Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Industrial And Organizational Psychology, Army Beta, Army Alpha

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Leadership in organizations: industrial psychology: personnel selection and placement. 1913: munsterberg publishes the psychology of industrial efficiency : to increase productivity, select people with skills that match the job requirements. Personnel selection (selecting the right person for the job. 1917 (wwi): industrial psychology emerges in response to us army"s practical problem: how to select the best soldiers, psychologists develop two intelligence tests: army alpha and army beta. Army alpha for those who could read & write english. Army beta for those who could not. Then, new tests to select best officers, best pilots; eliminate most neurotic recruits: psychological tests could be used to screen and classify large numbers of people. Then, businesses and schools want their own tests to select and classify people: organizational psychology (1924) The hawthorne studies at western electric plant (in hawthorne, illinois: the effect of environmental factors on productivity (e. g. , altering lights, temp, rest periods, etc. )