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Influential Figures in Industrial Psychology
Several influential early psychologists studied issues that are now categorized as industrial psychology. Key figures include:
- James Cattell (1860–1944)
- Hugo Münsterberg (1863–1916)
- Walter Dill Scott (1869–1955)
- Robert Yerkes (1876–1956)
- Lillian Gilbreth (1878–1972)
- Walter Bingham (1880–1952)
- Elton Mayo (1880–1949)
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A rapidly growing tech startup is experiencing high employee turnover within its sales department. The current hiring process involves a single, 30-minute unstructured conversation with the department head, who admits to hiring candidates they 'have a good feeling about.' Based on the principles of improving job-person fit and ensuring fair hiring practices, which of the following would be the most effective initial action to take?
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James Cattell
Hugo Münsterberg
Robert Yerkes
Walter Bingham
Walter Dill Scott
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Elton Mayo
Lillian Gilbreth
A manufacturing company is facing two major challenges: 1) improving the accuracy of its hiring process for new managers, and 2) increasing the physical efficiency of its assembly line workers by optimizing their movements. Which pair of early psychologists' work would be most directly applicable to addressing these two distinct problems, respectively?