Question 1

Which of the following is NOT true about the Hawthorne studies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wage incentives had no effect on worker productivity. 
B)  Insight was gained through nondirective, nonauthoritarian interviews with workers. 
C)  Physical fatigue had little effect on worker productivity. 
D)  The studies were discontinued because of a shortage of work during the Great Depression. 
A)  Wage incentives had no effect on worker productivity. 
B)  Insight was gained through nondirective, nonauthoritarian interviews with workers. 
C)  Physical fatigue had little effect on worker productivity. 
D)  The studies were discontinued because of a shortage of work during the Great Depression.

Question 2

What are "therbligs"?

Accepted Answer

A)  a unique form of psychotechnics 
B)  a unit referring to the eighteen independent motions of the hand 
C)  a polygraph machine mechanism 
D)  a key concept underlying the belief in functional periodicity 
A)  a unique form of psychotechnics 
B)  a unit referring to the eighteen independent motions of the hand 
C)  a polygraph machine mechanism 
D)  a key concept underlying the belief in functional periodicity

Question 3

Marion Almira Bills spend the majority of her career working at the Aetna Life Insurance Company where she conducted pioneering research on the factors affecting

Accepted Answer

A)  job permanency. 
B)  de-skilling of work. 
C)  typing speeds. 
D)  efficiency in surgical operating rooms. 
A)  job permanency. 
B)  de-skilling of work. 
C)  typing speeds. 
D)  efficiency in surgical operating rooms.

Question 4

Match the definition to the term.
-personnel selection

Accepted Answer

A) a shift in research focus to the social and psychological factors influencing performance and satisfaction at work 
B) a system to increase efficiency and productivity in the factory,generally accomplished by having workers do more in less time by giving them quick,repetitive,menial tasks,often on an assembly line 
C) the application of psychology to business and industry 
D) the practice of developing tests that match workers' aptitudes and skills to appropriate jobs 
A) a shift in research focus to the social and psychological factors influencing performance and satisfaction at work 
B) a system to increase efficiency and productivity in the factory,generally accomplished by having workers do more in less time by giving them quick,repetitive,menial tasks,often on an assembly line 
C) the application of psychology to business and industry 
D) the practice of developing tests that match workers' aptitudes and skills to appropriate jobs

Question 5

Match the definition to the term.
-time study

Accepted Answer

A) a method in which movie cameras were used to record the detailed physical movements required to perform certain tasks,thus revealing how to design machinery and to create methods to make work more efficient and easier for the worker 
B) a term to define eighteen independent motions of the hand 
C) the impact on performance or behavior of being aware that you are a participant in a study 
D) the process of breaking down each task a worker performed into the specific movements it required,and timing each movement 
A) a method in which movie cameras were used to record the detailed physical movements required to perform certain tasks,thus revealing how to design machinery and to create methods to make work more efficient and easier for the worker 
B) a term to define eighteen independent motions of the hand 
C) the impact on performance or behavior of being aware that you are a participant in a study 
D) the process of breaking down each task a worker performed into the specific movements it required,and timing each movement

Question 6

What was the goal of scientific management?

Accepted Answer

A)  increase efficiency and productivity in factories 
B)  supply managers with scientific credentials 
C)  allow scientists to profit from business 
D)  bring German nationalism to the United States 
A)  increase efficiency and productivity in factories 
B)  supply managers with scientific credentials 
C)  allow scientists to profit from business 
D)  bring German nationalism to the United States

