PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 34: Personnel Psychology, Industrial And Organizational Psychology, Job Performance

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Some few work as job, career or calling. Flow: a completely involved, focused state of consciousness, with diminished awareness of self. + time, resulting from optimal engagement of one"s skills. People are happier when minds are not wandering. Industrial-organizational (i/o) psychology: the application of psychological concepts + methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces. Personnel psychology: subfield of i/o psychology that focuses on employee recruitment, selection, placement, training, appraisal, + development. Organizational psychology: subfield of i/o psychology that examines organizational influences on worker satisfaction + productivity + facilitates organizational change. Human factors psychology: subfield of i/o psychology that explores how people + machines interact + how machines + physical environments can be made safe + easy to use. Strengths + traits can be productively applied, strengths-based selection system. Long-term job performance not predicted from an interview. Interviewer illusion not needing reference checking, can read people well, overestimates ability. Interviews disclose candidates good intentions, less revealing than habitual behaviors.