Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Command Center, Military Psychology, Standardized Test

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

War room: in the real world when there is a conflict or a truce, between 2 or more identifiable groups of people. Psychology of war: concerned with all elements of combat applied within the context of a combative environment where casualties are anticipate. Military psychology: is more much general and covers aspects of war and peace. Task analyses: in order to ensure that the right soldier is selected for the right military task. Reliability: extent to which one can guarantee an accurate prediction of a recruits ability from performance on a standardized test. Occupational psychology: when people figure out what job people should do based on tests and abilities. Human resource research office: found there were two kinds of fighters, a good fighter group and a poor fighter and use test to try and identify which is which. Differences in masculinity: were the most significant ones among that they found between good and poor fighters.