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Industrial Psychology
• Emphasis on how to use human resources to
increase efficiency and productivity
– Job analysis and evaluation
– Employee selection
– Training and development
– Performance appraisal
Organizational Psychology
• Emphasis on research and practice involving
human relations
– Management Approaches
– Job Satisfaction
– Motivation
– Employee Commitment
– Meaning of Work
– Leadership Styles
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)
• Alarm stage: temporary state of shock
• Resistance: hormones and immune function altered
• Exhaustion: failure to resist
Alarm Stage
• Increase in sympathetic nervous system
arousal
• Emotionally - panic
Resistance
• Relaxation of SNS –
• Emotionally - calm
Exhaustion
• Immune system deficiencies
• Emotionally – drained, unstable
Assignment for Today – I will cover
each of these topics today in class
• Paragraph one:
• You are conducting an
experiment to assess
attachment styles
across the life time.
Explain how you would
use each of the
following to measure
this:
– Longitudinal study
– Cross-sectional Study
• Paragraph two:
• Janet just found out she
has to move on FRIDAY.
Explain how she would
progress through each
stage of the GAS. Label
both physiological and
psychological factors for
each stage.