Teaching Tools - Organized by Topic

Below is a list of resources available on this site.  The information is organized according to the Recommended Areas of Competence suggested by the Guidelines for Education and Training in Industrial-Organizational Psychology:

Education and Training Guidelines (PDF) 

Please note: some activities below are repeated if they fit multiple categories.

Introduction to Industrial-Organizational Psychology

• Introduction to the Field
  • Accessible overview of "I" and "O" as well as topics in the field.
  • Author: Eunae Cho
• Introduction to the Field
  • Uses the film Office Space to introduce learners to the basics of I-O.
  • Author: Joe Mazzola
• Icebreaker
  • An engaging icebreaker for the first day of class.
  • Author: Peter Bachiochi
• Icebreaker
  • Handshakes icebreaker for the first day of class.
  • Author: Brian Kim

Ethical, Legal, Diversity, and International Issues

• 1943 Hiring Guide
  • Exercise examining EEOC protections and I-O history.
  • Author: Wendi Everton
• EEOC Scenario Q&As
  • Scenarios developed by the EEOC that can be discussed in class.
  • Author: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Diversity Scenarios
  • Diversity scenarios that can be discussed in class.
  • Author: C. Bulger
• Diversity Scenario Role-Playing
  • Teaching of Psychology article about role-playing diversity scenarios.
  • Author: S. Plous
• Understanding Prejudice Teacher's Corner
  • Links to teaching ideas, materials, and resources.
  • Author: www.understandingprejudice.org
• Social Justice and Diversity
  • Presentation on infusing social justice and diversity into I-O classrooms.
  • Author: Ali O’Malley

History and Systems of Psychology

• 1943 Hiring Guide
  • Exercise examining EEOC protections and I-O history.
  • Author: Wendi Everton

Statistical Methods/Data Analysis

• Reliability and Validity Activity
  • Exercise to discuss reliability as well as construct and external validity.
  • Author: Mike Horvath
• Dataset Generator
  • Online tool to generate datasets for in-class testing of statistical skills.
  • Author: Richard Landers
• Scatterplot Generator
  • Online tool to generate and display a scatterplot of correlations.
  • Author: Richard Landers

Career Development

• Career Exploration Exercise
  • Exercise to help students explore potential careers.
  • Author: Mike Brannick
• Career Exploration Think-Pair-Share
  • Think-pair-share activity to help students explore potential careers.
  • Author: Mike Brannick

Criterion Theory and Development

• Job Analysis, Criterion Development, and Performance Appraisal
  • Multi-class exercises to examine these three topics.
  • Author: Nathan Bowling

Groups and Teams

• Social Loafing
  • Fool-proof social loafing exercise.
  • Author: Wendi Everton
  • Prisoner’s Dilemma
  • Prisoner’s dilemma exercise.
  • Author: Jeff Stanton
• Survival Exercise
  • Survival exercise for team development.
  • Author: www.scoutingweb.com
• Social Networking Chart
  • Online tool to create social network charts to map class relationships.
  • Author: Julie Lyon
• Leaderless Group Discussion
  • Leaderless group discussion exercise with multiple debrief options.
  • Author: T. Giberson
• Negotiation, Teamwork, and Decision Making 
  • Exercises available for purchase.
  • Author: Kellogg's Dispute Resolution Research Center

Individual Differences

• International Personality Item Pool
  • Free online resource of multiple measures of individual differences.
  • Author: www.ipip.ori.org
  • Personality Questionnaire
  • Questionnaire (developed from IPIP items) plus syntax for analysis.
  • Author: Julie Lyon

Job/Task/Work Analysis/Competency Modeling and Classification

• Critical Incidents Activity
  • Activity to demonstrate and explain critical incidents.
  • Author: Wendi Everton
• Critical Incidents and Performance Measurement Exercise
  • Activity to demonstrate critical incidents and scale development.
  • Author: T. Giberson
• Job Analysis, Criterion Development, and Performance Appraisal
  • Multi-class exercises to examine these three topics.
  • Author: Nathan Bowling

Judgment and Decision-Making

• Negotiation, Teamwork, and Decision Making 
  • Exercises available for purchase.
  • Author: Kellogg's Dispute Resolution Research Center

Leadership and Management

• Introducing Leadership Research  
  • Activity to jump-start a discussion of leadership research.
  • Author: C. Bulger
• Leaderless Group Discussion
  • Leaderless group discussion exercise with multiple debrief options.
  • Author: T. Giberson

Occupational Health and Safety

• Work Stress
  • Exercise to discuss work stress.
  • Author: C. Prehar

Performance Appraisal/Management

• Job Analysis, Criterion Development, and Performance Appraisal
  • Multi-class exercises to examine these three topics.
  • Author: Nathan Bowling
• Critical Incidents and Performance Measurement Exercise
  • Activity to demonstrate critical incidents and scale development.
  • Author: T. Giberson
• Performance Appraisal
  • Activity to discuss performance appraisal.
  • Author: Mike Horvath
• Criterion Relevance, Deficiency, and Contamination
  • Exercise to demonstrate these concepts with teaching evaluation forms.
  • Author: Peter Bachiochi
  • Self-Rating Biases
  • Quick exercise to demonstrate self-rating biases.
  • Author: L. Kath

Personnel Recruitment, Selection, and Placement

• Interviewing Movie Clips
  • Suggestions for clips of movies to demonstrate interviewing.
  • Author: pulled from the HR-DIV list

Training: Theory, Delivery, Program Design, and Evaluation

• Training Activity
  • Exercise used to illustrate training concepts.
  • Author: Doug Maynard

Work Motivation

• Goal-Setting Theory
  • Goal-setting theory exercise.
  • Author: Michael Johnson
• Motivation Activity
  • Clicker ativity using Manager’s Workshop.
  • Author: Julie Lyon

Human Factors

• Bad Designs
  • Using the BadDesigns website to demonstrate good design.
  • Author: Peter Bachiochi