Psychological Risk Is the Risk That a Poor Product Choice

question 55

True/False

Psychological risk is the risk that a poor product choice may result in social embarrassment.

Understand the concepts and differences of reward power, coercive power, legitimate power, referent power, and expert power.

Identify and describe sources and types of power within an organizational framework.

Recognize the functions of leading in organizational settings.

Differentiate between the bases of personal power and position power.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stage

In Freudian psychology, one of the developmental stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) through which a child's personality forms as they experience sexual pleasures from specific body areas and caregivers interfere or do not interfere with these pleasures.

Fixation

An obsessive interest or attachment to someone or something that can interfere with normal psychological development or functioning.

Excessive Gratification

The act of satisfying desires or indulging to an excessive degree, often leading to negative consequences or addiction.

Psychosexual Development

A Freudian theory that proposes that children pass through a series of stages centered on erogenous zones that influence their adult personality.