In what way did World War I have a significant impact on the development of industrial/ organizational psychology?
What will be an ideal response?
* The Committee on Classification of Personnel in the Army developed two tests (Army Alpha and Beta) to classify army personnel.
* These were the first large-scale intelligence tests.
* After the war, psychologists began to develop others tests for selecting civilian personnel.
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a. vitamin therapy. b. tranquilizers. c. psychotherapy. d. detoxification.
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