Psychology Masterclass For HR Professionals

PSYCHOLOGY MASTERCLASS FOR HR PROFESSIONALS

modules:
1. Foundation of psychology and research findings in psychology

⦿ The discovery that our mental lives have a physical basis,
⦿ Introducing the field of neuroscience.
⦿ Two major psychological theories that have come to shape the world that we now live in—Freud’s psychodynamic theory and Skinner’s theory of behaviorism.

2. Language in psychology
⦿ Foundational psychological research into development and language.
⦿ Methods for studying how infants and children think and the core discoveries that they have led to.
⦿ The structure of language, how language is learned, and end with a little bit on animal communication, language processing, and relationship between language and thought.

3. Work and personnel psychology and Well-being in psychology
⦿ Definition and scope of work psychology.
⦿ Role of work psychology in understanding human behavior in the workplace.
⦿ Key concepts and theories in work psychology.
⦿ Current trends in work organization personnel psychology
⦿ Human behavior in the organization
⦿ Behavior assessment for employee selection
⦿ Analyzing Jobs and Work
⦿ Job Satisfaction
⦿ Job stress and its solution
⦿ Motivational psychology
⦿ Organizational psychology
⦿ Human Resource Planning And Development
⦿ Industrial and Organizational Psychology
⦿ Organizational Development & Quality of Work Life
⦿ Stress Management in Workplace and Counselling Techniques
⦿ Causes and effects of workplace stress
⦿ How psychologists measure happiness and what factors contribute to the good life
⦿ Health Psychology

4. Cognition in psychology
⦿ Practical exposure on Cognitive psychology.
⦿ How we perceive the world, how attention works, and we store our experiences in memory.
⦿ Cognitive Functioning
⦿ Applied Cognitive Psychology
⦿ Behavioral and cognitive neuroscience (learning and cognition)

5. Self and others in psychology
⦿ Applied Psychology examining the self and others.
⦿ Social and non-social emotions.
⦿ How we deal with other people—social psychology.

6. Variation in psychology
⦿ Applied Psychology on human variation.
⦿ The focus on personality and intelligence,
⦿ Role of genes and environment in explaining individual differences.
⦿ Focus on clinical psychology by reviewing prominent mental illnesses and therapies.
⦿ Environmental Psychology
⦿ Mental Status Examination, Testing
⦿ Positive Psychology
⦿ Psychological Experiments and Testing
⦿ Psychological Remedies
⦿ Psychology of Interpersonal relationship
⦿ Statistics in Psychology

7. Human psychology & personality profiling
⦿ Historical Background of Contemporary Psychodiagnostics
⦿ Current International Standards Psychologist – Psychodiagnostic Activity
⦿ Homotheticity and Ideographic Approach of Contemporary Psychodiagnostics
⦿ Personality Theories, Testing and Their Application

8. Applied behavior analysis, assessment and measurement
⦿ Science of human behavior
⦿ Behavior analysis
⦿ Behavioral measurement and assessment (Methods and techniques used in behavior analysis assessment and measurement.)
⦿ Experimental analysis of behavior
⦿ Explanation of applied behavior analysis and its relevance to understanding human behavior.
⦿ Psychological assessment and differences between each individual
⦿ Ethics for applied behavior analysts
⦿ Observation, critical thinking and decision making
⦿ Methods in applied behavior analysis: design of interventions
⦿ Leadership psychology

9. Behavioral consultation and supervision
⦿ Role of behavioral consultation and supervision in understanding and modifying human behavior.
⦿ Techniques and strategies used in behavioral consultation and supervision.

10. Applied Social psychology
⦿ Definition and application of social psychology in real-world settings.
⦿ Examples of applied social psychology research and interventions.
⦿ Applied Social Psychology and Social Problems
⦿ Personality theories (Big Five, MBTI, etc.)
⦿ Assessment tools and techniques
⦿ Influence of personality on job performance and team dynamics
⦿ Managing diverse personalities in the workplace

11. Psychoanalysis
Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory
⦿ Dream analysis and the unconscious mind
Jungian Psychoanalysis
⦿ Discussion: Archetypes, collective unconscious, individuation
Lacanian Psychoanalysis
⦿ Discussion: The mirror stage, the real, the symbolic, and the imaginary
Psychoanalytic Techniques
⦿ Techniques: Free association, transference, countertransference
Object Relations Theory
⦿ Concepts: Object relations, transitional objects
Psychoanalysis and Developmental Psychology
⦿ Erikson’s psychosocial development stages
Psychoanalysis and Culture
⦿ Psychoanalysis in literature and film

12. Emotional Intelligence (EI) in the Workplace
⦿ Definition and components of EI
⦿ Measuring EI
⦿ The impact of EI on leadership and team performance
⦿ Developing and enhancing EI in employees