Industrial-Organizational and Social Psychology Report Two different specialty psychological fields are Industrial-Organizational and Social. Seven different questions regarding these fields will be explored. This will give insight as to what types of issues they deal with daily. Expanding on the types of work done in these fields, hot topics, and other information will give ideas of their potential, and possible positives and negatives. The types of work people do in Industrial-Organizational psychology sounds like a workplace and/or creating processes or patterns situation. The types of things they deal with could be called work psychology, industrial could be more geared towards the worker, and organizational towards the work they do
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The settings for a researcher might be in private or government establishments, or possibly marketing/advertising, with an average pay of $79,000 or better in 2010 (Social psychology careers, n.d., para. 14-16). This type of pay matches up with other masters psychological degrees or higher, which is a minimum of six years of college. The professional in this field will be working with communication, interaction, and the pros and cons of what it means to live in society. I would not be interested in a career in Industrial-Organizational psychology because it sounds like one type of job without much variance. I also think that the inner workings of business are meant to utilize the most of their worker as possible. To me that sounds like a thing that is meant for machines and people need a more distinct type of consideration. If the job were meant to find out these differences and help people to still be themselves while working in a business setting I would find it more to my …show more content…
It looks at questions of how humans are shaped by their culture and social environment, and this would apply to everything from an individual to the whole world (Kuther and Morgan, 2012, p. 131). From sociology class I remember the world as having lots of issues and this attests to the need for this study and practice. Why do people need order, or love to fight, might be questions a social psychologist would work on. A real-world human experience related to a pod-cast for Industrial-Organizational psychology is about Ep 193: Mindfulness Benefits. I deal with distraction while I am doing my schoolwork. If I were to practice mindfulness through exercises of breathing, being present, focusing and etc... it says it might help with tests, job satisfaction, and productivity (Ep 193: Mindfulness benefits, 2013). I read something the other day that said chewing gum might help with test scores, and I wonder about a correlation here. While chewing gum there would be a natural focus on what one is doing right this
The settings for a researcher might be in private or government establishments, or possibly marketing/advertising, with an average pay of $79,000 or better in 2010 (Social psychology careers, n.d., para. 14-16). This type of pay matches up with other masters psychological degrees or higher, which is a minimum of six years of college. The professional in this field will be working with communication, interaction, and the pros and cons of what it means to live in society. I would not be interested in a career in Industrial-Organizational psychology because it sounds like one type of job without much variance. I also think that the inner workings of business are meant to utilize the most of their worker as possible. To me that sounds like a thing that is meant for machines and people need a more distinct type of consideration. If the job were meant to find out these differences and help people to still be themselves while working in a business setting I would find it more to my …show more content…
It looks at questions of how humans are shaped by their culture and social environment, and this would apply to everything from an individual to the whole world (Kuther and Morgan, 2012, p. 131). From sociology class I remember the world as having lots of issues and this attests to the need for this study and practice. Why do people need order, or love to fight, might be questions a social psychologist would work on. A real-world human experience related to a pod-cast for Industrial-Organizational psychology is about Ep 193: Mindfulness Benefits. I deal with distraction while I am doing my schoolwork. If I were to practice mindfulness through exercises of breathing, being present, focusing and etc... it says it might help with tests, job satisfaction, and productivity (Ep 193: Mindfulness benefits, 2013). I read something the other day that said chewing gum might help with test scores, and I wonder about a correlation here. While chewing gum there would be a natural focus on what one is doing right this