worklife
• I/O Psychologists who work in this field who work in this field draw upon knowledge derived from physiology, industrial medicine, and perception to design work systems that humans can effectively operate.

  Ergonomics
• a formal process by which knowledge is produced and understood

  Research
• The extent to which conclusions drawn from one research study spread or apply to a larger population

  Generalizability
• a statement that proposes to explain relationships among phenomena

  Theory