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industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology
The application of psychological principles, theory, and
research to the work setting.
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Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
An association to which many I-O
psychologists
both practitioners and researchers, belong. Designated as Division 14 of the American
Psychological Association (APA).
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personnel psychology
Field of psychology that addresses issues such as recruitment, selection,
training
performance appraisal, promotion, transfer, and termination.
human resources management (HRM)
Practices such as recruitment, selection, retention, training,
and development of people (human resources) in order to achieve individual and organizational
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goals.
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organizational psychology
Field of psychology that combines research from social psychology and
organizational behavior and addresses the emotional and motivational side of work.
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human engineering or human factors psychology The study of the capacities and limitations of
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humans with respect to a particular environment.
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scientist-practitioner model
A model that uses scientific tools and research in the practice of I-O
psychology.
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TIP (The Industrial Organizational Psychologist)
Quarterly newsletter published by the Society for
Industrial and Organizational Psychology; provides I-O psychologists and those interested in I-O
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psychology with the latest relevant information about the field.
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welfare-to-work program
Program that requires individuals to work in return for government
subsidies.
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telecommuting
Accomplishing work tasks from a distant location using electronic communication
media.
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virtual team
Team that has widely dispersed members working together toward a common goal and
linked through computers and other technology.
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Stanford-Binet test
A well-known intelligence test designed for testing one individual at a time.
Originally developed by Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon in 1905
the Binet-Simon test was updated
starting in 1916 by Lewis Terman and colleagues at Stanford University
which led to the test's
current name.
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scientific Management
A movement based on principles developed by Frederick W. Taylor, who
suggested that there was one best and most efficient way to perform various jobs.
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time and motion studies Studies that broke every action down into its constituent parts
timed those
movements with a stopwatch
and developed new and more efficient movements that would reduce
fatigue and increase productivity.
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revery obsession
Australian psychologist Elton Mayo proposed that this mental state resulted from
the mind-numbing
repetitive, and difficult work that characterized U.S. factories in the early 20th
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