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Psychology PSY209:
INDUSTRIAL
PSYCHOLOGY
Assignment
1 Due
February
16,
2012
at
10
am Purpose This
purpose
of
this
assignment
is
to
give
you
some
experience
thinking
like
an
Industrial
Psychologist.
As
weve
discussed
in
class,
Industrial
Psychologists
ask
certain
types
of
ques@ons:
How
can
we
make
workers
more
produc@ve?
How
can
we
select
the
best
people
to
work
for
us?
How
can
we
introduce
new
technology
into
the
workplace?
How
can
we
make
downsizing
and
mergers
go
more
smoothly.
And
many
more! For
this
assignment
you
will
develop
a
ques@on
that
an
Industrial
Psychologist
might
ask
and
then
design
an
experiment
that
could
test
it. Tasks Almost
everyone
has
worked
at
some
point
in
their
lives.
For
this
assignment
Id
like
you
to
think
about
a
problem
that
arose
in
your
workplace
related
to
any
topic
covered
before
the
rst
mid- term
exam
(leadership,
aKtudes,
groups).
If
you
have
never
worked
please
ask
someone
you
know
has
worked
for
an
example. 1) For
one
mark
please
state
your
problem
and
which
topic
it
is
related
to. 2) For
one
mark
please
select
a
theory
discussed
in
class
or
in
the
textbook
that
you
believe
might
suggest
a
possible
solu@on
to
the
problem. 3) For
one
mark
please
state
your
proposed
solu@on
and
explain
how
it
is
derived
from
your
chosen
theory. 4) For
one
mark
state
the
dependent
variable
in
your
proposed
experiment. 5) For
one
mark
state
the
independent
variable(s)
in
your
proposed
experiment. 6) For
two
marks
create
a
design
matrix
that
shows
your
expected
results. 7) For
two
marks
create
a
between-groups
study
map
that
could
test
your
idea. 8) For
two
marks
create
a
within-groups
study
map
that
could
test
your
idea. 9) For
two
marks
discuss
the
pros
and
cons
choosing
a
between
vs.
within
groups
design.
For
two
more
marks,
state
which
you
would
choose
if
you
were
running
this
study
in
real
life
and
why? 10) Finally,
pretend
you
are
working
for
a
consul@ng
rm
as
an
Industrial
Psychologist.
For
ve
marks
write
one
page
that
summarizes
the
problem,
the
reasons
for
the
problem,
and
why
your
solu@on
works
(hypothe@cally).
Remember,
you
are
wri@ng
this
with
the
inten@on
of
selling
your
services
to
another
company.
So
include
statements
that
explain
how
widespread
the
problem
is,
its
poten@al
costs
to
a
company,
and
why
someone
should
hire
you
to
implement
your
solu@on.
PSY
209
Assignment
1