Psychology 2035A/B Chapter 13: chapter 13 - careers and work
10 Dec 2011
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Industrial organizational psychology (i/o) is the study of human behaviour in the workplace: study worker motivation and satisfaction, job performance, leadership, recent concern balancing work and family life (work-family conflict) occupational hazards, personnel selection, and diversity. Choosing a career: spend more time working than any other activity, therefore you should enjoy your job. Because intelligence is related to academic success which is the key into certain fields. Parents and children often attain similar levels of education, and therefore likely to have similar jobs: career attainment is related to socioeconomic status. European american college students" decisions are: parenting practices come into play. Middle class homes: encouraged to be curious and independent, qualities that are essential to success in many high-status occupations. Lower status homes: taught to conform and obey. Perceives self as having mechanical skills, lacking social skills. Investigative wants to solve intellectual, scientific, and mathematical problems. Sees self as analytical, critical, curious, introspective, and methodical.
