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Describe what psychologists have found out about the adverse effects of the physical environment and temporal conditions at work.
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Describe what psychologists have found out about the adverse effects of the physical environment and temporal conditions at work. Psychologists have done a lot of research into adverse effects of working conditions. It is an area of particular interest for employers as a lot of money is lost each year as a result of these effects. Noise can be a major cause of stress in the work place. Noise is define as any unwanted sound. Cohen et al (1980) carried out a natural experiment into the effects of noise in a school on a busy flight path in Los Angeles- he compared these findings to 3 other schools not directly on flights paths. He found using physiological and behavioural measures that the flight path children were most stressed and irritable, more lessons were cancelled and the concentration and motivation were affected. The source of the noise can also have an effect...
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