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Work Psychology
I/O
Human Factors
100
This type of psychology that studies organizational behavior in the workplace
What is industrial-organizational psychology
100
This is a topic studied by I/O psychology that concerns who gets hired for particular jobs
What is selection
100
This is a topic studied by human factors psychologists that concerns machine operated processes
What is automation
200
This type of psychology studies human-technology interactions
What is human factors psychology
200
This is the name of the topic studied by I/O psychologists, concerns how dedicated you are to the place that you work
What is organizational commitment
200
These are the four levels of automation
What is manual, management by consent, management by exception, and full automation
300
A research who focuses on job analysis, selection, training, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment is probably this type of psychologist
What is an I/O psychologist
300
A I/O psychologist is hired by an organization, because the organization's employees are not working as fast as they used to. This is a decrease in what topic that is commonly studied by I/O psychologists (not what topic caused it)
What is performance
300
These are the four possible stages of a task that can potentially be automated
What is sensory (or information) processing, perceptions/ working memory (information analysis), decision making, and response selection (action implementation)
400
A researcher who focuses on task analysis, selection, training, and automation is probably this type of psychologist
What is a human factors psychologist
400
A psychologist is hired by an organization, because that organization has a high turnover rate. These factors might effect turnover rate (give two)
What is employee job satisfaction and organizational commitment
400
Autocorrect, the spell checker used by most smart phones, operates at this level of automation (give reasoning)
What is management by exception
500
These are the four principles of scientific management as defined by F.W. Taylor
What is justify each element of job (task analysis), select and train workers (personnel selection), ensure job is done correctly, and active management participation
500
A I/O psychologist is hired to review an organizations selection and training practices for a particular job. What is the step first in this processes?
What is a job analysis
500
Your car beeps when you are backing up, and there is an object within a few feet of your rear bumper. The beeping is an automation at what stage(s) of the task (give reasoning)
What is sensory perception (it looks for objects in your path), perception (it is implying that the object is a problem), and decision-making (it is recommending that you stop)