PSY 440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Walter Dill Scott, James Mckeen Cattell, Frederick Winslow Taylor
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Trained two students who had a major impact on io psych: One of the first to measure abilities in workers and link it to performance. Recognized individual differences as a way to predict performance. Developed methods for selecting and training sales personnel. Volunteered to assist the us army in wwi. In 1917, over one million army recruits needed selection and placement. Scott & bingham adapted a well-known intelligence test (stanford- Army alpha (the test for recruits that could read) Army beta (the test for recruits that were illiterate) ***people who performed better were placed in military jobs that required higher cognitive ability. Applied scientific management principles of frederick winslow taylor. Find if there was a faster, better way. Based on the premise that there is on best way to perform a task/job. Research done at western electric in hawthorne, illinois. Changed aspects of the work environment to achieve best productivity. But, the management was paying attention to the workers.