Question 7

The following quotation-"The tradition emanating from the mystic and romantic novelists,that woman is a mysterious being,half hysteric,half angel,has found its way into scientific writing.Through the centuries gone those who wrote were men,and since the phenomenon of periodicity was foreign to them,they not unnaturally seized upon it as a probable source of the alleged 'mystery' and 'caprice' of womankind"-represents whose views?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lillian Moller Gilbreth's assessment of scientists' belief in functional periodicity 
B)  Leta Stetter Hollingworth's assessment of scientists' belief in functional periodicity 
C)  Elsie Oschrin Bregman's assessment of scientists' belief in functional periodicity 
D)  J. E. Wallace Wallin's assessment of scientists' belief in functional periodicity 
A)  Lillian Moller Gilbreth's assessment of scientists' belief in functional periodicity 
B)  Leta Stetter Hollingworth's assessment of scientists' belief in functional periodicity 
C)  Elsie Oschrin Bregman's assessment of scientists' belief in functional periodicity 
D)  J. E. Wallace Wallin's assessment of scientists' belief in functional periodicity

Question 8

The comic book superheroine Wonder Woman was created by psychologist __________ who modeled Wonder Woman's arch-nemesis,Dr.Psycho,on his former teacher __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  William Marston; Hugo Münsterberg 
B)  Hugo Münsterberg; Wilhelm Wundt 
C)  Walter Dill Scott; William James 
D)  Leonarde Keeler; William Marston 
A)  William Marston; Hugo Münsterberg 
B)  Hugo Münsterberg; Wilhelm Wundt 
C)  Walter Dill Scott; William James 
D)  Leonarde Keeler; William Marston

Question 9

Match the definition to the term.
-psychotechnics

Accepted Answer

A) a shift in research focus to the social and psychological factors influencing performance and satisfaction at work 
B) a system to increase efficiency and productivity in the factory,generally accomplished by having workers do more in less time by giving them quick,repetitive,menial tasks,often on an assembly line 
C) the application of psychology to business and industry 
D) the practice of developing tests that match workers' aptitudes and skills to appropriate jobs 
A) a shift in research focus to the social and psychological factors influencing performance and satisfaction at work 
B) a system to increase efficiency and productivity in the factory,generally accomplished by having workers do more in less time by giving them quick,repetitive,menial tasks,often on an assembly line 
C) the application of psychology to business and industry 
D) the practice of developing tests that match workers' aptitudes and skills to appropriate jobs

Question 10

Prior to the work of Elton Mayo and his colleagues at Hawthorne Works,studies had already been conducted on the effects of __________ on worker productivity.

Accepted Answer

A)  the differential piece-rate system 
B)  suggestion boxes 
C)  changes in lighting levels 
D)  hourly rest periods 
A)  the differential piece-rate system 
B)  suggestion boxes 
C)  changes in lighting levels 
D)  hourly rest periods

Which of the following is NOT true about the Hawthorne studies?

What are "therbligs"?

Marion Almira Bills spend the majority of her career working at the Aetna Life Insurance Company where she conducted pioneering research on the factors affecting

Match the definition to the term. -personnel selection

Match the definition to the term. -time study

What was the goal of scientific management?

The comic book superheroine Wonder Woman was created by psychologist who modeled Wonder Woman's arch-nemesis,Dr.Psycho,on his former teacher .

Match the definition to the term. -psychotechnics

Prior to the work of Elton Mayo and his colleagues at Hawthorne Works,studies had already been conducted on the effects of __________ on worker productivity.

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

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

Which of the following is NOT true about the Hawthorne studies?

What are "therbligs"?

Marion Almira Bills spend the majority of her career working at the Aetna Life Insurance Company where she conducted pioneering research on the factors affecting

Match the definition to the term. -personnel selection

Match the definition to the term. -time study

What was the goal of scientific management?

The comic book superheroine Wonder Woman was created by psychologist __________ who modeled Wonder Woman's arch-nemesis,Dr.Psycho,on his former teacher __________.

Match the definition to the term. -psychotechnics

Prior to the work of Elton Mayo and his colleagues at Hawthorne Works,studies had already been conducted on the effects of __________ on worker productivity.

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

Filters

The comic book superheroine Wonder Woman was created by psychologist who modeled Wonder Woman's arch-nemesis,Dr.Psycho,on his former teacher .