Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe the field of human factors psychology Explain the role of human factors psychology in safety, productivity, and job satisfaction Human factors psychology (or ergonomics, a term that is favored in Europe) is the third subject […]
Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work
Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Define organizational psychology Explain the measurement and determinants of job satisfaction Describe key elements of management and leadership Explain the significance of organizational culture Organizational psychology is the second major branch of study and practice […]
Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees
Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain the aspects of employee selection Describe the kinds of job training Describe the approaches to and issues surrounding performance assessment The branch of I-O psychology known as industrial psychology focuses on identifying and matching persons […]
What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology? Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Understand the scope of study in the field of industrial and organizational psychology Describe the history of industrial and organizational psychology In 2019, people who worked in the United States spent an average of about 42–54 […]
Prosocial Behavior
Prosocial Behavior Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe altruism Describe conditions that influence the formation of relationships Identify what attracts people to each other Describe the triangular theory of love Explain social exchange theory in relationships You’ve learned about many of the negative behaviors of social psychology, […]
Aggression
Aggression Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Define aggression Define cyberbullying Describe the bystander effect Throughout this chapter we have discussed how people interact and influence one another’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in both positive and negative ways. People can work together to achieve great things, such as […]
Prejudice and Discrimination
Prejudice and Discrimination Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Define and distinguish among prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination Provide examples of prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination Explain why prejudice and discrimination exist Human conflict can result in crime, war, and mass murder, such as genocide. Prejudice and discrimination often are […]
Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain the Asch effect Define conformity and types of social influence Describe Stanley Milgram’s experiment and its implications Define groupthink, social facilitation, and social loafing In this section, we discuss additional ways in which people influence others. The […]
Attitudes and Persuasion
Attitudes and Persuasion Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Define attitude Describe how people’s attitudes are internally changed through cognitive dissonance Explain how people’s attitudes are externally changed through persuasion Describe the peripheral and central routes to persuasion Social psychologists have documented how the power of the situation […]
Self-presentation
Self-presentation Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe social roles and how they influence behavior Explain what social norms are and how they influence behavior Define script Describe the findings and criticisms of Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment As you’ve learned, social psychology is the study of how people […]
