Psychologists in industry in the United Kingdom and Western Germany.

Major sections are: Number of Industrial Psychologists, History, Universities and Industrial Psychology, Research Institutes, Present-Day Activities (United Kingdom: Vocational guidance, Personnel selection, Training, Methods study, Equipment design, Working conditions; Western Germany: Vocational guidance, Personnel selection, Skill training, Supervisory and management training, Accident prevention, Productivity). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists in industry in the United States.

There are "at least 1,000 psychologists today, as compared with less than two dozen some 30 years ago, who devote full time to employment in industry." Their activities are diverse and are discussed under the following major headings: Personnel Selection (Employee selection and assignment, Executive selection, Criterion research); Personnel Development (Appraisal, Employee training, Management development, Counselling); Human Factors in Design (Equipment design, Product design); Productivity; Management; and Miscellaneous. "Psychologists are performing a variety of functions for industry. No one person is engaged in all of these activties." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychology in action: Psychological classics: Older journal articles frequently cited today.

Presents a list of "psychological classics," journal articles published before 1933 which appear from 3-10 times in 18 general psychology textbooks currently in use. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Using psychoanalytic approaches in organizational consulting.

Explores the utility of applying psychoanalytic concepts and techniques to organizational issues. Similarities and differences between one-on-one therapy and individual-to-system consultation are examined in the light of the debate between positivist and interpretive models. From an interpretive perspective, 3 critical problems influencing the application of psychoanalytic theory to organizational consultation are explored, including how consultants can cope with the complexity of the organization as a multilayered human system, by what means organizational consultants can substantiate psychodynamic hypotheses, and how consultants can differentiate between valid systems data and countertransferential reactions to individuals or groups in the client organization. Suggestions for dealing with these issues are offered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychological thrillers: Psychology books students read when given freedom of choice.

Attempted to induce 364 introductory psychology students to read desirable material by having them participate in book selection. The resulting list of 15 books was developed on the basis of Ss' enthusiastic appraisals. Summaries of reactions to each book are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A simplified method of computing the effectiveness of tests in selection.

The Taylor-Russell method of predicting the number of successful workers, for various validities and selection ratios, is compared with a direct method in which the number successful is predicted from the data used to obtain the validity coefficient. Four sets of data are presented in which the predicted percent successful is compared with the percent actually successful, as determined from follow-up groups. "While the average errors of the Taylor-Russell method were… slightly less than the average errors of the direct method, the differences were small." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)