Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pierre Trudeau, Lester B. Pearson, Industrial And Organizational Psychology
18 Dec 2016
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Prologue: the historical roots of industrial organizational psychology. November 8, 2016: industrial psychology: personnel selection and placement. 1913: munsterberg (german psychologist(cid:895) pu(cid:271)lishes (cid:862)the psychology of industrial efficiency(cid:863) (cid:271)ook: to increase productivity, select people with skills that match the job requirements. He laid the ground work for personnel selection (selecting the right person for the job) 1917 (wwi): industrial psych emerges in response to u ar(cid:373)(cid:455)"s practical problem: Psychologists develop 2 intelligence tests to select the best soldiers: army alpha and army beta: army alpha: to recruit soldiers who can read/write english, army beta: to recruit soldiers who (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t read/(cid:449)rite e(cid:374)glish. Then, new tests to select best officers, best pilots; eliminate (cid:373)ost (cid:862)neurotic(cid:863) re(cid:272)ruits. 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):
