Psychology 2061A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Baby Boom, Null Hypothesis, Design Of Experiments

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2061A/B
• Professor: Ingrid L.Stefanovic

Document Summary

Lesson 1: introduction to i/o psychology and scientific methods. Scientist-practitioner perspective the view that i/o psychology focuses on both scientific research and professional practice. Science was increasingly seen as the answer for all problems. World war i: u. s. military was faced with the problem of selecting and assigning to jobs a large number of applicants in the most efficient way possible, a practice of standardized intelligence testing was developed: Army alpha measure of cognitive ability developed for placement of u. s. soldiers during wwi. Army beta non-verbal intelligence test developed for placement of u. s. soldiers during wwi: job analysis way of understanding job tasks and requirements through systematic analysis. World war ii: critical incident technique widely used technique of job analysis developed by flanagan. Development of i/o psychology began prior to wwii, with the formation of the canadian psychological association (cpa) M test canadian cognitive ability test developed during wwii used for selection and placement of both soldiers and.