Definition of Industrial psychology

1. Noun. Any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc..

Exact synonyms: Applied Psychology
Generic synonyms: Psychological Science, Psychology

Medical Definition of Industrial psychology

1. The application of the principles of psychology to problems in business and industry. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Industrial Psychology

industrial estates
industrial hygiene
industrial loan company
industrial management
industrial methylated spirit
industrial methylated spirits
industrial microbiology
industrial music
industrial oils
industrial output
industrial park
industrial plant
industrial process
industrial property
industrial psychiatry
industrial psychology (current term)
industrial punk
industrial revolution
industrial school
industrial schools
industrial store
industrial strength
industrial tribunal
industrial tribunals
industrial union
industrial waste
industrial watercourse
industrialisation
industrialisations
industrialise

Literary usage of Industrial psychology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin by Public Affairs Information Service (1920)
"industrial psychology Applications of psychology to industry. TH Pear. In Berriman, AE and others. Industrial administration, p 25-47 '20 ter, Eng. t Muscio ..."

2. Industrial Goodwill by John Rogers Commons (1919)
"It is the big field of industrial psychology, which for the twentieth century opens up like the nineteenth for chemistry and physics. ..."

3. The Journal of Educational Research by Educational Research Association (U.S. (1921)
"Social and industrial psychology 9. Social psychology 6.1 10. ... Industrial psychology 7.4 Total 24.2 or 7.1% IV. Chiefly Education 12. Tests 54.2 13. ..."

4. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1921)
"Social and industrial psychology 9. Social psychology 6.1 10. ... Industrial psychology 7.4 Total 24.2 or 7.1% IV. Chiefly Education 12. Tests 54.2 13. ..."

5. Journal of Applied Psychology by American Psychological Association, American Association for Applied Psychology (1918)
"We have educational psychology, industrial psychology, clinical (medical) psychology, etc. ... industrial psychology can hardly be said to be taught as yet, ..."

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