What Discipline Within Psychology Seeks to Optimize the Interaction Between

question 160

Multiple Choice

What discipline within psychology seeks to optimize the interaction between equipment and technology and our human sensory and perceptual abilities?

• A)Human factors
• B)Social psychology
• C)Industrial/organizational psychology
• D)Cognitive neuroscience

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Definitions:

Ego

The largely conscious, “executive” part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, the superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id’s desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.

Oedipus Complex

According to Freud, a boy’s sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.

Pleasure Principle

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to the instinctual seeking of pleasure and avoiding of pain to satisfy biological and psychological needs.

Reality Principle

A psychoanalytic concept referring to the ability of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it accordingly, balancing with the pleasure principle.