"Business Psychology"

[psy.d. 2021]

Hi all,

A friend of mine who is looking into applying for doctoral programs asked me about business psychology. To be honest I had never heard of it. I assumed he had meant IO but he had read there was a difference between the two. All I could find was a degree program via the Chicago School which discusses the differences, but this seemed like marketing rather than actually delineating a distinct field. I could be wrong but I am thinking "business psychology" is not a separate field of psychology but am looking to see if I'm correct in this assumption.

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[WisNeuro]

It's just the Chicago school trying to sell another scam. The UK uses business psych to essentially describe their I/O programs. My program had an I/O dept attached. Many of them were recruited to teach in business schools, or work in large business settings. Tell your friend to stick to reputable I/O programs when doing his research.

 

[thebalmofhurtminds]

Sounds fake.

 

[psy.d. 2021]

It's just the Chicago school trying to sell another scam. The UK uses business psych to essentially describe their I/O programs. My program had an I/O dept attached. Many of them were recruited to teach in business schools, or work in large business settings. Tell your friend to stick to reputable I/O programs when doing his research.

I referred him to review programs via Division 14 and told him TCS is not a good option. Thank you for this info.

 

[AbnormalPsych]

They are in the business of taking $ from students.

 

[Mama Bear]

I’ve noticed all sorts of wildly useless degrees at for-profity schools. My personal favorite is “transpersonal psychology.”

 

[WisNeuro]

I’ve noticed all sorts of wildly useless degrees at for-profity schools. My personal favorite is “transpersonal psychology.”

Oh, this one has been around for some time, at least since the 70's. Started out as more hippy-dippy BS, then the diploma mills probably figured they could make some good cash out of it.

 

[R. Matey]

And then there's this guy.

 

[Sanman]

Don't be this guy: