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Repository of Resources:

Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Educator Resources:

• Educator Resources (sample syllabi, one-page I-O content summaries, Power Points, and stand-alone I-O psychology chapter) -  www.teachiopsych.com
• Guest Speakers - https://tinyurl.com/IOSpeakers
• Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/SIOPofficial 

Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP) Educator Resources:

• Teaching Resources - https://sohp-online.org/resources/teaching-resources/
• OHP Educator's Blog - http://ohped.blogspot.com/ 

Introduction to I-O Psychology Mini-Course:

• This free course looks and feels like an interactive magazine article. It contains end-of-section review questions and 10-question end-of-course quiz. It can be completed in about 30 minutes. All students who pass the end-of-course quiz with a score of 70% or better will earn a certificate. https://department12.com/introduction-to-industrial-organizational-psychology-mini-course/

OER I-O Psychology Textbook Chapters (each chapter comes with accompanying Power Point slides and text bank):

• OpenStax Psychology- https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e 
• NOBA Project - https://nobaproject.com/modules/industrial-organizational-i-o-psychology  

I-O Psych Memes: Unofficially run by San Diego I-O, I-O Psych Memes uses creative visuals to engage and educate students about the field of I-O psychology. Below are their various social media sites. 

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/iopsychmemes 
• Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/iopsychmemes/ 
• Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/iopsychmemes  

I-O Psychology Sub-Fields

• Humanitarian Work Psychology - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304790132_An_Introduction_to_Humanitarian_Work_Psychology 
• Occupational Health Psychology - http://psychlearningcurve.org/occupational-health-psychology/ 

I-O Resources for Instructors (Dr. Paul Spector) - https://paulspector.com/books/industrial-and-organizational-psychology-research-and-practice/

• Videos, Podcasts, and Textbook specific resources 
  

Materials for Incorporating I/O into an Introductory Psychology course (2013)

from the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP)

          These materials include a starter lecture with active learning exercises and further reading.

 An Active Learning Exercise for Business Ethics in I/O Psychology.

This is a great ToP article that provides a way to do group exercises that allow students to investigate ethics in I/O.

Carkenord, D.M. (1996). A group exercise to explore employee ethics in business-related psychology courses. Teaching of Psychology, 23(2), 100-102.

The Hawthorne effect: An old scientists’ tale lingering “in the gunsmoke of academic snipers (courtesy of Sue Frantz via Twitter)

This is a readable Scientific American article that speaks to some of the history behind the Hawthorne Effect. It could be used to stimulate discussion. An excerpt: "It’s easy to see a “cause and effect” relationship where there isn’t one. Or overlook one that should be as plain as daylight. Sometimes, these errors are dramatic. And when scientists make them, a lot of people can follow down the garden path without ever looking too closely at how they got there. That’s what happened with the Hawthorne “effect.”"

Fast, dirty, and interactive RAISEC quiz and career matching by David Johnson for Time Magazine

Via Time Magazine, this interactive quiz allows your students to take a VERY abridged version of the RAISEC and receive feedback in the form of the career to which they are best suited. Also includes a very brief and readable description of what the RAISEC is, where it comes from, how it is used. Due to the interactive nature, this could be completed via smartphone or as a homework assignment.

Activity: redesign a "crummy job" using motivational theories - posted on STP Facebook Page (01/06/2021) by Alec Calvo

Students investigate a crummy job (example was an Amazon Warehouse job) and redesign the working conditions using the following theories: flow theory, Self-determination Theory, goal setting theory, self-regulatory approaches, job characteristics model, job crafting, learning vs performance goal orientation, expectancy theory and equity theory.

Discussion:  job crafting posted on STP Facebook page (01/06/2021) by Carrie Bulger

This discussion is based off of a podcast on NPR. The transcript is here. Student can read and discuss motivational theories that support the ideas offered in the transcript. The link to the transcript is here.