A | B |
I/O | branch of psychology dealing with the workplace |
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR | branch of psychology dealing with the marketplace |
APTITUDE | ability to do a task, even before being trained for it |
HOLLAND | who developed a personality theory geared to vocational selection? |
CLINICAL | branch of psychology which performs psychotherapy |
VOCATIONAL | career counseling |
NICHE | a small, targetable segment of the marketplace |
PSYCHOGRAPHIC | market segmentation based upon personality type or trait |
DEMOGRAPHIC | market segmentation based upon variables such as age, gender, geography |
R "realistic" | vocational personality type ideal for construction work |
I "investigative" | vocational personality type ideal for research work |
A "artistic" | vocational personality type ideal for a musciantor |
S "social" | vocational personality type ideal for a childcare worker |
E "enterprising" | vocational personality type ideal for a manager |
C "conventional" | vocational personality type ideal for a file clerk |
CONJUNCTIVE | problem solving which minimizes risk by setting forth several criteria |
AFFECT REFERRAL | decision making based largely on emotion, impulse |
LEXICOGRAPHIC | decision making based largely on one specific criterion |
BAYESIAN | decision making based on multiple criteria; maximizes expected gain |
BURNOUT | emotional withdrawal of worker due to excessive stress |
DETERMINISM | the position that choice is a delusion; heredity & environment determine everything |
FREE WILL | Adler, James & Maslow defended this position |
GARDNER | criticized traditional IQ tests for only measuring a narrow range of multiple intelligences |
GLASS CEILING | barriers to advancement experienced by women & minorities |
INTRINSIC | job related motivation that comes from within |
EXTRINSIC | job related motivation such as pay |
MASLOW | humanistic psychologist emphasizing the quest for self-actualization |
SEGMENTATION | consumer psychology divides up the marketplace into targetable niches |
SIMON | people don't always wait for the optimal alternative, but satisfice |
SUPER | there are stages of career development |
WAIS | Wechler's Adult Intelligence Scale |