Exam 16: Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

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What,according to Leta Hollingworth,did the professionalization of clinical psychology need to involve?

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Match the accomplishment with the individual(s). -Harry and Leta Hollingworth

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Who argued that social science could understand the psychological factors that lead to labor strikes and thus help control them?

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The notion that men were more variable than women in both physical and psychological characteristics,and thus more likely to occupy the lower and upper ends of the distribution of any trait,is known as what?

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Match the definition to the term. -variation hypothesis

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What is the term for a system in which a standard time is set for each task a worker must perform and each worker who completes the task in that time or faster receives a higher rate of pay,while workers who do not meet the standard time are penalized?

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What is the variation hypothesis and what did Leta Hollingworth conclude about its validity?

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What is the definition of "psychotechnics"?

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How was the Gilbreths' form of scientific management more humanistic than Taylorism?

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While working in factories,__________ noticed a phenomenon called __________ wherein individuals work below their normal capacity or speed.

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Match the definition to the term. -motion studies

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Which study demonstrated that physical and economic factors alone are insufficient to explain workplace productivity,and that psychological and social factors also needed to be taken into consideration?

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Match the project with the researcher. -Walter Dill Scott

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__________'s life story was the basis for the popular book and movie Cheaper by the Dozen.

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Match the publication with the author. -Leta Hollingworth

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Who is often referred to as the mother of industrial psychology?

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Match the position with the individual(s). -J.E.Wallace Wallin

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Who among the following was NOT credited,correctly or not,with developing a lie detector test?

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Match the publication with the author. -Hugo Münsterberg

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Match the position with the individual(s). -Lillian and Frank Gilbreth

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