BP 1.1

Which of the following best defines Business Psychology?

• The study of human biology in work settings

• The study of human behavior in professional and organizational contexts

• The analysis of business growth

• The prediction of market trends

What are the main goals of Business Psychology?

• Describe, manipulate, and criticize behavior

• Understand, predict, and influence behavior

• Compare, confuse, and replace behavior

• Change, ignore, and exploit behavior

Which of the following is NOT a goal of Business Psychology?

• Predict behavior

• Understand behavior

• Replace behavior

• Influence behavior

Business Psychology focuses mainly on:

• Products and profits

• Employees and marketing

• The behavior of people in economic and organizational contexts

• Government and policy

Which statement reflects a practical application of Business Psychology?

• It helps design machines for factories

• It helps increase profits by ignoring employee needs

• It helps reduce absenteeism by understanding employee motivation

• It automates all office tasks

Who introduced scientific management and studied time and motion?

• Sigmund Freud

• Frederick Winslow Taylor

• Abraham Maslow

• Daniel Kahneman

Which approach in early Business Psychology focused on measurable behavior?

• Psychoanalysis

• Structuralism

• Behaviorism

• Humanistic Psychology

What development led to the 'human relations movement'?

• The introduction of robotics

• The industrial revolution

• The Hawthorne studies

• Digital transformation

Which discipline heavily influenced the roots of Business Psychology?

• Chemistry

• Philosophy

• Psychology

• Literature

Why was Business Psychology needed during the industrial revolution?

• To replace human workers with robots

• To optimize worker efficiency and motivation

• To regulate stock markets

• To create job ads