Psychology 2660A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Performance Appraisal, Industrial And Organizational Psychology, Frederick Winslow Taylor

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2660A/B
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

I/o psychology (along with clinical psychology) falls into the latter category of being concerned with both psychological science and its application. As its two-part name implies, the field of i/o psychology contains two major divisions: the industrial (or personnel) and the organizational. Industrial/organizational psychology is a smaller, but more rapidly growing psychology subfield that is concerned with the development and application of scientific principles to the workplace. We often divide 1/0 settings into those that are concerned with practice and those that are concerned with scientific research. One major objective of i/o psychology is to help organizations function more effectively. Many i/o psychologists are college or university professors. I/o psychologists also attempt to change organizations so that they are healthier and safer places for people to work, even if the effectiveness of the organization is not improved. Research can develop new methods and procedures for such activities as selecting and training employees.