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Psychological Scientists in the Private Sector
Combining Aptitudes, Interests, TrainingJames Cunningham, AT&T LabsYou might call me a former psychological scientist - after getting my PhD from University of California, San Diego, I was a mathematical psychologist on the faculty of Cornell University before evolving into a usability engineer. Full Article... Social Psychology OnlineShelly Farnham, Microsoft ResearchI always thought I would take the academic route. However, I feel fortunate that circumstances led me down the path towards working as a researcher at Microsoft. While finishing my degree in social psychology at the University of Washington and contemplating my next step, I knew several people from the psychology department who left to do "usability" research at Microsoft. Usability research, which focuses on human-computer interactions and is fairly qualitative, did not appeal as a career to either the social psychologist or the scientist in me. Full Article... The Telecommunications PeakPhilip Hodgson, Motorola, Inc.My perspective on the role of the psychologist in industry reflects the breakneck pace and the almost manic rate of change being experienced in the highly competitive field of telecommunications, an industry that has come to characterize the twentieth century and the high-tech transition into the twenty-first. I will introduce you to the real world of product development and show you how the psychologist's critical insight into human behavior is giving technology companies a competitive edge. You will feel some of the pressure and also, I hope, some of the excitement.Full Article... A Vision for Psychological ScienceCeleste McCollough Howard, USAF Warfighter Training Research LaboratoryDuring my first sabbatical leave from Oberlin College in 1962-63, I used my graduate training in visual perception to replicate one of Ivo Kohler's experiments with two-colored spectacles (McCollough, 1965). This research familiarized me with the methods and computational procedures of color science. It also led in the following years to discovery of the "McCollough effect," a color after-effect often demonstrated in introductory psychology classes.Full Article...
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