PSYCH100 Midterm 2 Study Guide - Industrial Organizational Psychology

These flashcards cover key terms and definitions from the PSYCH100 Industrial Organizational Psychology lecture notes.

KSAOs

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other characteristics relevant to performance.

Team Cohesion

Forces exerted on a team that push its members closer together.

Team Efficacy

A feeling that the team can accomplish the given task.

Shared Mental Model

Knowledge that is held in common among team members.

Transactive Memory System

Knowledge of the distribution of information within teams.

Multiteam System

A system of teams with overarching goals requiring coordinated efforts of multiple specialized teams.

Ingroup Prototypicality

Leaders seen as 'one of the group' are evaluated more favorably.

Glass Cliff

A situation where a person is placed in a leadership role in times of crisis.

Functional Distance

Architectural layout that encourages certain activities and interactions.

Mere Exposure Effect

Repeated exposure to a stimulus leads to greater liking of that stimulus.

Self Disclosure

The process of sharing personal information with others.

Epinephrine

A hormone that helps the body respond to stress by increasing heart rate and attention to threats.

Cortisol

A hormone that regulates metabolism and assists in controlling blood sugar levels.

Neurotransmitters

Chemicals released from neurons to transmit signals to other neurons.

Loss Aversion

The tendency to prefer avoiding losses over acquiring equivalent gains.

Risk Aversion

The general desire to minimize uncertainty and potential losses.