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What is Industrial-Organizational Psychology?
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Application of psychological principles to work environment
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What does Personnel Psychology focus on?
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Recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal
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Define Human Resources Management in I/O context
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Practices for attracting, developing, retaining talent
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What is Organizational Psychology?
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Study of emotional and motivational aspects of work
5
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Explain Human Engineering in psychology
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Focus on human capabilities and limitations in environments
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What is the Scientist-Practitioner Model?
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Using scientific methods in applied I/O psychology
7
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Define Welfare-to-Work Program
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Employment in exchange for government subsidies
8
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What is Telecommuting?
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Working remotely using electronic communication
9
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Describe a Virtual Team
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Geographically dispersed group linked by computers
10
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What are Hawthorne Studies?
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Research on worker productivity and attitudes
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Explain Hawthorne Effect
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Behavioral change due to researcher attention
12
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What is Human Relations Movement?
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Focus on emotional worker aspects post-Hawthorne
13
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Define Job Satisfaction
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Positive emotional state from job appraisal
14
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What is Scientific Management?
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Efficiency principles from Taylor's time-motion studies
15
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Describe Stanford-Binet Test
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Intelligence test for individual assessment
16
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What is Revery Obsession?
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Mental state from monotonous factory work
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Key themes in I/O Psychology
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Selection, training, diversity, leadership, motivation
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Purpose of Personnel Selection
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Develop valid tests for job fit
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Role of Training in I/O
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Identify needs, evaluate effectiveness
20
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What is Organizational Development?
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Analyze goals, maximize employee satisfaction
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Define Performance Measurement
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Develop ways to assess achievements
22
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Explain Quality of Working Life
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Factors affecting job satisfaction, reduce stress
23
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What is Engineering Psychology?
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Design environments for human efficiency
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Relevance of I/O Psychology
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Must be applicable and useful
25
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Define Culture in I/O Context
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Shared meanings for events and objects
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What is 'West vs Rest' Mentality?
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US-centric theories ignoring other cultures
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Define Expatriate
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Manager assigned abroad temporarily
28
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Contrast Collectivist and Individualist Cultures
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Group vs individual value priority
29
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Hofstede's Individualism/Collectivism Dimension
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Degree of group vs self-focus
30
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Explain Power Distance in Cultures
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Acceptance of unequal power distribution