Lecture Goal
    Introduce people & events that made I/O Psych. what it is today
 

Corresponding Reading
    Chapter 1
 
 

Late 1800's
    Wilhelm Wundt
        _____________________ is needed to establish Psych. as a legitimate science

        Applied psychology does not ______________________

        Applied psychology can not _______________________
 

    Hugo Munsterberg
        Father of I/O Psychology

        Applied psychology ___________________________

        Other sciences can be used for profit, so can psychology

        Publicized his views
 

    Walter Dill Scott
        Father of I/O Psychology

       Applied psychological principles to ______________________

        Ads should use _____________________________

        Provide means/more reason to comply

        Developed _______________________
 

    Jeames McKeen Cattell
        Studied individual differences
 

        Developed psych. tests to evaluate __________________

        Softened reactions to applied psychology

        Developed 'The Psychological Corporation'
 

    Frederick Taylor
        Steel Industry Foreman
        Used scientific method and psychological principles to __________________________

        Taylor's Principles

         ______________ to specify optimal procedures
 

        _______________________ important for perf.

        Consider these characteristics for _______________

        _____________ less productive workers

        _____________ worker performance

        Provide __________________________________
 
 

World War I (1913 - 1917)
    Showed value of using psychological tests for job selection and placement
    Need to match recruits to jobs

    Leads to creation of ___________________ test

        1st large scale ________________ test
 
        Administered to 2,000,000 soldiers

        Problem = Language and literacy barriers

        Solution = ___________________ test

            1st large scale __________________ intelligence test

            Administered to 100,000 soldiers
 

1921
    First Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology granted
    Bruce V. Moore (Moore Bldg.)
 

1930's
    Focus: é ing productivity
    Climate: Worker is lazy, motivated by $
 

Hawthorne Studies (mid 1930's)
    Goal = Examine the effects of the _________________________________ on productivity

    Examples
        - illumination levels
        - rest-break duration

    Who: a small group of women workers
    What: phone-assembly production
    Where: a separate room

    Hypotheses
        Optimal light level
        Optimal rest-break duration

    Results
        Productivity é_______________________________________________________
 
    Q - Why did workers ______________?

    A - __________________
            - group size & norms
            - more tolerant supervision
            - got extra attention
            - interest in new situation/people

    Important Conclusion
        ______________________________________________________________

    Important Conseqeunces
        New focus on worker ________________________________

        Lays groundwork for _________________________________
 
 

World War II (1941)
    Renewed focus on testing and placement
    Interest in designing work machines to ê human error
    Birth of ____________________________________
 

1964
    Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
        illegal to discriminate on the basis of _____________________________________
 

1990
    Americans with Disabilities Act
        Goal: ê unemployment rate of qualified disabled people

        Illegal to discriminate against "___________" people with mental or physical disabilities

        Has _________ unemployment rate of disabled

        Only 1% left welfare for full-time work

        WHY? - _____________________
 

1991
    Dept. of Labor report

        "___________________" - blocks women and minorities from management-level advancement

        Women, minorities, elderly _______________ likely to be trained for _________ positions
 
 

1999 - ???
    Continued Growth of Field
    Hot topics
        - effects of societal values
        - training managers/leadership
        - older workforce
        - technologies
        - international workplaces