Tidbits & More
What is the name of the professional organization for I/O psychology?
SIOP - society for industrial organizational psychology.
What is the salutogenic model?
The beginning of positive psychology, identifying what is right with us and enhancing that.
What is hybrid remote work?
Some remote work, some in person work.
What does it mean if something is empirical?
It is measurable - think operational definition.
What is opportunity cost?
The value of alternatives that you give up when you choose one option over another (what you sacrifice in order to do something else).
Approximately what percentage of psychologists are I/O Psychologists?
7%
What is the name of the manual in psychology that lists all of our problems?
DSM (Diagnostic Statistical Manual)
What is quiet cracking?
An invisible unraveling or a slow erosion of motivation, well-being, affective flatness at work, no joy with accomplishment or sadness with failure.
What are meta-organizational factors? Give an example.
Factors outside the organization. Example could be political climate.
What is the fundamental attribution error?
We assume intra-individual factors cause the
behaviors of others.
Someone cuts you off in traffic - they are just a bad driver.
What is the difference between a Boulder Model or Vail Model program?
The Boulder Model - PHD - Scientist-practitioner: training in psychology should emphasize both
research and application.
The Vail Model (PsyD) 1973 Vail Colorado
Scholar-practitioner: Psychological knowledge
had matured enough to warrant professional
programs similar to medicine, dentistry, and law.These professional programs were to be options
for and not replace, Boulder-model programs.
What is a pathology?
Greek word for suffering, study of disease, the things that are wrong with us.
Explain Warren Bennis' VUCA model. Where was this developed?
Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity. US War College, illustrated in "On Becoming a Leader"
What is cybernetic health?
The ability to set good goals, develop strategies to achieve them, monitor progress, and make adjustments.
What does it mean if something is reciprocal?
There is mutual dependence or influence.
What does PERMAH stand for?
Positive emotions, engagement with your strengths, positive relationships, meaning, achievement, health.
Name two of the of the six primary virtues we discussed in class.
Wisdom, courage, humanity, transcendence, justice, moderation.
What does praxis mean? What are the elements of TEA?
Action or practice. Using a theory or something you have learned in a practical way.
Theory - Evidence - Application
What is a default mode network?
How your brain processes information when
you are relaxed, going with the flow.
What is a logoteleological experience?
Practices that enhance individual meaning now and into the future.
What is Lewin's Field Theory? What are the three levels?
We exist in information fields. Total of all internal and external stimuli available to us at any given time. We attend to only portions of the entire field. Our behavior is a function of how we experience and interpret our field.
Intra - individual.
Inter - individual.
Environment - meta-organizational.
What is the difference between virtues and values?
Values: Subjective standards that you believe are important.
Virtues: Cultivated qualities that promote positive persistent patterns of behavior
and thought
Describe Bill George's Positive Action VUCA model. What is the name of Bill George's consulting company?
Vision, understanding, clarity (connection, courage), act. True North.
Define zeitgeist.
Spirit of the times - related to meta-organizational factors.
What does SOKA stand for and what does it mean?
Self Other Knowledge Asymmetry. We are more accurate judging our internal states and experiences. Others are more accurate judging our behavior and performance.