SPAN 2P19 Lecture Notes - Job Satisfaction, Personnel Selection, Neurosis
12 Nov 2012
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Psychology is the study of behavior and experience. Neurotic psychotic (have disorders that are severe enough that interfere with the normal functions of living (have friends, job, fall in love, raise children)) Psychotics cannot do that because they scare most of us because they see things that no one else sees or hears. They say weird things, often end up being institutionalized. Can use drugs to minimize the violent tendencies. Neurotics are people who suffer from one or more neurosis. When a psychotic gets depressed they don"t do things for days, neurotics are treated best by clinical psychologists. Hiring is very expensive: organizational vertically like a pyramid. A psych would examine which businesses are best suited for which structure. Which one would be most efficient, people for specialization: they also look at the personal level, social, specialize in units of analysis that are greater than 1. Wants to understand a couple, marriage, social interactions.
