Which of the Following Is an Example of a Psychological

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a psychological condition caused by the individual's activities at work?

• A) Barb has developed carpal tunnel syndrome because she has to perform the identical movement over 1,000 times a day at her assembly line job.
• B) The research department members have been irritable and cranky as they urgently try to determine why the company's new product failed.
• C) Pena gets headaches every day from staring at her computer monitor at work.
• D) Paul has a backache from having to carry fifty-pounds of fertilizer at work.
• E) Roger broke his leg when he fell off paint scaffolding while painting the outside of his employer's warehouse.

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