Deck 1: Introduction

Question 1

Which of the following is not a core value in work and organizational psychology?

A)Science
B)Pragmatism
C)Ethics
D)Profit

Answer 1

Profit

Question 2

Personnel psychology is a branch of work psychology that typically focuses on:

A)Careers and vocational behaviour
B)Core Human Resource tasks and functions
C)Ergonomics
D)All of the above

Answer 2

Core Human Resource tasks and functions

Question 3

Work and organizational psychology is a branch of:

A)Business psychology
B)Applied psychology
C)Developmental psychology
D)Cognitive psychology

Answer 3

Applied psychology

Question 4

The measurement and management of human behaviour in basic elementary chunks is a hallmarkof:

A)Taylorism
B)Psychology
C)Pragmatism
D)Post-modernism

Question 5

Which of the following is not a professional organization in work and organizational psychology?

A)SIOP
B)EAWOP
C)GAOP
D)BPS-DOP

Question 6

Roots of modern applications of work psychology can be traced back to:

A)First World War
B)Second World War
C)Medieval times
D)The mid-1960s

Question 7

In which decades did the Organization Studies group at Aston University in Birmingham carry outearly studies of whole organizations from a psychological perspective?

A)1980s and 1990s
B)1950s and 1960s
C)1940s and 1950s
D)1960s and 1970s

Question 8

Key emergent themes in work and organizational psychology include:

A)Ethics and social responsibility
B)Globalization and cross-cultural issues
C)Environment and sustainability
D)All of the above

Question 9

What did Cooper do in the 1980s for the field of work psychology?

A)Put the study and management of work stress firmly on the work psychology agenda.
B)Created ethical guidelines that are still in place today
C)Looked at organizations as a whole for the first time
D)Thought it was better to look at worker efficiency rather than worker wellbeing.

Question 10

Compared to US I/O psychology, work and organizational psychology in Europe typically focusesmore on:

A)Ethics
B)Business
C)Worker welfare
D)Worker performance

Question 11

Work and organizational psychology is concerned principally with:

A)Individuals and teams
B)Organizations
C)Only individuals
D)Both a and b above

Question 12

Sustainable development includes attention to social, environmental and ____ areas?

A)psychological
B)organizational
C)economic
D)cultural