Week 12 Lecture Notes on Organizational Psychology

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts from the Week 12 lecture on Organizational and Industrial Psychology, focusing on stress and coping mechanisms in the workplace.

Industrial Psychology

Focuses on the measurement of job requirements, recruitment of the right person, measuring performance, and training.

Organizational Psychology

Focuses on processes at work such as motivation, work attitudes, group climate, and organizational culture.

Job Demands-Resources Model

A model that illustrates how job demands can lead to stress and how job resources can help mitigate this stress.

Stress

A physiological reaction that occurs when the body is exposed to threats, involving the release of hormones and physiological changes.

three stages of general adaptation syndrome (Hans Selye)

1) Alarm phase - recognition of threat; 2) Resistance phase - body adapts to stress; 3) Exhaustion phase - body can no longer cope.

Chronic Stress

Long-term stress that is maladaptive and can lead to serious health consequences, such as burnout or anxiety.

Coping Mechanisms

Strategies to deal with stress, which can be problem-focused, emotion-focused, or avoidance.

Psychosocial Hazards

Factors that can cause psychological or emotional harm in the workplace, legally mandated to be managed by employers.

Self-Efficacy

The belief in one's ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task.

Boundaries

Limits set to separate work life from personal life to prevent spillover of stress and maintain well-being.