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Lesson 02: Introduction and History of I/O Psychology
Brief History of the Field and the Penn State Connection
More "Penn State Proud" I/O Trivia
Figure 2.2 The photo above was taken from the PSU Psychology Clinic's website.
Penn State has a special connection to I/O psychology. How?
Bruce V. Moore is arguably one of the first individuals to receive a doctoral degree in the field. With his degree, the field began to become acknowledged as a separate program or subfield within psychology. Moore later became the first president of the division of the APA for industrial and organizational psychology.
Note: Moore also became the chair of the Department of Psychology at Penn State. In fact, the building housing the psychology department is still named Moore today.
In 2012, an addition and renovations of the original Moore Building began. Above is an artist's rendition of what the building will look like when completed.
Your textbook covers most important landmark events in the development of the field, so we will not review everything here.