According to Your Textbook, I/O Psychologists Are Primarily Interested in Trait

question 148

Multiple Choice

According to your textbook, I/O psychologists are primarily interested in trait affectivity because of its potential to affect

• A) hiring and assessment.
• B) performance and job satisfaction.
• C) salary and self-efficacy.
• D) absenteeism and leadership style.

---

Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology.

Analytical Psychology

Jung’s psychodynamic theory, which emphasizes the collective unconscious and archetypes.

Collective Unconscious

A concept in analytical psychology proposing the existence of a segment of the unconscious mind that is shared among beings of the same species, housing archetypes and collective memories.

Carl Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, emphasizing the importance of the individual psyche and the personal quest for wholeness.