PSYC 312 Lecture Notes - Engineering Psychology, Human Factors And Ergonomics, Clinical Psychology
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Take psych (learned wundt) to u. s . explosion in psyc (interest, labs, journals), popularization lack of academic jobs, how to make money? the american psych zeitgeist demanded psychology be useful. World war i and ii: both were times where mulltiple psychologists were needed in differed ways ***teacher wearing camo today. Thus, apply what we know to children, schools employment/work; factories, offices (io=industrial organization psych) soldier selection (iq) criminal justice system: psychologists should act as experts in a case immigration. Phd from cattell; husband of leta vocational psychology individuals suited to jobs based on traits, aptitudes & attitudes; what are the problems of selecting people into certain jobs supplement his teaching salary. **in the text he is said to be a functionalist; he is thought by a teacher to be applied religious/evious, adventurous; it is debated if he was prejudice. 1st u. s. phd, founded american journal of psych, journal of applied.
