A psychologist investigated workplace stress in two groups of people. People in Group A were employed by a company and people in Group B were self-employed.
Each person completed a stress test and was given an overall score. The psychologist then calculated average scores for each group. The results are shown in Table 4 below.
Table 4
Using the data in Table 4, explain how the distribution of scores in Group A differs from the distribution of scores in Group B.
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Mike recently started working for a bank. He works long hours and his manager is always asking him to take on new tasks. Mike has started feeling anxious and having sleepless nights. His doctor has just prescribed medication for his raised blood pressure.
Using your knowledge of workplace stress, explain why Mike may be experiencing these stress-related symptoms.
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16 marksCarrie is so stressed that she lies awake at night listening to her heart pounding. She works in a large, noisy warehouse sorting packages that come along a conveyor belt. Workers who do not meet their daily target receive only the minimum wage. Carrie has failed to meet her target every day this week. The factory workers have been trying for weeks to organise a meeting to discuss working conditions and work-related illness with the manager.
Discuss what psychologists have found out about workplace stress. Refer to Carrie in your answer.
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Outline life changes as a source of stress and outline one limitation of life changes as a source of stress.
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