Psychology in the industrial setting
Graeme Hyman
8 points * Two 1-hour lectures, one 1-hour tutorial, one 2-hour workshop per week * First semester * Caulfield/Peninsula * Prerequisites: APY2020
Central theme: applied psychology. Psychological assessment and classification: theory and practice of psychological assessment; test construction; concepts of validity and reliability; published tests in print; administration of psychological tests; prediction of performance; limitations of statistical prediction. Education and training: the identification of training needs; developing objectives; course planning; the selection of instructional methods in relation to objectives and learner characteristics; evaluation of learning outcomes. Human factors in industry: human-machine and human-human interaction in industry; the human component in systems; design and development of new systems.
Assessment
Four tests: 70% * One tutorial: 15% * One workshop: 15%
Prescribed texts
Murphy K R and Davidshofer C O Psychological testing: Principles and applications 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1991
Smith B and Delahaye R How to be an effective trainer Wiley, 1988