Overview of I/O Psychology

What is I/O Psychology

Industrial and Organizational Psychology is the scientific study of behavior in organizations.

• application to work behavior at all levels including individual, team organizations.
• studies how people behave and perform with the goal of maximizing
  1. organizational effectiveness
  2. employee well-being.

I in I/O

• micro or individual level.

O in I/O

• developing teams, negotiations, conflict, working with different personality types, motivated, analyze attitudes of employees
• research more than practice
• there are ways to motivate people

Learning Styles

The seven learning styles:

• visual (spatial): pictures images, and spatial understanding
• aural (auditory-musical): prefer sound and music
• verbal (linguistic): words in speech and writing
• physical (kinesthetic): body hands and sense of touch
• logical (mathematical): logic, reasoning and systems
• social (interpersonal): learn in groups or with other people
• solitary (intrapersonal): work alone and use self study

My learning style: My introduction:

• Hello everyone! My name is Liwen Tran and I'm a junior majoring in computer engineering.
• Currently, I'm residing in The Allston, which is right on the east border of campus.
• I'm from Germantown, MD.
• The top three learning styles for me were social, logical, and visual.
• I like photography, trying new cafes and restaurants, and traveling!
• This year, I went to Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, Hawaii

Link to the society for industrial and organizational psychology website.

Who are I/O Research Psychologists

Future occupations include:

• Academics - instructors, professors (research, teaching, service, lesson preparation), administrators
• Private organizations - Google, Pepsi-cola, all have in house psychologists
• Consulting - for smaller companies that must outsource
• Government - all agencies have them
• Others - work with unions, professional associations, and foundations.

Effects of COVID-19

Effects of covid on counseling psychologist:

• crazy waitlist, more hires.
• mental illness problems amplified with isolation.

Effects of covid on I/O psychologist:

• productivity - are they as productive as in person?
• organizations are tuning more into mental health need
• more common to do hybrid and change time and ours
• communication between workers, missing water cooler, there are people in their 20s that have never met their coworkers, missing relationships.
• are there changes on how we recruit