Industrial and organizational psychology

Charles Darwin is one of the founding fathers of psychology. Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England on February 12, 1809, and died on April 19 1882 (“Wikipedia”). Darwin was the grandson of Erasmus Darwin who was an intellectual figure in the history of science. His father was a well respected, successful physician. Charles Darwin comes from a line of intellectual men and was expected to do great things. Darwin attended Shrewsbury school, then continued his studies at Edinburgh…

Psychology is the study of human mental functions and behavior in an attempt to learn from observation in addition to the ability to predict behavior. The study of psychology can be traced back to the ancient civilizations of the Greece, Chinese, and the Egyptians. Psychology was named during a historical period of Greece. The word was evolved from "psyche", which can be taken to have the same meaning as life. Psyche can be translated many ways however each translation continues to link it to…

book Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance it illustrates how it is possible to succeed no matter your circumstances or background. Several factors in the industrial organizational psychology field, along with the book are very well described in realistic situations and events that give you a better understanding of the terms and ideas in industrial psychology. Not many think they can accomplish their goals, or find it to hard to believe that they ever could. For instance, my mother was the first one…

Assessing Diversity Initiatives Acme Inc. has asked for an analysis and evaluation of three diversity recruiting initiatives implemented a year ago. The goal is to increase the diversity of new hires. The three initiatives are minority college recruiting, job fairs in minority communities, and mining diversity websites such as the diversity employment exchange. The HR manager has requested an I/O external consultant to aid in understanding which recruiting methods were the most successful at…

deliver my sincere thanks to my adviser Professor Marcus for his support and encouragement during the time of my master’s degree studies. His advice has helped me throughout my time in the I-O Psychology Program. Introduction Having taken all the core and elective Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology classes, I realized there was…

Nonetheless, graduates may pursue a career in becoming a family services worker, industrial- organizational psychologist, rehabilitation officer, mental health care coordinator, guidance counselor or a special education teacher. Psychology degrees can also come in handy in other careers such as business, management, human resources, criminal justice or information technology as it can support in the understanding…

Journal of Organizational Behavior J. Organiz. Behav. 25, 67–80 (2004) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/job.243 Workplace deviance, organizational citizenship behavior, and business unit performance: the bad apples do spoil the whole barrel PATRICK D. DUNLOP1* AND KIBEOM LEE2 1 2 Summary School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia Department of Psychology, University of Calgary,…

reputation UIUC holds encourages me to represent myself and the school in the best way possible and make many connections with the community during my time there. Unlike many schools, UIUC offers a lot of support for those interested in industrial/organizational psychology, ranging from research opportunities like working with the YEDI Lab, to the faculty support, to connecting with other students in Psi Chi. Having such a reputable PhD program to look up to, I know I will be able to build…

How a Psychology Degree Can Be Beneficial for Even Non-Psych Careers Psychology is not a science. Psychology has very few job opportunities. Psychology is just common sense. These are just a few of the most common misconceptions about the field of psychology. In truth, psychologists use the scientific method to explore and gain an understanding of mankind’s most challenging problems. Brain functioning. Behavior. Relationships. Motivation. These topics and more are researched and examined by…

I interviewed Dr. Nora Reilly who works at Radford University in the Psychology department on March 2, 2016. I had a class with Dr. Reilly last semester in industrial/organizational psychology. I interviewed Dr. Reilly in her office in Russell hall, which was a little disorganized with her packing her things for the move to the new building. She was wearing a pantsuit like she typically does and her hair is short and gray. I thought she would be an interesting person to interview because she is…