PSYC 3050 : PSYCHOLOGY 3050 STUDY GUIDE EXAM 1
Document Summary
Industrial psychology and organizational have been distinguished from each other based on their respective content areas: This is why most i/o psychologists are trained as i/o psychologists: i and o are put together for this reason, they are interdependent, related areas that form one applied subspecialty of psychology. Task inventory approach: task statements generated by subject matter experts (smes, smes: individuals who are incumbents or experts regarding the target job. Incumbents, or people who are currently occupying the job of interest, then put a check next to statements that describe their job: data provides a picture, or thorough analysis of a job. Information input: mental processes, work output, relationships with other persons, other job characteristics. Job context: concerns, not for white-collar jobs, college reading level too abstract so many jobs look similar. A job is a collection of positions similar enough to one another to share a common job title.
