Miranda Is Interested in Majoring Is Psychology and Wants to Know

question 17

Multiple Choice

Miranda is interested in majoring is psychology and wants to know of the difference between industrial and organizational psychology.She knows that you are taking a psychology course and asks you to explain to her the major areas of interest of organizational psychology.You would be most likely to tell her that organizational psychology is concerned with

• A)organizational efficiency.
• B)the development and application of scientific principles to the workplace for the benefit of management.
• C)efficient job design,performance appraisal,and employee selection.
• D)understanding behavior and enhancing the well being of employees in the workplace.

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Definitions:

Excessive Fixation

An unhealthy or obsessive focus on a particular object, idea, or activity.

Freud

The Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud pioneered psychoanalysis, a therapeutic method that entails treating mental illness through discussion between a psychoanalyst and the patient.

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory suggesting a child's subconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.

Inferiority Complex

A psychological condition wherein a person feels profoundly inadequate, often resulting from real or imagined criticism.