Psychology Week 4 Assignment: Workshop Presentation

I/O experts are often expected to develop workshops to address workplace needs.

Based on your project research thus far, create a workshop in the form of a PowerPoint

presentation that examines the origin and foundational theories of I/O subfield you have

chosen for your course project. Include the following in your PowerPoint:

● A presentation of the current practices within the subfield. ● An explanation of the historical influences supporting the current practices

within the subfield. ● An explanation of the foundational theories that support the current practices

within the subfield. ● An evaluation of ways in which and to what extent the current practices within

the subfield adhere to historical and foundational theories of psychology.

Submission Requirements ● Write comprehensive presentation notes for each slide, representing the

narrative you would use to explain the content of the slide if you were presenting the PowerPoint in a workshop situation.

● Your PowerPoint presentation should be approximately 8–12 slides in length, including title and references slides.

● Cite a minimum of seven peer-reviewed sources, using current-edition APA style and formatting. Refer to Evidence and APA.

● Make sure that the information that you present is organized, professional, and provides appropriate context for an audience of your peers.

● Refer to the Workshop Presentation rubric to examine the grading criteria on which your presentation will be evaluated.

● Submit your Workshop Presentation PowerPoint file as an attachment to this assignment.

Several helpful Campus links are included here for your convenience:

● Capella University Library. ● Capella Writing Center. ● How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed Articles?

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the

following course competencies and rubric criteria:

● Competency 1: Analyze the foundational theories and concepts of industrial and organizational psychology.

○ Explain the historical influences that support the current practices within the subfield and include at least two scholarly sources in the explanation.

● Competency 2: Assess the level of consistency of current industrial and organizational psychology practices with foundational and historical psychological theories.

○ Explain the foundational theories that support the current practices within the subfield.

○ Evaluate how and to what extent the current practices within the subfield adhere to historical and foundational theories of psychology.

● Competency 5: Apply critical thinking to evaluate current trends and practices in the field of industrial and organizational psychology.

○ Summarizes the current practices within the subtopic. ● Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and

consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions. ○ Write in a manner that reflects graduate-level form and style, with

correct use of APA citations and references.