1. What is the stereotype of a psychologist? How does what you have learned about I/O psychology alter that stereotype?
2. Medical doctors are licensed to practice medicine. Clinical psychologists are licensed to practice psychotherapy. Should I/O psychologists also be licensed? Why or why not?
3. Starting in the 1960s many federal laws were passed pertaining to nondiscrimination in employment. These laws have a big effect on the practice of I/O psychology. How do you feel about the government influencing the lives of individuals and organizations through employment law? Are these laws still necessary today, almost 50 years after they were enacted? Why do you feel as you do?
4. What are some of the changes happening in society as a result of electronic communication and the globalization of business? To what degree are these changes beneficial and detrimental to society?
5. How much of your day is spent going online, talking on a cell phone, or texting messages to other people? These activities are becoming very common in society. Describe how these activities make certain types of work possible. Then describe how these activities can be distractions at work, as people engage in them for personal reasons. What answers suggest about how the role of electronic communication in the contemporary work and non-work lives of people?