I/O psychology, anyone?

[oakraiderz2]

Yea, anyone interested or going to school for i/o psych?

 

[Create Reality]

what is it?

 

[dirtyvibe]

industrial/ organization psychology.

the psychologist that works for a company trying to help build productivity, make workers happier so health insurance costs less, etc.

e.g- giving every employee an index card so they feel more important and work harder thus increase efficiency and raise the bottom line. you get hundreds of dollars of extra work out of the guy for $5 worth of business cards. <<-------would be an idea that an i/o psychologist comes up with.

or giving a worker a window in his office, etc.

 

[doctoroxygen]

One of my colleagues in a lab I worked in is going into I/O. It's not something that interests me personally, but it's probably the best way to make money with psychology. I took a class in human factors a few years ago and it was mind-numbingly boring.

 

[ValleyDJing]

psychology is a *****. I hate it. Psychologists are some ****y motherf.uckers, no offense to anyone. But honestly, I'm gonna pay somebody to tell me how I feel? Who the f.uck do you think you are?! I know what my dodgamn problems are, I don't need you to tell me what they are.

 

[Ace of Flames]

psychology is a *****. I hate it. Psychologists are some ****y motherf.uckers, no offense to anyone. But honestly, I'm gonna pay somebody to tell me how I feel? Who the f.uck do you think you are?! I know what my dodgamn problems are, I don't need you to tell me what they are.

Then you aren't the kind of person who would need a psychologist. Chill. There are lots of people who either don't understand their problems, or CAN'T understand their problems. Psychologist can help those people help themselves. Don't dog them for that.

 

[MetalFortress]

psychology is a *****. I hate it. Psychologists are some ****y motherf.uckers, no offense to anyone. But honestly, I'm gonna pay somebody to tell me how I feel? Who the f.uck do you think you are?! I know what my dodgamn problems are, I don't need you to tell me what they are.

As a lay psychologist, I will now analyze what issues are behind your rages...

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

... I know what my dodgamn problems are, I don't need you to tell me what they are.

Obviously.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Yea, anyone interested or going to school for i/o psych?

Every Industrial Phychologist I know works in HR pushing paper. I know a couple who stopped and went into teaching because in business they didn't feel that they were helping any individuals, they were just the keepers of corporate policy. One suggestion is to use the degree to teach managerial or team building seminars for companies like Skillpath or Executrain.

 

[The Living Legend]

I'm just finishing up an I/O Psych class now.

The class was boring as hell...I'm surprised I didn't lapse into a coma.

 

[oakraiderz2]

Every Industrial Phychologist I know works in HR pushing paper. I know a couple who stopped and went into teaching because in business they didn't feel that they were helping any individuals, they were just the keepers of corporate policy. One suggestion is to use the degree to teach managerial or team building seminars for companies like Skillpath or Executrain.

That sounds lame. I would like to be a consultant, but i realize everything doesnt happen the way you expect. Ive been trying to decide whether a masters will be enough or if i can tolerate school for 5 more years after im done. How many Industrial Psychologist do you know?

 

[oakraiderz2]

I'm just finishing up an I/O Psych class now.

The class was boring as hell...I'm surprised I didn't lapse into a coma.

If thats the case i dont wanna waste my time. What kind of stuff did you did? Did you have a lab?

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

That sounds lame. I would like to be a consultant, but i realize everything doesnt happen the way you expect. Ive been trying to decide whether a masters will be enough or if i can tolerate school for 5 more years after im done. How many Industrial Psychologist do you know?

Yeah, it's a shame that the companies don't use the talent more effectively. Psychology overall is interesting once you can get past all of the theory. You could always consider clinical or counseling psychology but of course you'll need to pass additional tests to get your licensure if you're considering going into practice.

I know 10 or 12 i/o based psychologist, most of them working in human resources along with more people who have a B.S. in psychology. A few are going back to school to get clinical training or to become educators. I do know one guy who got a gig designing esthetically pleasing data entry screens for computer programs. I think he took the job just for the money.

 

[oakraiderz2]

Yeah, it's a shame that the companies don't use the talent more effectively. Psychology overall is interesting once you can get past all of the theory. You could always consider clinical or counseling psychology but of course you'll need to pass additional tests to get your licensure if you're considering going into practice.

I know 10 or 12 i/o based psychologist, most of them working in human resources along with more people who have a B.S. in psychology. A few are going back to school to get clinical training or to become educators. I do know one guy who got a gig designing esthetically pleasing data entry screens for computer programs. I think he took the job just for the money.

