Assignment: Scientist-Practitioner Model

Assignment: Scientist-Practitioner Model

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Assignment: Psychology and the Scientist-Practitioner Model

Topic: I-O Psychology and the Scientist-Practitioner Model

Q 1

From an historical context, what major changes in the workplace have occurred that created the need for I/O psychologists? Support your answer with specific historical events or topics.   200 Words

Q 2

Generational Cohort differences continue to create challenges in the workplace. Looking at these differences from the scientist-practitioner model, what strategies would you employ for improving generational cohort relationships? Why? 200 Words

RESOURCES

Course Contents

Textbook

1. Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Understanding the Workplace

Read Chapters 1 and 2.

Electronic Resource

1. Checking in With the Scientist-Practitioner Model: How are we Doing?

Read:

Rupp, D. E., & Beal, D. (2007). Checking in with the scientist–practitioner model: How are we doing? The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 45(1), 35-45.

2. SIOP

Review:

SIOP (n.d.). Industrial and organizational psychology [Fact sheet].

e-Library Resource

1. National Conference on Scientist-Practitioner Education and Training for the Professional Practice of Psychology

Read:

Belar, C. D., & Perry, N. W. (1992). National conference on scientist–practitioner education and training for the professional practice of psychology. American Psychologist, 47(1), 71–75.

a. Briefly describe the selected counseling setting, types of services provided, and the demographic characteristics of the clientele served.

b. Describe the types of testing you will use in your selected setting (e.g., norm referenced testing, group or individual assessments, standardized or non-standardized testing, environmental, observation) and select two specific assessments that you would use in your selected counseling setting given the population served.

c. Identify and describe how academic/educational, career, personal, and social development will inform the selection of the two assessments and the assessment process, as well as how you would use these assessments for diagnostic and treatment intervention purposes.

d. Describe how you will effectively prepare for and conduct the assessment meeting.

e. What procedures will you use for assessing risk to self or others?

f. Describe the statistical concepts (e.g., measures of central tendency, types of scores, indices of variability, correlations, types of distributions) that you would expect to use to analyze the results of the assessments selected for this plan.

g. What ethical and culturally relevant strategies will you use to select, administer, and interpret these assessments and test results? This will include confidentiality, informed consent, etc.

h. Administer one of the two assessments selected for this assessment plans to a classmate or a friend. Provide a summary of the administration process and a video recording of the post-assessment discussion session where you share the results of the assessment administered.

The two tools I was thinking in using for this assignment were Beck Anxiety Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory. My target group would be 15 to 20 years old and African American.

This 10-page assignment will be completed in APA style format. Please include a title, abstract, and reference pages and use at least 4 references.