An Industrial Psychologist Is Investigating the Effects of Work Environment

question 32

Multiple Choice

An industrial psychologist is investigating the effects of work environment on employee attitudes. A group of 44 recently hired sales trainees were randomly assigned to one of 11 different ʺhome
Roomsʺ - four trainees per room. Each room is identical except for wall color, with 11 different
Colors used. The psychologist wants to know whether room color has an effect on attitude, and, if
So, wants to compare the mean attitudes of the trainees assigned to the 11 room colors. At the end
Of the training program, the attitude of each trainee was measured on a 100-pt. scale (the lower the
Score, the poorer the attitude) . How many treatments are in this study?

• A)100
• B)4
• C)44
• D)11

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud was a neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Defense Mechanisms

Subconscious tools used to safeguard against distress caused by unwanted or unacceptable emotions and ideas.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Freud

Austrian scientist Sigmund Freud pioneered the field of psychoanalysis, a therapeutic technique for healing psychological disorders through dialogue between patients and their psychoanalysts.