You Work for a Software Manufacturer, and the Supervisor of Your

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Essay

You work for a software manufacturer, and the supervisor of your division has just informed your work team that the new software designed to give people access to the World Wide Web keeps crashing. Your supervisor is under a deadline to detect the source of the problem and fix it, so he assigns you and four other employees to a "bug detector" group to find the problem and correct it. What will determine whether or not your group succeeds?

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Definitions:

Psychology

An examination of the human psyche and its capabilities, focusing on their impact on behavior in certain environments.

Motivation

The internal process that activates, guides, and maintains behavior towards achieving a goal.

Phenomenology

A research approach focusing on the subjective experience and interpretations of individuals.

Physiology

Physiology is the branch of biology that studies the functions and mechanisms operating within living organisms and their parts.