Vish Is an I/O Psychologist Who Specializes in Promoting the Well-Being

question 111

Multiple Choice

Vish is an I/O psychologist who specializes in promoting the well-being and safety of employees in the workplace.He often looks for potential hazards and educates people on how to reduce common accidents and injuries.In other words,Vish promotes the goals of ____ psychology.

• A) human factors
• B) occupational health
• C) engineering
• D) educational

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning by which successive approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced until the exact behavior is achieved.

Generalization

The process in psychology by which a response is made to a stimulus that is similar to, but not identical to, the stimulus that conditioned the response.

Extinction

The process by which a learned behavior becomes less common or disappears altogether when reinforcement is no longer associated with it.

Punishment

A process in behavioral psychology intended to reduce undesired behaviors by applying negative consequences.