Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  specifying a doctoral degree as the minimum requirement for clinical practice AND creating a professional degree that would emphasize clinical training 
B)  specifying a doctoral degree as the minimum requirement for clinical practice AND working to develop advertising campaigns so the public would know the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists 
C)  creating a professional degree that would emphasize clinical training AND working to develop advertising campaigns so the public would know the difference between psychologists and psychiatrists 
D)  creating a professional degree that would emphasize clinical training AND firsthand experience of psychoanalytic therapy for each clinical psychologist in training

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) conducted methodologically sophisticated research using blind and double-blind procedures 
B) created a lie detector that became widely used in police investigations 
C) created the comic book superheroine Wonder Woman 
D) the only psychologist to appear on a U.S.postage stamp

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Lillian Gilbreth 
B)  Frederick Taylor 
C)  Harry Hollingworth 
D)  Elton Mayo

Question 4

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hawthorne effect 
B)  functional periodicity 
C)  variation hypothesis 
D)  mediocrity theory

Question 5

Match the definition to the term.
-variation hypothesis

Accepted Answer

A) a commonly held social and scientific belief that women become physically and mentally impaired during their menstrual periods 
B) a series of studies that revealed the power of the interpersonal environment to influence employee satisfaction and behavior 
C) the belief that men were more variable than women in both physical and psychological characteristics,and therefore were more likely to occupy the lower and upper ends of the distribution of any trait 
D) the increasing tendency to see almost every aspect of life from a psychological perspective

Question 6

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  soldiering 
B)  therbligs 
C)  time studies 
D)  differential piece-rate

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

What is the definition of "psychotechnics"?

Accepted Answer

A)  a technique Münsterberg used to detect lying in court cases 
B)  the application of psychology to business and industry 
C)  a technique used in creating motion studies 
D)  Harry Hollingworth's design of the Coca-Cola studies

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Frank Gilbreth; differential piece-rate system 
B)  Frederick Taylor; soldiering 
C)  Lillian Gilbreth; therbligs 
D)  Walter Dill Scott; de-skilling

Question 11

Match the definition to the term.
-motion studies

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

Question 12

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  motion studies 
B)  Hawthorne studies 
C)  Coca-Cola studies 
D)  Taylor studies

Question 13

Match the project with the researcher.
-Walter Dill Scott

Accepted Answer

A) a series of studies that revealed the importance of psychological and social factors on workplace productivity 
B) research into the factors affecting job permanency at the Aetna Life Insurance Company 
C) the assessment of army recruits' specific aptitudes and skills for certain tasks 
D) the assessment of the behavioral effects of caffeine 
E) the use of psychological test results to try and predict the sales performance of Macy's department store saleswomen

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Lillian Gilbreth 
B)  Naomi Norsworthy 
C)  Leta Stetter Hollingworth 
D)  Elsie Bregman

Question 15

Match the publication with the author.
-Leta Hollingworth

Accepted Answer

A) Children Above 180 IQ 
B) Psychology and Industrial Efficiency 
C) The Psychology of Advertising 
D) The Psychology of Management

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Leta Stetter Hollingworth 
B)  Lillian Gilbreth 
C)  Augusta Fox Brunner 
D)  Mary Whiton Calkins

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) argued that empirical evidence was needed to justify feminist goals 
B) argued that to work as a clinical psychologist one must have appropriate clinical training 
C) argued that women were too suggestible to be allowed to vote in elections and too stubborn to serve as jury members 
D) promoted a more humanistic form of scientific management

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Hugo Münsterberg 
B)  Leonarde Keeler 
C)  William Marston 
D)  Walter Dill Scott

Question 19

Match the publication with the author.
-Hugo Münsterberg

Accepted Answer

A) Children Above 180 IQ 
B) Psychology and Industrial Efficiency 
C) The Psychology of Advertising 
D) The Psychology of Management

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) argued that empirical evidence was needed to justify feminist goals 
B) argued that to work as a clinical psychologist one must have appropriate clinical training 
C) argued that women were too suggestible to be allowed to vote in elections and too stubborn to serve as jury members 
D) promoted a more humanistic form of scientific management

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

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

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

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

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?

Match the definition to the term. -variation hypothesis

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?

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

What is the definition of "psychotechnics"?

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

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

Match the definition to the term. -motion studies

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?

Match the project with the researcher. -Walter Dill Scott

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

Match the publication with the author. -Leta Hollingworth

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

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

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

Match the publication with the author. -Hugo Münsterberg

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