About the Applied Psychology Program
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Student News
Jennifer Winner defended her master's thesis entitled Measuring the Shared Interpretation of Commander's Intent. She is Director of Administration at the Cognitive Engineering Research Institute.
Jeff Scott and Rayka Mohebbi were co-winners of the Honda Outstanding Student Paper Award at the Driving Assessment 2007 conference.
Faculty News
Dr. Roger W. Schvaneveldt was elected as Fellow of The Association for Psychological Science.
Dr. Rob Gray received the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of Applied Psychology (APA Division 21).
Drs. Rob Gray, Russell Branaghan and Roger Schvaneveldt were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program: Acquisition of an Advanced Driving Simulator for Safety Research and Education.
Drs. Nancy Cooke (ASU) and Frank Durso (Texas Tech) have published a new book entitled "Stories of Modern Technology Failures and Cognitive Engineering Successes". Taylor & Francis publishers.
Recent Publications and Presentations
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The theories and methods of experimental psychology and cognitive science can be applied to many domains. Applied psychologists put cognitive science into practice to make products easier to use, make work places more productive, improve the way products are sold, improve sports performance and improve the way we learn and teach.
Our program focuses not only on developing these theories and methods, but on applying them to solve problems in business, design, and organizations. If you are interested in human perception, cognition, innovation or group processes then you may want to learn about applied psychology. Our program is hands-on, and challenging, and the field is growing quickly, creating opportunities for further study and employment. Our areas of application include:
Human Factors
Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology
Consumer Psychology
Sports Psychology
Learning and Design
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