Recruiting and socialization are both important steps in ensuring companies have the right people in place. There are different factors that can assist recruiters including strategic planning, succession planning, evaluating current employees, and keeping abreast of labor statistics (Jex & Britt,...
Social psychology looks at how people influence and are influenced by others. How the members of a group influence an individual is an important part of social psychology research. In this paper central concepts of group influence will be defined, a classical example using Stanley Milgram’s study...
People are inherently social and social psychology attempts to explain why they do the things they do, act the way they act, and think the way they think. In this paper social psychology will be defined, the four key characteristics of social psychology (broad scope, cultural mandate, scientific...
Even though legal issues are probably not what first come to mind when most people think about psychology there is more involved in the practice of professional psychology than theories and treatment options. Psychologists are required to maintain their professional competence, not only by staying...
Although object recognition is important, facial recognition is even more so.In this paper the cognitive processes involved in facial recognition, identification, and classification will be explained.
Katharine Briggs and her daughter designed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test after reading "Psychological Types, The Psychology of Individuation" by Carl G. Jung. It's still a popular and well-known test today.
We make numerous decisions every day. Many of these decisions are simple and don’t require much thought. Sometimes we are called upon to make decisions that can have long lasting consequences and require more effort be put into the decision making process. There are many different ways to...
Multicultural psychology is a division of psychology that makes a focused effort to understand people and behavior by looking at and comparing individuals from different cultures. Even though multicultural psychology can be an exciting area of study it is also one that presents psychologists with...
Identity is not only about how individuals see themselves but also about how others see them. Identity formation is an important part of the socialization process. It is significant because establishing identity and learning about the identities of others is how we determine who we will develop...