APS301H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10&11: Mass Society, Urban Design, Cash Flow
23 Jun 2013
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Few constraints put on meeting challenges and. Surgeon; performs difficult operations, no demands two are the same. Can accomplish tasks and return some kind of psychological equilibrium with satisfaction of having completed a difficult job and learned new things: low strain (low demand, high control) High control allows for optimal response to problems with minimum psychological strain. No challenges and no opportunities to initiate anything or try better ways of doing things. People in such situations become withdrawn: passive (low demand, low control) and daydream, high strain (high demand, low control) Human behaviour is constrained to that no effective responds to increases in demand are possible. People lose previously acquired skills, motivation, and initiative. Become withdrawn and have tendency to daydream: active. Tend to engage in more leisure activities outside work: as people move into more active jobs, leisure-time activities tend to become more active, and social and political participation tends to increase.