Yea, it seems like i/o psych would be beneficially but i guess not. It sounds interesting but i could see how it could be boring. Ive been looking at counseling and clinical psych more. I didnt really wanna do clinical because thats what everyone wants to do but thats not the best reason not to do something.

 

[doctoroxygen]

The professor who taught my first methods course was a retired I/O psychologist who ran a VERY successful consulting firm, made a lot of money, then went and got a job at my university as a lecturer. I think to do well in it you need to have a Ph.D and produce original research, but that's just my notion based on talking to him and to some other people in the department.

FdA, you seem to have a strong interest in psychology..are you a psychologist? I think it would be really interesting to have a professional psychologist posting on this board. I'm deciding between clinical/counseling psych and social psych for graduate school right now.

 

[ValleyDJing]

I'm just finishing up an I/O Psych class now.

The class was boring as hell...I'm surprised I didn't lapse into a coma.

exactly! I consider myself to be a fairly smart person, but I don't sit there and rub other people's noses in it. Psychologists though, they're some ****y motherf.uckers. We were watching a movie on someone with paranoid schizophrenia or something like that, and the teacher is sitting there rattling off terms like, as a psychodynamically oriented psychologist, and dialectical, etc. And the students that actually want to become psychologists (I'm just in the class because I signed up late and all the good classes were take), were spitting the same s.hit right back at her. I was like, who talks like that?! Shut up!

Anyways, if you want a cake class, don't take psychology. It could be easy, but psychologists are too proud to make their classes easy. It was really the first class I felt the need to study for in my entire life. Of course, I completely ignored this need and decided to fail instead. hahahaha!

 

[oakraiderz2]

The professor who taught my first methods course was a retired I/O psychologist who ran a VERY successful consulting firm, made a lot of money, then went and got a job at my university as a lecturer. I think to do well in it you need to have a Ph.D and produce original research, but that's just my notion based on talking to him and to some other people in the department.

FdA, you seem to have a strong interest in psychology..are you a psychologist? I think it would be really interesting to have a professional psychologist posting on this board. I'm deciding between clinical/counseling psych and social psych for graduate school right now.

Original research like what? I have two years to go but i think im just gonna go with social; it has the type of research topics that im actually interested in. I dont know how it can be practical but who cares.

 

[doctoroxygen]

He did research on organizational structures as far as I can remember. I didn't ask too many questions, because I'm not interested in that at all. He also did program evaluations post-hoc, and I remember him saying he didn't like them.

Do you want to be a professor of psychology?

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Yea, it seems like i/o psych would be beneficially but i guess not. It sounds interesting but i could see how it could be boring. Ive been looking at counseling and clinical psych more. I didnt really wanna do clinical because thats what everyone wants to do but thats not the best reason not to do something.

The misconceptions about what psychology entails definitely puts limitations on how it could be best used in corporate America. More times than not you have to build a company around an idea. Take Dr. Phil, after 10 years of doing marital counseling (and hating it) he decided to start doing court consulting and made millions. Now look at where he's at, all from an idea.

In my opinion the best thing about practicing psychology isn't what you can teach other people, it's what you can learn about other people, including yourself. Using the psychological tenets of understanding human motivation and predicting behavior, a person who understands psychology can achieve many things in various fields.

When it comes down to it, chose a major which you enjoy. However, don't expect someone else to offer you the perfect position. It may exist but there may be several other people vying for that same position. The good thing about psychology is that you can make it work for you in several arenas if you are creative.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

The professor who taught my first methods course was a retired I/O psychologist who ran a VERY successful consulting firm, made a lot of money, then went and got a job at my university as a lecturer. I think to do well in it you need to have a Ph.D and produce original research, but that's just my notion based on talking to him and to some other people in the department.

FdA, you seem to have a strong interest in psychology..are you a psychologist? I think it would be really interesting to have a professional psychologist posting on this board. I'm deciding between clinical/counseling psych and social psych for graduate school right now.

You're right. Having a Ph.D or even a Psy.D helps immensely. In some states you can actually counsel with a MA or MS with the appropriate licensure but the real benefits come from the full doctorate.

Although I enjoy hanging out in the forum for various reasons, I'm not too sure if it's the quite the right forum for true psychological education even if it did deal with interrelationships between the sexes. Like it was said earlier, psychology is a looked upon as a type of black magic by most men. Why do you think they choose not to go get professional help for both personal and relationship issues? I will say that the forum is an excellent medium to learn how your peers perceive and interact with the world.