Psychology 2061A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hawthorne Effect, Army Beta, Army Alpha
8 Dec 2013
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Branch of psychology that applies the principles of psychology to the workplace. Industrial-organizational psychologists are able to apply psychological theories to explain and enhance the effectiveness of human behaviour in the workplace. I/o psychologists advance the science and knowledge of human behaviour. Two fields of i/o psychology: personnel psychology. Selecting people, evaluating people, training people: organizational psychology. Group dynamics, how people combine in work groups, how to get the best out of people when they"re working, etc Walter dill scott and hugo munsterberg are considered to be the founders of i/o psych. Army alpha literate, army beta illiterate. Researchers were interested about the effects that ventilation, light had on employees and their performance. The results: when they had the conditions with low lighting, the
