PSYC 2070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1,2,3: Industrial And Organizational Psychology, Army Beta, Army Alpha
11 Oct 2018
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Industrial organizational psychology: branch of psychology that applies principles of psychology to the workplace. Relies on research, quantitative methods, and test-techniques. Using empirical data and statistics rather than intuition to make decisions. Help employees with problems like drug/ alcohol abuse. Personal psychology: concentrates on election and evaluation of employees. Develop methods to examine various methods that can be used to train and develop employees. Organizational psychology: investigates the behaviour of employees within the context of an organization. Makes recommendations on ways problem areas can be improved. Army alpha: intelligence test developed during world war i and used by the army soldiers who can read. Army beta: intelligence test during world war i and use a(cid:396)(cid:373)(cid:455) soldie(cid:396)s (cid:449)ho (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:396)ead. Hawthorne studies: studies that have come to represent any change in behaviour, when people react to a change in the environment. Hawthorne effects: employees change their behaviour due to receiving attention or are being observed.
