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.
General Knowledge and Skills
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
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
Core Content
Career Development
Criterion Theory and Development
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
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
Leadership and Management
Occupational Health and Safety
- Work Stress
- Exercise to discuss work stress.
- Author: C. Prehar
Performance Appraisal/Management
Personnel Recruitment, Selection, and Placement
- Interviewing Movie Clips
- Suggestions for clips of movies to demonstrate interviewing.
- Author: pulled from the HR-DIV list
Work Motivation
Related Areas of Competence
Human Factors
- Bad Designs
- Using the BadDesigns website to demonstrate good design.
- Author: Peter Bachiochi
General Teaching Tools
Tips for creating a good syllabus:
General tips for learning student names:
iOS app for learning names:
Android app for learning names:
Online software for schedule sign-up: