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Article #4: Applied psychology

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The basic premise of applied psychology career counseling, the western part of
is the use of psychological principles the country is more progressive than the
and theories to overcome practical east and offers more programs. Since many
problems in other fields, such as of the programs in another type of
business management, product design, counseling only offer one class in career
ergonomics, nutrition, law and clinical counseling or development, the Career
medicine. Applied psychology includes the Development Facilitator training is
areas of industrial/organizational available for professionals. It’s
psychology, human factors, forensic generally a 100-120 hour class that can
psychology, engineering psychology, as be taught the majority through e-learning
well as many other areas. or the traditional classroom setting. The
The legend and founder of applied great benefit of the CDF training is that
psychology was Hugo Munsterberg. The you then hold the credential, which may
German man came to America originally help you stand out as a professional
studying philosophy similar to most against your peers who do not hold the
aspiring psychologists during the late credential.
1800’s. Munsterberg had many Since jobs are such defining experiences
interests in the field of psychology such for people, having the ability to gain
as, purposive psychology, social helpful insight, tips, and encouragement
psychology and forensic psychology. In from career counselors is a definite
1907 he wrote several magazine articles benefit. The career counseling field can
concerning legal aspects of testimony, only increase in popularity as people on
confessions and courtroom procedures, average change jobs every ten years,
which eventually developed into his book, instead of 30 years ago where many people
On the Witness Stand. The following year stayed with the same company the majority
the Division of Applied Psychology was of their working career.
adjoined to the Harvard Psychological Forensic psychology and legal psychology
Laboratory. Within 9 years he had Forensic psychology and legal psychology
contributed eight books in English, are the area concerned with the
applying psychology to education, application of psychological methods and
industrial efficiency, business and principles to legal questions and issues.
teaching. Eventually Hugo Munsterberg and Most typically, forensic psychology this
his contributions would define him as the involves a clinical analysis of a
creator of Applied Psychology particular individual and an assessment
Industrial and organizational of some specific psycho-legal question.
Industrial and organizational psychology Legal psychology refers to any
focuses to varying degrees on the application of psychological principles,
psychology of the workforce, customer, methods or understanding to legal
and consumer, including issues such as questions or issues. In addition to the
the psychology of recruitment, selecting applied practices, legal psychology also
employees from an applicant pool which includes academic or empirical research
overall includes training, performance on topics involving the relationship of
appraisal, job satisfaction, work law to human mental processes and
behavior, stress at work and management. behavior.
Career counseling is another aspect of The use of forensic psychology dates back
counseling closely related to Industrial to the late 1800’s when two
Organizational Psychology. Counselors in physicians were investigating the crime
this field assist clients in a variety of scene of Jack the Ripper. These doctors
settings ranging from schools to were concerned with his personality
vocational to organization sites to name characteristics and used clues to get
a few. One of the main goals of the into the mind of the murderer. A decade
profession is to help clients realize later a system known as profiling became
their talents and dreams in response to a the known name for this type of
career and help them create successful investigation. The “Son of
job skills to then apply to their career Samâ€￾ was researched by an agent
search. Many times career counselors act who used other killer’s profiles
as consultants to companies, other times to determine where these acts were coming
they work as a team in academic and from. Questions concerning family,
career counseling capacities, and other education, background and behavior were
times they work for a social service derived from the forensic profiling. This
agency specifically working with people is another form of psychology and a way
who need assistance in the job search for FBI agents to prevent murders or find
process. criminals. With this psychological
Generally a master’s degree is research we are able to divide murders
needed to get into the field. As there into two forms; disorganized, meaning the
are not many career counseling offender does not plan or premeditated,
master’s programs, many enter the where the offender does plan. Personality
field with a degree in mental health plays a big role in figuring out the
counseling or community counseling. If minds of mass murderers.
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