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One of the most active and prosperous branches of modern psychological science

Human beings occupy a central place in all sorts of industrial activities and any attempt to run them efficiently, smoothly, without any strife or tensions is doomed to failure if due consideration is not given to this factor……

……It is exactly at this, the Industrial psychology aims at broadly

... It tries to understand human problems that have arisen as a result of tremendous expansion of industry (in all types of industries) in the last few decades

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Definition – Industrial PsychologyIP is the application and extension of

psychological facts and principles of the problems concerning human beings working or operating in industrial, business, service and research organizations

Industry includes all sorts of operating organizations-business, educational, governmental and religious

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When Industrial Psychology was thought of?????????In December 1901,Dr Walter Dill Scott in USA spoke on the

possibility of application of psychological principles to the field of advertising

But beginning of Industrial Psychology is said

to be in 1913, when Hugo Musterberg published a book on Psychology and Industrial Efficiency

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Psychology and Industrial PsychologyPsychology is defined as the study of man

and his behaviour with the aid of scientific methodology

Psychology uses many scientific methods to collect facts about human behaviour and in its attempt to understand man-methods like experimentation, observation method, surveys of various sorts, field studies, developmental method, case study method and so on

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Psychologist are connected with abnormal behaviour or mental illness and its treatment

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Psychology is concerned with the study of man-and particularly behaviour in all its aspects and directions…deeper understanding of behaviour

Subfields of PsychologyEducational Psychology: behaviours related to

process of learning and education..career counseling

Developmental Psychology: how various forms of behaviour develop and grow in time as man grows in his age

Social Psychology: influences of other people and groups on individual behaviour

Clinical and Counseling Psychology: facts about abnormal behaviour and their treatment

Experimental Psychology: experimentation as a method of studying behaviour and discovering principles that govern behaviour

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Subfields of PsychologyPsychometrics: actual description and

measurement of psychological characteristics of human beings

Personality Psychology: attempts to built up comprehensive picture of human personality

Industrial Psychology: applies principles of psychology to understand the problems of the working men in business and industry

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Subfields of Psychology

Personnel Psychology, Managerial Psychology, Consumer Psychology, Engineering Psychology, Organizational Psychology

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Scope of Industrial Psychology Personnel Selection: Selection of employees,

executives..developing instruments of personnel selectionPersonnel Development: Developing means of appraisal of

performance for all, measurement of attitudes, employee counseling for better adjustment with the environment

Human Engineering: Suggesting changes, innovations in machines/ technology/ operations/ equipment for greater ease in operation in least possible human energy

Productivity Study: activities of lessening worker fatigue, improving work environmental conditions..light, ventilation, work arrangements etc to maximize efficiency

Management: activities involving development of managerial skillsAccident Prevention and Safety MeasuresLabour Relations

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