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CHAPTER 1
Introduction: Definitions and History
TEST BANK
Multiple Choice Test Items
- FACTUAL: What is Industrial/Organizational Psychology? ANSWER: b
Industrial/organizational psychology is defined as
- the study of work in industry.
- the study of human behavior in work settings.
- a combination of management principles and work efficiency methods.
- the process of analyzing communication between managers and subordinates.
- FACTUAL: The Science and Practice of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
ANSWER: a
The two objectives of I/O psychology are
- conducting research and applying research knowledge to improving work behavior.
- conducting research and establishing general laws of work behavior.
- conducting research and training other psychologists.
- training other psychologists and designing organizational structures.
- FACTUAL: The Science and Practice of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
ANSWER: c
The scientific objective of I/O psychology involves
- applying psychological principles to observing work behavior.
- applying research results in attempts to improve work behavior.
- the study and understanding of all aspects of behavior at work.
- the discovery of general laws of human behavior.
- FACTUAL: The Science and Practice of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
ANSWER: b
The applied objective of I/O psychology involves
- examining and describing human work behavior.
- the application of psychological principles to work behavior.
- the discovery of general laws of human behavior.
- conducting research and publishing it in scientific journals.
- FACTUAL: The Roots and Early History of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
ANSWER: c
The engineer who is credited with stimulating the beginning of the field that would develop into I/O psychology is
- Hugo Munsterberg.
- Walter Dill Scott.
- Frederick W. Taylor.
- Elton Mayo.
- CONCEPTUAL: The Roots and Early History of Industrial/Organizational Psychology ANSWER: b
An efficiency expert is studying jobs carefully, making detailed assessments of how long it takes workers to perform tasks. In all likelihood, the expert is using the scientific management method of
- ergonomics.
- time-and-motion studies.
- scientist-practitioner model.
- job specialization.
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