Question

You are bringing together faculty from different behavioral disciplines to author a new textbook in organizational behavior. Represented are professors from psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science, and industrial engineering. Which faculty member is most likely to furnish information about personality, learning, and motivation?

Answer 1

Answer: Social psychologist

Explanation: Understanding the feeling, mind and thought is of individual through empirical study may be defined under general psychology. However, thought, feelings and general human behavior may be a product of several factors including but not limited to cultural and societal constraint or interference.

Therefore, from a psychological perspective, personality, learning and motivation are largely defined based on the societal and cultural exposure of an individual. This aspect can be adequately explained by a social psychologist.