dissociation ( week1) PSY

Module 1b - Discussion Board Questions

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  1. Academic-based research typically seeks to understand the statistical relationship between concepts, as the correlation between job satisfaction and employee turnover. Why would managers find such information to be of limited value in helping them to run a business? Why is it necessary to discuss research methods in an I/O Psychology course?

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2. If you look at a pack of cigarettes, you will see a warning like, “Cigarette smoking causes cancer.” This conclusion regarding causality was reached through laboratory experimental research. Why don’t studies in I/O psychology establish causality, as “job satisfaction causes job performance?”