PSYC 187 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Relations Movement, Army Beta, Army Alpha
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Help make jobs more interesting and satisfying. Work in the 21st century: an introduction to industrial and organizational psychology by. The application of psych principles, theory, and research to the work setting. Siop. org is a good resource on i/o psych. Really started to measure intelligence and war-related stuff. Ww1: army alpha and army beta tests. Human engineering: thinking about the process and performance, not necessarily individuals. They observed people in factories and did more human engineering stuff. Performance goes up when people are watched! Civil rights act of 1964 and title vii affect how assessments were done. Employers have to defend the assessments they do in court through data. Some kinds of discrimination is okay, like assessments to lift heavy things if it is a part of your job may make it so that you get more men hired. Civil rights act of 1964: specifies specific demographics to be protected from employment discrimination.
