Psychologically speaking, work or occupational stress can arise from a number of factors. Nine factors are mentioned in your textbook. List three of these factors and write a short example for each one

What will be an ideal response?

1 . Cognitive overload: having too much to do. 2 . Role conflict: being unsure of one's job description. 3 . Ambiguity: not knowing what one is supposed to be doing. 4 . Discrimination: job ceilings that prevent one from rising in the ranks. 5 . Not getting promoted, because of sexism, ageism, or other prejudices. 6 . Poor social networks preventing outlets to process job stress. 7 . Lack of control over what one is doing and when it is done. 8 . Multiple roles that need to be balanced. 9 . Not being challenged enough.

Psychology

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Freud believes that if a person does not overcome a conflict at one particular stage, then ___________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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With regard to the use of base rate information, the evidence suggests that people

a. totally disregard base rate information and rely only on the similarity of information to a category. b. are very astute at using base rate information. c. focus too much on individual characteristics and insufficiently on base rates. d. focus equally on individual characteristics and base rate information.

Psychology