PSY 197- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 61 pages long!)
12 Oct 2017
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I/o psych focuses on employee"s job performance. I/o psychology also focuses on employee"s well-being health in general, motivation, etc because we want employees to be proactive and happy. Emphasized on ways prompting happy and healthy employee. This core is what distinguish us from business. Hierarchical structures: research methods statistics, i/o psychology areas theories, applications practice in real life. Performance modeling different people have different definition on performance. Personnel selection make predictions about behavior and workplace outcomes. Training and development where, who, how. Performance appraisal how to fairly evaluate the performance. Originated later than industrial psych, they are sisters. Abilities, skills, knowledge and other attributes might predict their job performance. However, if they don"t perform as well as they should, then something must be missing, ex: motivation. Work attitude evaluation about self and task. Research as formal activity designed for a specific project, clear objective. Research-based practice designed to find the foundation of a discipline/situation in an informed critical way.
